mysql分组取每组前几条记录(排序)

首先来造一部分数据，表mygoods为商品表，cat_id为分类id，goods_id为商品id，status为商品当前的状态位（1:有效，0:无效）

CREATE TABLE `mygoods` (  
  `goods_id` int(11) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,  
  `cat_id` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',  
  `price` tinyint(3) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',  
  `status` tinyint(3) DEFAULT '1',  
  PRIMARY KEY (`goods_id`),  
  KEY `icatid` (`cat_id`)  
) ENGINE=InnoDB  DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;  
  
INSERT INTO `mygoods` VALUES (1, 101, 90, 0);  
INSERT INTO `mygoods` VALUES (2, 101, 99, 1);  
INSERT INTO `mygoods` VALUES (3, 102, 98, 0);  
INSERT INTO `mygoods` VALUES (4, 103, 96, 0);  
INSERT INTO `mygoods` VALUES (5, 102, 95, 0);  
INSERT INTO `mygoods` VALUES (6, 102, 94, 1);  
INSERT INTO `mygoods` VALUES (7, 102, 93, 1);  
INSERT INTO `mygoods` VALUES (8, 103, 99, 1);  
INSERT INTO `mygoods` VALUES (9, 103, 98, 1);  
INSERT INTO `mygoods` VALUES (10, 103, 97, 1);  
INSERT INTO `mygoods` VALUES (11, 104, 96, 1);  
INSERT INTO `mygoods` VALUES (12, 104, 95, 1);  
INSERT INTO `mygoods` VALUES (13, 104, 94, 1);  
INSERT INTO `mygoods` VALUES (15, 101, 92, 1);  
INSERT INTO `mygoods` VALUES (16, 101, 93, 1);  
INSERT INTO `mygoods` VALUES (17, 101, 94, 0);  
INSERT INTO `mygoods` VALUES (18, 102, 99, 1);  
INSERT INTO `mygoods` VALUES (19, 105, 85, 1);  
INSERT INTO `mygoods` VALUES (20, 105, 89, 0);  
INSERT INTO `mygoods` VALUES (21, 105, 99, 1);

需求：每个分类下，找出两个价格最高的有效的商品

mysql> select a.*   
    -> from mygoods a   
    -> where (select count(*) 
    -> from mygoods 
    -> where cat_id = a.cat_id and price > a.price  ) <2 
    -> order by a.cat_id,a.price desc;
+----------+--------+-------+--------+
| goods_id | cat_id | price | status |
+----------+--------+-------+--------+
|        2 |    101 |    99 |      1 |
|       17 |    101 |    94 |      0 |
|       18 |    102 |    99 |      1 |
|        3 |    102 |    98 |      0 |
|        8 |    103 |    99 |      1 |
|        9 |    103 |    98 |      1 |
|       11 |    104 |    96 |      1 |
|       12 |    104 |    95 |      1 |
|       21 |    105 |    99 |      1 |
|       20 |    105 |    89 |      0 |
+----------+--------+-------+--------+
10 rows in set (0.00 sec)