Question : TOP and ROWCOUNT return different record sets

I have a query which can be written in two ways

Please refer the code snippet for Scenario 1 and 2

Both these scenarios are returning different record sets. Is this an expected behaviour?

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Scenario 1 SELECT TOP(50) * from table order by column1 ASC Scenario 2 SET ROWCOUNT=50 SELECT * from table order by column1 ASC

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Answer : TOP and ROWCOUNT return different record sets

Hello Kanchipuramdeena,

Try running these, and see if you get identical results:

SET ROWCOUNT 50
SELECT * from table order by TimeStamp ASC, ID ASC

SELECT TOP(50) * from table order by TimeStamp ASC, ID ASC

Regards,

Patrick