TOP Clause | SQL SELECT Statements | Teradata Vantage - TOP Clause - Teradata Vantage - Analytics Database

SQL Data Manipulation Language

Deployment
VantageCloud
VantageCore
Edition
VMware
Enterprise
IntelliFlex
Product
Analytics Database
Teradata Vantage
Release Number
17.20
Published
June 2022
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2025-04-02
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Teradata Vantageā„¢

Specifies that either an explicit number of rows or an explicit percentage of rows is to be returned from the query result set.

ANSI Compliance

TOP n is a Teradata extension to the ANSI SQL:2011 standard.

Other SQL dialects use similar operators with names such as:
  • FIRST n
  • LIMIT n
  • SET ROWCOUNT n
  • STOP AFTER n