Row Offset in SQL Server

Question

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 * FR         


        

Answer 1

For tables with more and large data columns, I prefer:

SELECT 
  tablename.col1,
  tablename.col2,
  tablename.col3,
  ...
FROM
(
  (
    SELECT
      col1
    FROM 
    (
      SELECT col1, ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY col1 ASC) AS RowNum
      FROM tablename
      WHERE ([CONDITION])
    )
    AS T1 WHERE T1.RowNum BETWEEN [OFFSET] AND [OFFSET + LIMIT]
  )
  AS T2 INNER JOIN tablename ON T2.col1=tablename.col1
);

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[CONDITION] can contain any WHERE clause for searching.
[OFFSET] specifies the start,
[LIMIT] the maximum results.

It has much better performance on tables with large data like BLOBs, because the ROW_NUMBER function only has to look through one column, and only the matching rows are returned with all columns.