Data paging in SQL Server CE (Compact Edition)

Question

I am writing a wpf destop application, and would like to use SQL Server CE as a backend. I\'m trying to come up with a good way to do efficient data paging. In SQL Server

Answer 1

There are a few ways, but the most simplistic way would be like the following:

Assuming

1. Page Size = 10
2. Page = 2

Then

1. First TOP = PageSize (10)
2. Second TOP = PageSize * Page (20)

SELECT
 [Page].[ID],
 [Page].[FirstName],
 [Page].[LastName]
FROM
(
SELECT TOP (10)
 [FirstRows].[ID],
 [FirstRows].[FirstName],
 [FirstRows].[LastName]
FROM
 (
 SELECT TOP (20)
  [TestTable].[ID],
  [TestTable].[FirstName],
  [TestTable].[LastName]
 FROM
  [TestTable]
 ORDER BY
  [TestTable].[ID] ASC
 ) AS [FirstRows]
ORDER BY 
 [FirstRows].[ID] DESC
) AS [Page]
ORDER BY
  [Page].[ID] ASC