Limiting Data

[Chris Hilbert]

I was wondering if there is a way to select ranges of rows, for instance:

I want rows 5-10 of a database, how would i select that?

I know in MySQL you do a "limit #,#", no clue about SQL Server.

[Ray Miao]

Yes if you have identity column in the table.


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Chris Hilbert at 3/23/01 1:46:37 AM

I was wondering if there is a way to select ranges of rows, for instance:

I want rows 5-10 of a database, how would i select that?

I know in MySQL you do a "limit #,#", no clue about SQL Server.

[Chris Hilbert]

Then how do I do it?

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Ray Miao at 3/23/01 8:45:16 AM

Yes if you have identity column in the table.


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Chris Hilbert at 3/23/01 1:46:37 AM

I was wondering if there is a way to select ranges of rows, for instance:

I want rows 5-10 of a database, how would i select that?

I know in MySQL you do a "limit #,#", no clue about SQL Server.

[Jeff Putnam]

Let's say you have 20 rows with an Identity column called _ident seeding (1,1). That means each of your rows would have a Ident number corresponding to it's actual position (row 10 has an ident of 10). Your select would read:

select * from TABLE where _ident between 5 and 10

The problem gets a lot more complex if you have a non-sequential identity column, or none at all... In that case, I would say to use a cursor, and recurse through it until you've got the rows you need.


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Chris Hilbert at 3/23/01 8:48:43 AM



Then how do I do it?

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Ray Miao at 3/23/01 8:45:16 AM

Yes if you have identity column in the table.


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Chris Hilbert at 3/23/01 1:46:37 AM

I was wondering if there is a way to select ranges of rows, for instance:

I want rows 5-10 of a database, how would i select that?

I know in MySQL you do a "limit #,#", no clue about SQL Server.