INF: Effect of SET ROWCOUNT on SELECT with ORDER BY

ID Number: Q46168

1.00 1.10 1.11 4.20

OS/2

Summary:

The following information discusses how a SELECT statement with an

ORDER BY clause is affected by the SET ROWCOUNT statement.

The SET ROWCOUNT statement places a limit on the number of rows that

are returned to the client application. It has no other effect on

processing. All of the rows will be sorted and any aggregate

functions will operate on the complete results set, even if the

complete results set is not returned to the client application.

Additional reference words: 1.00 1.10 1.11 4.20 Transact-SQL