Row Offset in SQL Server

sql, sql-server

Solution

I would avoid using `SELECT *`. Specify columns you actually want even though it may be all of them.

SQL Server 2005+

SELECT col1, col2 
FROM (
    SELECT col1, col2, ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY ID) AS RowNum
    FROM MyTable
) AS MyDerivedTable
WHERE MyDerivedTable.RowNum BETWEEN @startRow AND @endRow

SQL Server 2000

Efficiently Paging Through Large Result Sets in SQL Server 2000

A More Efficient Method for Paging Through Large Result Sets

Problem

Is there any way in SQL Server to get the results starting at a given offset? For example, in another type of SQL database, it's possible to do: ``` SELECT * FROM MyTable OFFSET 50 LIMIT 25 ``` to get results 51-75. This construct does not appear to exist in SQL Server. How can I accomplish this without loading all the rows I don't care about? Thanks!

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