T-SQL How to select only Second row from a table?

Question

I have a table and I need to retrieve the ID of the Second row. How to achieve that ?

By Top 2 I select the two first rows, but I need only

Answer 1

In SQL Server 2012+, you can use OFFSET...FETCH:

SELECT
   <column(s)>
FROM
   <table(s)>
ORDER BY
   <sort column(s)>
OFFSET 1 ROWS   -- Skip this number of rows
FETCH NEXT 1 ROWS ONLY;  -- Return this number of rows

Answer 2

No need of row number functions if field ID is unique.

SELECT TOP 1 *
FROM (
  SELECT TOP 2 * 
  FROM yourTable
  ORDER BY ID
) z
ORDER BY ID DESC

Answer 3

select *
from (
  select ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY Column_Name) as ROWNO, *
  from Table_Name
) Table_Name
where ROWNO = 2

Answer 4

SELECT TOP 2 [Id] FROM table

Answer 5

Use TOP 2 in the SELECT to get the desired number of rows in output. This would return in the sequence the data was created. If you have a date option you could order by the date along with TOP n Clause.

To get the top 2 rows;

SELECT TOP 2 [Id] FROM table 

To get the top 2 rows order by some field

SELECT TOP 2 [ID] FROM table ORDER BY <YourColumn> ASC/DESC

To Get only 2nd Row;

WITH Resulttable AS 
( 
  SELECT TOP 2 
    *, ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY YourColumn) AS RowNumber 
  FROM @Table 
)  
SELECT *
FROM Resultstable
WHERE RowNumber = 2

Answer 6

I have a much easier way than the above ones.

DECLARE @FirstId int, @SecondId int

    SELECT TOP 1 @FirstId = TableId from MyDataTable ORDER BY TableId 
    SELECT TOP 1 @SecondId = TableId from MyDataTable WHERE TableId <> @FirstId  ORDER BY TableId 

SELECT @SecondId