LIMIT 10..20 in SQL Server

Question

I\'m trying to do something like :

SELECT * FROM table LIMIT 10,20

or

SELECT * FROM table LIMIT 10 OFFSET 10

Answer 1

So far this format is what is working for me (not the best performance though):

SELECT TOP {desired amount of rows} * 
FROM (SELECT *, ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY {order columns} asc)__row__ FROM {table})tmp
WHERE __row__ > {offset row count}

A note on the side, paginating over dynamic data can lead to strange/unexpected results.

Answer 2

A good way is to create a procedure:

create proc pagination (@startfrom int ,@endto int) as
SELECT * FROM ( 
  SELECT *, ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY name desc) as row FROM sys.databases 
 ) a WHERE a.row > @startfrom and a.row <= @endto

just like limit 0,2 /////////////// execute pagination 0,4

Answer 3

select * from (select id,name,ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY id  asc) as row
from tableName1) tbl1
where tbl1.row>=10 and tbl1.row<=15

Will print rows from 10 to 15.

Answer 4

as you found, this is the preferred sql server method:

SELECT * FROM ( 
  SELECT *, ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY name) as row FROM sys.databases 
 ) a WHERE a.row > 5 and a.row <= 10

Answer 5

The equivalent of LIMIT is SET ROWCOUNT, but if you want generic pagination it's better to write a query like this:

;WITH Results_CTE AS
(
    SELECT
        Col1, Col2, ...,
        ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY SortCol1, SortCol2, ...) AS RowNum
    FROM Table
    WHERE <whatever>
)
SELECT *
FROM Results_CTE
WHERE RowNum >= @Offset
AND RowNum < @Offset + @Limit

Answer 6

From the MS SQL Server online documentation (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms186734.aspx ), here is their example that I have tested and works, for retrieving a specific set of rows. ROW_NUMBER requires an OVER, but you can order by whatever you like:

WITH OrderedOrders AS
(
  SELECT SalesOrderID, OrderDate,
  ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY OrderDate) AS RowNumber
  FROM Sales.SalesOrderHeader 
) 
SELECT SalesOrderID, OrderDate, RowNumber  
FROM OrderedOrders 
WHERE RowNumber BETWEEN 50 AND 60;