Selecting Nth Record in an SQL Query

Question

I have an SQL Query that i\'m running but I only want to select a specific row. For example lets say my query was:

Select * from Comments

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Answer 1

Well, in T-SQL (the dialect for SQL Server) you can do the following:

SELECT TOP 1 *
  FROM (SELECT TOP 8 *
          FROM Table
         ORDER
            BY SortField)
 ORDER
    BY SortField DESC

This way you get the 8th record.