How to use OFFSET and Fetch without Order by in SQL Server

Question

I want use OFFSET and Fetch in my SQL server 2012 query.But without any order by.I can not use order by.Because my sort order will be lost. How can I use OFFSET and Fetch withou

Answer 1

After research and according to comments, The clear and summary answer is : "There is no way!"

But you can remain your sort order with row_number(). So I provided a new tested query that remain the sort order of temp table(final table) with OFFSET and FETCH clause.

    INSERT INTO @TempTable [some columns]  
    select [some columns],row_number() OVER (order by col1) row from table1 order by col1 

    declare @maxrow int
    select @maxrow=max(rn) from @TempTable

    INSERT INTO @TempTable [same columns]
    select [some columns],((row_number() OVER (order by col2)) + @maxrow) row from table2 order by col2

    select * from @TempTable Order by row  OFFSET 20 ROWS FETCH NEXT 50 ROWS ONLY