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by Niklas Hemdal
October 31, 2006

MAX vs. TOP, SET vs. SELECT

Here is a good discussion of some of the unexpected results you can get using TOP vs. MAX, as well as SET vs. SELECT.

I have noticed some of the issues discussed, but had never actually tried to track down exactly why the result is not what I expected. This entry also links to Tony Rogerson's entry on the same topic.

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