http://rttechno.blogspot.com/2009/01/paging-in-ms-sql-server-alternative-to.html

http://asktom.oracle.com/pls/asktom/f?p=100:11:0::::P11_QUESTION_ID:127412348064

select *
from ( select a.*, rownum rnum
from ( YOUR_QUERY_GOES_HERE — including the order by ) a
where rownum < = MAX_ROWS )
where rnum >= MIN_ROWS

SELECT firstname, lastname, score
FROM candidates
WHERE score =
( SELECT MAX(score) FROM candidates);

but this doesn’t allow for an offset and I can’t see how one can be set.

I would add this bit:

n is the offset
x is the number you start on

e.g. Show pages 0 to 25 –
SELECT TOP 25 *
FROM tablename
WHERE key NOT IN (
SELECT TOP 0 key
FROM tablename
ORDER BY key
)

e.g. Show pages 100 to 150 –
SELECT TOP 150 *
FROM tablename
WHERE key NOT IN (
SELECT TOP 100 key
FROM tablename
ORDER BY key
)

Here is the stored procedure as follows

– ================================================
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO
– =============================================
– Author:
– Create date:
– Description:
– =============================================
Alter PROCEDURE Test
– Add the parameters for the stored procedure here
@page int = 0,
@count int =10,
@ProductCategoryId int,
@ProductSubCategoryId int,
@IsDeleted bit,
@IsEnabled bit
AS
BEGIN
– SET NOCOUNT ON added to prevent extra result sets from
– interfering with SELECT statements.
SET NOCOUNT ON;

— Insert statements for procedure here

SET NOCOUNT ON;

CREATE TABLE #TempTBL (
[ProductCategoryId] [int] NOT NULL,
[ProductSubCategoryId] [int] NOT NULL,
[ProductId] [int] NOT NULL,
[ProductName] [nvarchar](50) NULL,
[ProductSupplier] [nvarchar](50) NULL,
[ProductShortDescription] [nvarchar](100) NULL,
[ProductModel] [nvarchar](50) NULL,
[ProductLongDescription] [nvarchar](500) NULL,
[ProductRRP] [money] NULL ,
[ProductNowRate] [money] NULL ,
[ProductMake] [nvarchar](50) NULL,
[ProductType] [nvarchar](50) NULL,
[ProductImageName] [nvarchar](250) NULL ,
[ProductSmallImageName] [nvarchar](250) NULL ,
[ProductXImageName] [nvarchar](250) NULL ,
[PutIn] [nvarchar](250) NULL,
[RowId] [int] NULL,
[IsEnabled] [bit] NULL ,
[IsDeleted] [bit] NULL ,
[DateSubmitted] [datetime] NOT NULL ,
[DateUpdated] [datetime] NOT NULL ,
[RowIndex] int
)

Insert into #TempTBL
(
[ProductCategoryId] ,
[ProductSubCategoryId],
[ProductId],
[ProductName] ,
[ProductSupplier],
[ProductShortDescription],
[ProductModel],
[ProductLongDescription],
[ProductRRP],
[ProductNowRate],
[ProductMake],
[ProductType],
[ProductImageName],
[ProductSmallImageName],
[ProductXImageName],
[PutIn],
[RowId],
[IsEnabled],
[IsDeleted],
[DateSubmitted],
[DateUpdated],
[RowIndex]
)
select *,row_number() OVER(Order By ProductId)
from Products
where ProductCategoryId=@ProductCategoryId AND
ProductSubCategoryId = @ProductSubCategoryId AND
IsDeleted = @IsDeleted AND IsEnabled = @IsEnabled
ORDER By ProductId ASC

select * from #TempTBL where RowIndex >= @page * @count AND RowIndex <= (@page * @count) + @count
END
GO

The offset indicates how far into the result set the limit should start.

SELECT * FROM
(SELECT YEAR, MONTH, STYLE, SUM(GROSS_SALES) AS GROSS,
SUM(NET_SALES) AS NET
FROM DB.SALES WHERE YEAR=2008 AND MONTH=3
GROUP BY YEAR, MONTH
) AS TABLE
ORDER BY NET DESC
FETCH FIRST 10 ROWS ONLY

The above would give you the top ten styles in net sales for March-2008.

I agree, the other players need to swallow their pride and adopt “LIMIT”, but “FETCH” is nice too for DB2 users :)

@srinivasan:
Did you even read the post?