You have an error in your SQL syntax； check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version

mysql> SELECT TOP 3 prod_name
    -> FROM products;
ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual
that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use 
near '3 prod_name

先翻译错误：

ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server versionfor the right syntax to use near '3 prod_name

错误1064(42000)：您的sql语法出现错误；请检查与mysql服务器版本对应的手册，以获得使用接近‘3 prod_name的正确语法

解决发现 MySQL 查询前几列语法是：limit

正确写法

mysql> SELECT listName
    -> FROM tableName;
    -> LIMIT 5;

如果你使用MySQL、MariaDB、PostgreSQL或者SQLite，需要使用LIMIT子句，像这样：

mysql> SELECT listName
    -> FROM tableName;
    -> LIMIT 5;

如果你使用Oracle，需要基于ROWNUM（行计数器）来计算行，像这样：

mysql> SELECT listName
    -> FROM tableName;
    -> WHERE ROWNUM <= 5;