Here's what i came up with: create table sample (num number, part varchar2(30)); SQL> select * from sample; NUM PART ---------- ------------------------------ 1 a 2 a 3 b 4 b 5 c 6 c 7 c 8 d 9 d 10 d 11 d 12 e 13 e 13 rows selected Executed in 0.271 seconds SQL> SQL> select ttt.* from ( select tt.*, max(cnt_t) over (partition by part) as mx_p from ( select t.*, count(*) over (order by num) as cnt_t from sample t order by num ) tt ) ttt where mx_p <= 10; NUM PART CNT_T MX_P ---------- ------------------------------ ---------- ---------- 1 a 1 2 2 a 2 2 3 b 3 4 4 b 4 4 5 c 5 7 6 c 6 7 7 c 7 7 7 rows selected Executed in 0.24 seconds SQL> select ttt.* from ( select tt.*, max(cnt_t) over (partition by part) as mx_p from ( select t.*, count(*) over (order by num) as cnt_t from sample t order by num ) tt ) ttt where mx_p <= 11; NUM PART CNT_T MX_P ---------- ------------------------------ ---------- ---------- 1 a 1 2 2 a 2 2 3 b 3 4 4 b 4 4 5 c 5 7 6 c 6 7 7 c 7 7 8 d 8 11 9 d 9 11 10 d 10 11 11 d 11 11 11 rows selected Executed in 0.26 seconds SQL> Inner most query produces a running total. Middle query produces the "max total reached per group" Outer most filters out. Does this solve it ? On Apr 8, 2005 12:02 PM, Martic Zoran <zoran_martic@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > You have the result set from some SQL. > > You want to return up to 1000 rows but broken down to > the last partition in the set partitioned by a few > logical columns (like employee id, ...). > > How to do this? > > e.g > > you have > > 1 > 2 > 2 > 3 > 3 > 3 > 4 > 4 > 4 > 5 > 5 > 5 > 5 > > but you want back: > > 1 > 2 > 2 > 3 > 3 > 3 > 4 > 4 > 4 > > because 5's are the new partition that will not fit in > 10 you want to return back. > Now just replace numbers with the many columns. > > Regards, > Zoran > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! Messenger > Show us what our next emoticon should look like. Join the fun. > http://www.advision.webevents.yahoo.com/emoticontest > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > -- Christo Kutrovsky Database/System Administrator The Pythian Group -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l