LIMIT Clause Problem in My SQL Server

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SQL-Server-2012

I have the following scenario

+--------+--------+-----------------+-------------------------+
| Msgid |UserID | Msg | MsgDate |
+--------+--------+-----------------+-------------------------+
| 3 | 75 | TextMSG | 2014-04-01 12:05:29.957 |
| 4 | 75 | TextMSG | 2014-04-01 12:06:14.967 |
| 5 | 75 | TextMSG | 2014-04-01 12:06:48.160 |
| 6 | 80 | TextMSG | 2014-04-01 12:07:02.227 |
| 7 | 80 | TextMSG | 2014-04-01 12:07:07.763 |
+--------+---------+-------+----------------------------------+

and write the query to retrieve the 2 recent msg of User id 75.

SQL

SELECT Msg FROM TempNoti WHERE UserID = 75 LIMIT 2 ORDER BY MsgDate DESC;

But it gives the following error
Incorrect syntax near 'LIMIT'.

I using the tutorial from this site mysqltutorial.

Posted 31-Mar-14 23:05pm

Muhammad Taqi Hassan Bukhari

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Maciej Los 1-Apr-14 5:13am

SQL or MySQL? It makes the difference!

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Maciej Los · Answer 1 · 2014-03-31T23:15:00

Solution 1

If it is MySQL, try:

SQL

SELECT Msg
FROM TempNoti
WHERE UserID = 75
ORDER BY MsgDate DESC
LIMIT 2;

Please, use proper tag.

Posted 31-Mar-14 23:15pm

Maciej Los

OriginalGriff · Answer 2 · 2014-03-31T23:17:00

Solution 2

LIMIT must be the last thing in the SELECT Statement:

SQL

SELECT Msg FROM TempNoti WHERE UserID = 75 ORDER BY MsgDate DESC LIMIT 2

Posted 31-Mar-14 23:17pm

OriginalGriff

Muhammad Taqi Hassan Bukhari · Answer 3 · 2014-03-31T23:49:00

Solution 3

SQL

SELECT TOP 2 Msg FROM TempNoti WHERE UserID = 75 ORDER BY MsgDate DESC;

Posted 31-Mar-14 23:49pm

Muhammad Taqi Hassan Bukhari