Select TOP 2 with DISTINCT name SQL SERVER

Question

I need to get the top 2 clients that spend more money but without repeating.

I have this code:

Select DISTINCT Top 2 Clientes.Nome, Clientes.NCartao, Vendas.ValorCIva 
from Clientes AS Cli, Vendas
INNER JOIN Clientes ON Clientes.IdCliente = Vendas.IdCliente
order by Vendas.ValorCIva DESC

and I have this result:

Client          Number  Total
José Pinto      123456  8,48
José Pinto      123456  6,52
Joao Ferreira   564789  5,75

but i want this:

Client          Number  Total
José Pinto      123456   15
Joao Ferreira   564789  5,75

Answer 1

One way of doing it:

select Top 2 Clientes.Nome, Clientes.NCartao, sum(Vendas.ValorCIva) ValorCIva 
from Clientes AS Cli, Vendas INNER JOIN Clientes ON Clientes.IdCliente = Vendas.IdCliente 
group by Clientes.Nome, Clientes.NCartao
order by sum(Vendas.ValorCIva) DESC

Answer 2

if you dont want to repeat that client put a GROUP BY so it will automatically display each client and dont repeat itself, something like this..

Select Top 2 Clientes.Nome, Clientes.NCartao, Vendas.ValorCIva 
FROM Clientes AS Cli, Vendas
INNER JOIN Clientes ON Clientes.IdCliente = Vendas.IdCliente
GROUP BY Clientes.Nome
ORDER BY Clientes.Nome