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OFFSET question - help me understand

--Obtain the actor records between the 701st and 720th records using only LIMIT and OFFSET -- N.B Due to actors being removed from the database the 701st row has the id of 702

SELECT * FROM actors ORDER BY id ASC LIMIT 20 OFFSET 699;

Why is the correct OFFSET 699 and not 700 when I want to obtain the records between 701 & 720?

I originally used 700, but it returned 702-720.

My understanding of OFFSET is that it is the number to skip over.

1 Answer

Hey there James Tecco!

Sorry for the delayed response. It does sound like "700" should be correct in order to skip to record 701... Would you mind sharing the challenge you got this from?