Method _use_top

lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/mssql/base.py:2146–2159

(self, select)

            return select._fetch_clause

    def _use_top(self, select):
        return (select._offset_clause is None) and (
            select._simple_int_clause(select._limit_clause)
            or (
                # limit can use TOP with is by itself. fetch only uses TOP
                # when it needs to because of PERCENT and/or WITH TIES
                # TODO: Why?  shouldn't we use TOP always ?
                select._simple_int_clause(select._fetch_clause)
                and (
                    select._fetch_clause_options["percent"]
                    or select._fetch_clause_options["with_ties"]
                )
            )
        )

    def limit_clause(self, cs, **kwargs):
        return ""