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Databases

Posted by sulaiman abouabdah
sulaiman abouabdah
5,314 Points

MS SQL OFFSET

MS SQL and Oracle

To page through results you can either use the OFFSET keyword in conjunction with the FETCH keyword. Cannot be used with TOP.

SELECT <columns> FROM <table> OFFSET <skipped rows> ROWS FETCH NEXT <# of rows> ROWS ONLY;

I have tried this and it didn't work on MS SQL server 2014

Can you please show us a demo of how to make it work?

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points

FETCH is a T-SQL operator for use with a cursor. Are you sure that's what you need? If so, please show the complete T-SQL where you establish the cursor.

If you just want a limited number of rows from an ordinary query you should use TOP instead.

sulaiman abouabdah
sulaiman abouabdah
5,314 Points

I have no idea what T-SQL means. I am still new at this.

I am trying to do as we were taught in the video that you can use OFFSET in order to start in a certain row and then start printing the next limited rows. How can I do that in MS SQL Server?

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points

Note that using both TOP and OFFSET requires a sub-query, and OFFSET requires ORDER BY:

SELECT TOP <# of rows> * FROM
    (SELECT <columns> FROM <table> ORDER BY <columname> OFFSET <skipped rows> ROWS);