Sql to return second record in a query first

Question

I have a query that simply retruns records ordered by date
most recent. What
I need is to show the second record in the set only, or
first. How would I
do that?

Answer 1

Make the inner join a LEFT JOIN
SELECT        (ct.amount)
FROM            dbo.card AS c WITH (NOLOCK) LEFT JOIN
                         dbo.card_transaction_log AS ct WITH (NOLOCK) ON ct.card_id = c.card_id  AND ct.transaction_response_cd = '00' AND 
                         ct.transaction_type_cd = 'REDEMPTION' AND ct.lastupdated <= '2013-12-09 11:02:00'
                         where c.card_id IN 
                         1767811,
                         1767812,
                         1767813 )
Tom
P.S.  Using WITH (NOLOCK) is usually a bad idea.  It amounts to saying you don't care if you might get bad data, duplicate data, missing data or unexpected errors.  If you are not having blocking problems, you don't need WITH(NOLOCK) and if
you are having blocking problems it is usually better to look for other solutions, like improving your indexing strategy or using the SNAPSHOT transaction isolation level.
Tom