Posted by Hugo Kornelis on 08/17/07 22:44

On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 10:56:10 -0000, WhytheQ wrote:

>This comes up with nothing:
>'=====================
>USE myDatabase
>SELECT *
>FROM myTable
>TABLESAMPLE (1 ROWS)
>'====================
>
>...whereas this works:
>'=====================
>USE myDatabase
>SELECT *
>FROM myTable
>TABLESAMPLE (1 PERCENT)
>'====================
>
>Any ideas??

Hi J,

TABLESAMPLE won't give you the exact number of rows you asked for, but
an approximation. This is explained in Books Online (though not as
clearly as I hoped and thought it was).

Also see Erland's reply in your other thread.

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Hugo Kornelis, SQL Server MVP
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