SQL Server 2008 paging methods?

Question

I have to work with a potentially large list of records and I\'ve been Googling for ways to avoid selecting the whole list, instead I want to let users select a page (like f

Answer 1

Try this

Declare @RowStart int, @RowEnd int;


SET @RowStart = 4;
SET @RowEnd = 7; 

With MessageEntities As 
(
    Select ROW_NUMBER() Over (Order By [MESSAGE_ID]) As Row, [MESSAGE_ID]
    From [TBL_NAFETHAH_MESSAGES]
)
Select  m0.MESSAGE_ID, m0.MESSAGE_SENDER_NAME,
        m0.MESSAGE_SUBJECT, m0.MESSAGE_TEXT
From MessageEntities M
    Inner Join [TBL_NAFETHAH_MESSAGES] m0 on M.MESSAGE_ID = m0.MESSAGE_ID
Where M.Row Between @RowStart AND @RowEnd
Order By M.Row Asc
GO