Alexander Gräf wrote,

> How about this:
>
> CREATE VIEW NEW_VIEW (
> NAME,
> WEIGHTED_VALUE)
> AS
> SELECT Name, Weighted_Value FROM Customers
> WHERE Weighted_Value >=
> (SELECT FIRST 1 SKIP 1 Weighted_Value FROM Customers
> ORDER BY Weighted_Value DESC);

ended up with this, based on your example

select b.name, count(*) from customers c
join branches b on b.orderappend = c.branchcode and b.enabled = 'T'
where c.weighted_value >=
(SELECT FIRST 1 SKIP 80000 Weighted_Value FROM Customers
ORDER BY Weighted_Value DESC)
group by 1

thanks a million
Gary