Should have been

select ordnum, ordstat, ordseq
from orders
where ordnum = xxx
order by ordnum, ordseq desc
fetch first 2 rows only

Doing all at once is a bit trickier, but as long as you're on a recent
version of the OS...a recursive common table expression should work...

I have to leave or I'd put together an example. :)

Charles

On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 12:15 PM, Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Nope...a cursor is usually a bad idea. ;)

If you just wanted one at a time...

select ordnum, ordstat, ordseq
from orders
where ordnum = xxx
order by ordnum, desc ordseq
fetch first 2 rows only

Charles


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