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MySQL query to select top n rows efficiently?
Use index to select top n rows efficiently. Let us first create a table −
mysql> create table DemoTable (StudentName varchar(100), StudentScore int ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.66 sec)
Example
Insert some records in the table using insert command −
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('John',34);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.19 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Carol',55);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.15 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Bob',58);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.17 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Sam',38);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Mike',48);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.15 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Adam',41);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Chris',47);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.16 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Robert',40);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.16 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('David',89);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.18 sec)Display all records from the table using select statement −
mysql> select *from DemoTable;
Output
+-------------+--------------+ | StudentName | StudentScore | +-------------+--------------+ | John | 34 | | Carol | 55 | | Bob | 58 | | Sam | 38 | | Mike | 48 | | Adam | 41 | | Chris | 47 | | Robert | 40 | | David | 89 | +-------------+--------------+ 9 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Example
Following is the query to select top n rows efficiently. We have used ORDER BY and skipped 5 rows. After skipping, 3 records are visible, since we have used LIMIT 3 −
mysql> alter table DemoTable ADD INDEX name_score(StudentName,StudentScore); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.61 sec) Records: 0 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0 mysql> select StudentName,StudentScore from DemoTable order by StudentScore LIMIT 5,3;
Output
+-------------+--------------+ | StudentName | StudentScore | +-------------+--------------+ | Mike | 48 | | Carol | 55 | | Bob | 58 | +-------------+--------------+ 3 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Updated on: 02-Jul-2020
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