TOP Function Examples | Teradata Vantage - Examples - Advanced SQL Engine - Teradata Database

Example: Using TOP Without TIES

/*PTI Table*/SELECT $TD_TIMECODE_RANGE, $TD_GROUP_BY_TIME, BUOYID, TOP(2, TEMPERATURE)
FROM OCEAN_BUOYS
WHERE TD_TIMECODE BETWEEN TIMESTAMP '2014-01-06 10:00:00' AND TIMESTAMP '2014-01-06 10:06:00' AND BUOYID=44
GROUP BY TIME (MINUTES(2) AND BUOYID) FILL(NULLS)
ORDER BY 1, 4, 3;

/*Non-PTI Table*/
SELECT $TD_TIMECODE_RANGE, $TD_GROUP_BY_TIME, BUOYID, TOP(2, TEMPERATURE)
FROM OCEAN_BUOYS_NONPTI
WHERE TIMECODE BETWEEN TIMESTAMP '2014-01-06 10:00:00' AND TIMESTAMP '2014-01-06 10:06:00' AND BUOYID=44
GROUP BY TIME (MINUTES(2) AND BUOYID)
USING TIMECODE(TIMECODE)
FILL(NULLS)
ORDER BY 1, 4, 3;

The results are the same for both tables:

Example: Using TOP With TIES

/*PTI Table*/
SELECT $TD_TIMECODE_RANGE, $TD_GROUP_BY_TIME, BUOYID, TOP WITH TIES(2, TEMPERATURE)
FROM OCEAN_BUOYS
WHERE TD_TIMECODE BETWEEN TIMESTAMP '2014-01-06 10:00:00' AND TIMESTAMP '2014-01-06 10:06:00' AND BUOYID=44
GROUP BY TIME (MINUTES(2) AND BUOYID) FILL(NULLS)
ORDER BY 1, 4, 3;

/*Non-PTI Table*/
SELECT $TD_TIMECODE_RANGE, $TD_GROUP_BY_TIME, BUOYID, TOP WITH TIES(2, TEMPERATURE)
FROM OCEAN_BUOYS_NONPTI
WHERE TIMECODE BETWEEN TIMESTAMP '2014-01-06 10:00:00' AND TIMESTAMP '2014-01-06 10:06:00' AND BUOYID=44
GROUP BY TIME (MINUTES(2) AND BUOYID)
USING TIMECODE(TIMECODE)
FILL(NULLS)
ORDER BY 1, 4, 3;

The results are the same for both tables: