Variable Value in Top Statement
i want create a Procedure that behave like this: declare @cnt int set @cnt =10 select top @cnt * from sw_user Where sw_user contains 20 records, and i want the variable to be the criteria of Top statement. so i can use this for a solution for this type of problem CREATE PROC Top10 @cnt int AS SET ROWCOUNT @cnt SELECT * FROM sw_user but some cases ROWCOUNT might not be work... so what, Note : This statement however is possible in SQL 2005, just add "()" in your variable like so: declare @cnt int set @cnt =10 select top (@cnt) * from sw_user