我感兴趣的是从数据库表中选择第n行的一些(理想的)数据库不可知的方法。看看如何使用以下数据库的本机功能来实现这一点也很有趣:
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我目前正在SQL Server 2005中做以下事情，但我有兴趣看到其他更不可知论的方法:
WITH Ordered AS (
SELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY OrderID) AS RowNumber, OrderID, OrderDate
FROM Orders)
SELECT *
FROM Ordered
WHERE RowNumber = 1000000
以上SQL: Firoz Ansari的Weblog的功劳
更新:参见Troels Arvin关于SQL标准的回答。Troels，你有我们可以引用的链接吗?
当前回答
没有什么花哨的，没有特殊的功能，以防你像我一样使用Caché……
SELECT TOP 1 * FROM (
SELECT TOP n * FROM <table>
ORDER BY ID Desc
)
ORDER BY ID ASC
假设您有一个可以信任的ID列或日期戳列。
其他回答
当我们在MSSQL 2000中工作时，我们做了所谓的“三重翻转”:
编辑
DECLARE @InnerPageSize int
DECLARE @OuterPageSize int
DECLARE @Count int
SELECT @Count = COUNT(<column>) FROM <TABLE>
SET @InnerPageSize = @PageNum * @PageSize
SET @OuterPageSize = @Count - ((@PageNum - 1) * @PageSize)
IF (@OuterPageSize < 0)
SET @OuterPageSize = 0
ELSE IF (@OuterPageSize > @PageSize)
SET @OuterPageSize = @PageSize
DECLARE @sql NVARCHAR(8000)
SET @sql = 'SELECT * FROM
(
SELECT TOP ' + CAST(@OuterPageSize AS nvarchar(5)) + ' * FROM
(
SELECT TOP ' + CAST(@InnerPageSize AS nvarchar(5)) + ' * FROM <TABLE> ORDER BY <column> ASC
) AS t1 ORDER BY <column> DESC
) AS t2 ORDER BY <column> ASC'
PRINT @sql
EXECUTE sp_executesql @sql
它并不优雅，速度也不快，但它奏效了。
PostgreSQL支持SQL标准定义的窗口函数，但它们很笨拙，所以大多数人使用(非标准)LIMIT / OFFSET:
SELECT
*
FROM
mytable
ORDER BY
somefield
LIMIT 1 OFFSET 20;
这个例子选择了第21行。OFFSET 20告诉Postgres跳过前20条记录。如果您没有指定ORDER BY子句，则无法保证您将返回哪条记录，这很少有用。
下面是我最近为Oracle编写的一个sproc的通用版本，它允许动态分页/排序——HTH
-- p_LowerBound = first row # in the returned set; if second page of 10 rows,
-- this would be 11 (-1 for unbounded/not set)
-- p_UpperBound = last row # in the returned set; if second page of 10 rows,
-- this would be 20 (-1 for unbounded/not set)
OPEN o_Cursor FOR
SELECT * FROM (
SELECT
Column1,
Column2
rownum AS rn
FROM
(
SELECT
tbl.Column1,
tbl.column2
FROM MyTable tbl
WHERE
tbl.Column1 = p_PKParam OR
tbl.Column1 = -1
ORDER BY
DECODE(p_sortOrder, 'A', DECODE(p_sortColumn, 1, Column1, 'X'),'X'),
DECODE(p_sortOrder, 'D', DECODE(p_sortColumn, 1, Column1, 'X'),'X') DESC,
DECODE(p_sortOrder, 'A', DECODE(p_sortColumn, 2, Column2, sysdate),sysdate),
DECODE(p_sortOrder, 'D', DECODE(p_sortColumn, 2, Column2, sysdate),sysdate) DESC
))
WHERE
(rn >= p_lowerBound OR p_lowerBound = -1) AND
(rn <= p_upperBound OR p_upperBound = -1);
从表中选择N个记录号
select * from
(select row_number() over (order by Rand() desc) as Rno,* from TableName) T where T.Rno = RecordNumber
Where RecordNumber --> Record Number to Select
TableName --> To be Replaced with your Table Name
例如，要从表Employee中选择第5条记录，您的查询应该是
select * from
(select row_number() over (order by Rand() desc) as Rno,* from Employee) T where T.Rno = 5
ADD:
LIMIT n,1
这将把结果限制为从结果n开始的一个结果。
