Equivalent of LIMIT and OFFSET for SQL Server?

Question

In PostgreSQL there is the Limit and Offset keywords which will allow very easy pagination of result sets.

What is the equivalent syntax f

Answer 1

You can use ROW_NUMBER in a Common Table Expression to achieve this.

;WITH My_CTE AS
(
     SELECT
          col1,
          col2,
          ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY col1) AS row_number
     FROM
          My_Table
     WHERE
          <<>>
)
SELECT
     col1,
     col2
FROM
     My_CTE
WHERE
     row_number BETWEEN @start_row AND @end_row