Принесите первые 10 рядов в разработчике Oracle SQL

SELECT * FROM (SELECT [COLUMNS] FROM [TABLE] ORDER BY [DATE] DESC)
    WHERE ROWNUM >= 1 AND ROWNUM <=10;
-- Oracle 12c:
SELECT * FROM (SELECT [COLUMNS] FROM [TABLE] ORDER BY [DATE] DESC) 
    FETCH FIRST 10 ROWS ONLY;
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