Incorrect syntax near 'LIMIT' using mssql

Question

I'm trying to retrieve some data from the database, which need to be the top 10 of the agents with the highest score.

My Query:

SELECT AgentScores.agentID, 
       AgentScores.totalScore, 
       Agents.firstname, 
       Agents.lastname 
FROM AgentScores 
INNER JOIN Agents ON AgentScores.AgentId=Agents.Agent_id 
ORDER BY AgentScores.totalScore DESC 
LIMIT 10

The inner joins are working. I've found the SELECT TOP 10 sql statement but.. I want the 10 agents with the highest score and not the first 10 id's. As you can see I'm ordering on the totalscore.

Anyone has a clue how to fix this?

Error: Array ( [0] => Array ( [0] => 42000 [SQLSTATE] => 42000 [1] => 102 [code] => 102 [2] => [Microsoft][ODBC Driver 11 for SQL Server][SQL Server]Incorrect syntax near 'LIMIT'. [message] => [Microsoft][ODBC Driver 11 for SQL Server][SQL Server]Incorrect syntax near 'LIMIT'. ) )

Thank you!

Answer 1

You have to use TOP clause instead of LIMIT

SELECT TOP 10 AgentScores.agentID, AgentScores.totalScore, Agents.firstname, Agents.lastname FROM AgentScores INNER JOIN Agents ON AgentScores.AgentId=Agents.Agent_id ORDER BY AgentScores.totalScore DESC