Which rows are returned when using LIMIT with OFFSET in MySQL?

It will return 18 results starting on record #9 and finishing on record #26.

Start by reading the query from offset. First you offset by 8, which means you skip the first 8 results of the query. Then you limit by 18. Which means you consider records 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16....24, 25, 26 which are a total of 18 records.

Check this out.

And also the official documentation.

OFFSET is nothing but a keyword to indicate starting cursor in table

SELECT column FROM table LIMIT 18 OFFSET 8 -- fetch 18 records, begin with record 9 (OFFSET 8)

you would get the same result form

SELECT column FROM table LIMIT 8, 18

visual representation (R is one record in the table in some order)

 OFFSET        LIMIT          rest of the table
 __||__   _______||_______   __||__
/      \ /                \ /
RRRRRRRR RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR RRRR...
         \________________/
                 ||
             your result

You will get output from column value 9 to 26 as you have mentioned OFFSET as 8