Is there a way to fetch the first entry of a table in database using SQL query?

Question

I have a database table which stores names of people, i want to fetch the first entry of my database table. Is it possible using SQL query?

Answer 1

Use the following:

SELECT * FROM names LIMIT 1

And if you want the first sorted entry, then use the following:

SELECT n.* FROM names n ORDER BY n.last_name ASC, n.first_name ASC LIMIT 1

Answer 2

you can use select first(column_name) from table_name order by primary_id first().is an aggregate function available for mssql you can also go for 'top' in mssql