Top clause from certain number

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I know that the top clause is used to retrieve a 'maximum' of rows from the database.

however, is there a possibility to say "i want al the rows from 40 to 50.

I know that oracle database have the variable "rownum" which is usefull in such situations, is this also possible in Sql-Server 2005?

With kind regards.

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Posted 5-May-11 22:28pm

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Mahendra.p25 · Answer 1 · 2011-05-05T23:17:00

Solution 1

try this

SQL

Select top 10 *
From MyTable
Where PrimaryKeyField Not In
(Select top 10 PrimaryKeyField
From MyTable
Order By MySequenceField)
Order By MySequenceField

Posted 5-May-11 23:17pm

Mahendra.p25

Costica U · Answer 2 · 2011-05-06T00:03:00

Solution 2

Something like this would do it

SQL

SELECT  col1,
        col2,
        col3
FROM    (
        SELECT  col1,
                col2,
                col3,
                ROW_NUMBER() OVER( ORDER BY col1,col2) as rownum
        FROM    MyTable
        ) a
WHERE   rownum BETWEEN 40 AND 50

Posted 6-May-11 0:03am

Costica U