a solution offered i received from "raydan Untested: Untested: declare @num int set @num = 20
EXEC ('select top 10 from myTable where ID not in (select top ' + @num + ' from myTable order by ID) order by ID') But beware the dangers of dynamic SQL. "Mark Snijders" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ... > $start = 10; > > $numbers_to_show = 25; > > $sql = "SELECT * FROM bla Limit $start, $numbers_to_show"; > > or just go to mysql.com and use the manual :) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Noam Giladi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: woensdag 19 februari 2003 16:00 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PHP-DB] "LIMIT" problem MSSQL > > > I'm trying to split results into different pages and number the pages > accordingly. I've been able to build a fairly intelligent page numbering > system which knows which rows it should pull (at least by numbering each row > numerically) but I don't know how to construct a SQL query to pull 10 > results starting at a certain number. > > please did anyone wrote a proc that do it?. > > > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php