SQL Server 2005 has a ROW_NUMBER Function that can help with paging records for you database applications. ROW_NUMBER returns a sequential number, starting at 1, for each row returned in a resultset.
If I want the first page of 10 records from my log file sorted by Date DESC, I can use the ROW_NUMBER FUNCTION as follows:
If I want the first page of 10 records from my log file sorted by Date DESC, I can use the ROW_NUMBER FUNCTION as follows:
SELECT Description, Date FROM (SELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY Date DESC) AS Row, Description, Date FROM LOG) AS LogWithRowNumbers WHERE Row >= 1 AND Row <= 10
The second page of 10 records would then be as follows:
SELECT Description, Date FROM (SELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY Date DESC) AS Row, Description, Date FROM LOG) AS LogWithRowNumbers WHERE Row >= 11 AND Row <= 20
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