Sql 每个用户id限制3行

我有一个疑问：

SELECT users.id, users.name, messages.id, messages.name

FROM messages
INNER JOIN users on messages.user_id = users.id

WHERE users.active = true

ORDER BY users.id, messages.sent_at

我希望查询返回每个users.id的前3行，是否可能

我在stackoverflow或任何其他网站上都没有发现类似的问题。我感谢您的回答或有用的链接。谢谢

您可以在子查询/派生表中使用行号：

select users_id, users_name, messages_id, messages_name
from (
  SELECT users.id as users_id, users.name as users_name, messages.id as messages_id, messages.name as messages_name, messages.sent_at
    , row_number() over (partition by users.id order by messages.sent_at) as rn
  FROM messages
  INNER JOIN users on messages.user_id = users.id
  WHERE users.active = true
) as sub
where rn < 4
ORDER BY users_id, sent_at

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谢谢你，@SqlZim！我知道答案是windows功能，但不知道怎么做。@Erick很乐意帮忙！