Using LIMIT clause in Sybase

Question

in MySQL I am able to use LIMIT clause but not in the sybase. I have found a lot of question and answers on the net but I can't find what I want. I have tried this

    SELECT TOP 5 * FROM Employees ORDER BY Surname;

but sybase throws and error.it says incorrect syntax near 5. I have also tried this one

SELECT BOTTOM 5 * FROM
(SELECT TOP 15 * FROM someTable
ORDER BYorderColumns DESC)

also not working. and also this one:

SET ROWCOUNT 60
DECLARE @name VARCHAR
SELECT @name = name
FROM user
WHERE something = $something
ORDER BY date ASC

SET ROWCOUNT 20
SELECT *
FROM user
WHERE name >= @name

this is not working since I don't have any ID number in the table, but only name which has varchar data type. Any ideas guys? Thank you so much in advance.

Answer 1

I'm not sure which sybase do you use, but this:

SELECT TOP 5 * FROM Employees ORDER BY Surname

will work on ASE.

You can also try this way:

SELECT TOP(5) * FROM Employees ORDER BY Surname;