T-sql: how to perform optimised Paging?

Question

I wrote the following code, it works fine, but it takes like 3 sec to complete if the table is containing a million record. Is there a way to optimize the following code.

Answer 1

I use this stored procedure :

CREATE PROCEDURE sp_PagedItems
    (
     @Page int,
     @RecsPerPage int
    )
AS

-- We don't want to return the # of rows inserted
-- into our temporary table, so turn NOCOUNT ON
SET NOCOUNT ON


--Create a temporary table
CREATE TABLE #TempItems
(
    ID int IDENTITY,
    Name varchar(50),
    Price currency
)


-- Insert the rows from tblItems into the temp. table
INSERT INTO #TempItems (Name, Price)
SELECT Name,Price FROM tblItem ORDER BY Price

-- Find out the first and last record we want
DECLARE @FirstRec int, @LastRec int
SELECT @FirstRec = (@Page - 1) * @RecsPerPage
SELECT @LastRec = (@Page * @RecsPerPage + 1)

-- Now, return the set of paged records, plus, an indiciation of we
-- have more records or not!
SELECT *,
       MoreRecords =
    (
     SELECT COUNT(*)
     FROM #TempItems TI
     WHERE TI.ID >= @LastRec
    )
FROM #TempItems
WHERE ID > @FirstRec AND ID < @LastRec


-- Turn NOCOUNT back OFF
SET NOCOUNT OFF