Maybe you could do a top 50 to start with, figure out the id of the next record, and then do a top 50 where id > next_id?
Don't know if this works though. Ian > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Klostermeyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 28 September 2005 15:01 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: SQL row select? > > A couple problems with this: > > 1. Typically you will want to sort on something other than > the ID (date, alpha, etc.) 2. This query will return all > records from the 200th record through the end of the table. > If this table has a million records, you will be returning A > LOT of data that you don't need. > > Sorry, but to my knowledge, there is nothing built into SQL > Server that allows this type of filtering. > > Mike > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew Small [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 8:50 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: SQL row select? > > > Select top 50 * from table where id not in (select top 199 id > from table order by id) > > I think that will work. > > > Matthew Small > Web Developer > American City Business Journals > 704-973-1045 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ken Ferguson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 9:49 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: SQL row select? > > The syntax is different for each DB, but if I remember > correctly -- MS SQL uses the TOP keyword. > > SELECT TOP(50) * > FROM TABLENAME > WHERE BLAH=BLAH > > Burns, John D wrote: > > >Ok, I feel like this should be something simple but my brain > just isn't > >working this morning. Besides using CFOUTPUT with the startrow and > >maxrows attributes, is there a way in my SQL itself to > specify that I > >want it to grab 50 rows starting at the 200th row. I'm > trying to make a > >paged approach to a query that could potentially have about 20,000 > >records returned. I'd much rather just have MS SQL return > 50 rows at a > >time by telling it which row to start at rather than having > it return a > >20,000 recordset to CF and then only output 50. I'm hoping this is > >something easy and my brain just hasn't woken up yet. Any thoughts > >would be appreciated. > > > >John Burns > >Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX Developer Wyle Laboratories, Inc. | > >Web Developer > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:219424 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54

