MS SQL Server provides the top syntax that can be used in SQL select queries to limit the records returned from a query. This is especially useful when querying very large tables in cases where the user only cares about a subset of the records. Listed below are examples of how to use the top syntax.
The Spahn Ranch in Chatsworth, California was the base of operations used by Charles Manson and his followers during their 1969 murder spree. The Manson Family case can be regarded as a metaphor for the end of innocence of the decade of peace and love.
By the time he was 35, Manson had spent more than 20 years in either foster homes, juvenile detention centers, or prison, By the time he was 20, a state psychiatrist had labeled him a sociopathic personality, Manson often stopped priests and claimed he was Jesus Christ.