How to skip the first n rows in sql query

I want to fire a Query "SELECT * FROM TABLE" but select only from row N+1. Any idea on how to do this?

Use this:

SELECT *
FROM Sales.SalesOrderHeader 
ORDER BY OrderDate
OFFSET (@Skip) ROWS FETCH NEXT (@Take) ROWS ONLY

https://stackoverflow.com/a/19669165/1883345

SQL Server:

select * from table
except
select top N * from table

Oracle up to 11.2:

select * from table
minus
select * from table where rownum <= N

with TableWithNum as (
    select t.*, rownum as Num
    from Table t
)
select * from TableWithNum where Num > N

Oracle 12.1 and later (following standard ANSI SQL)

select *
from table
order by some_column 
offset x rows
fetch first y rows only

They may meet your needs more or less.

There is no direct way to do what you want by SQL. However, it is not a design flaw, in my opinion.

SQL is not supposed to be used like this.

In relational databases, a table represents a relation, which is a set by definition. A set contains unordered elements.

Also, don't rely on the physical order of the records. The row order is not guaranteed by the RDBMS.

If the ordering of the records is important, you'd better add a column such as `Num' to the table, and use the following query. This is more natural.

select * 
from Table 
where Num > N
order by Num

Query: in sql-server

DECLARE @N INT = 5 --Any random number

SELECT * FROM (
        SELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY ID) AS RoNum
              , ID --Add any fields needed here (or replace ID by *)
        FROM TABLE_NAME
) AS tbl 
WHERE @N < RoNum
ORDER BY tbl.ID

This will give rows of Table, where rownumber is starting from @N + 1.

In order to do this in SQL Server, you must order the query by a column, so you can specify the rows you want.

Example:

select * from table order by [some_column] 
offset 10 rows
FETCH NEXT 10 rows only

Do you want something like in LINQ skip 5 and take 10?

SELECT TOP(10) * FROM MY_TABLE  
WHERE ID not in (SELECT TOP(5) ID From My_TABLE ORDER BY ID)
ORDER BY ID;

This approach will work in any SQL version. You need to stablish some order (by Id for example) so all rows are provided in a predictable manner.

How to skip the first n rows in sql query

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