1. ORACLE SELECT * FROM TABLE1 WHERE ROWNUM<=N 2. INFORMIX SELECT FIRST N * FROM TABLE1 3. DB2 SELECT * ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY COL1 DESC) AS ROWNUM WHERE ROWNUM<=N DB2 SELECT COLUMN FROM TABLE FETCH FIRST N ROWS ONLY 4. SQL SERVER SELECT TOP N * FROM TABLE1 5. SYBASE SELECT TOP N * FROM TABLE1 6. mysql: select * from table_name limit N