INF: Effect of SET ROWCOUNT on SELECT with ORDER BY

Last reviewed: April 25, 1997
Article ID: Q46168

The information in this article applies to:

  - Microsoft SQL Server version 4.2 for OS/2

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 query words: Transact-SQL
Keywords : kbprg SSrvServer
Version : 4.2
Platform : OS/2

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Last reviewed: April 25, 1997
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