Question

Here is the SQL table:

KEY | NAME    | VALUE  
---------------------
13b | Jeffrey | 23.5  
F48 | Jonas   | 18.2  
2G8 | Debby   | 21.1

Now, if I type:

SELECT * 
  FROM table  
 WHERE VALUE = 23.5

I will get the first row.

What I need to accomplish is to get the first and the next two rows below. Is there a way to do it?

Columns are not sorted and WHERE condition doesn’t participate in the selection of the rows, except for the first one. I just need the two additional rows below the returned one – the ones that were entered after the one which has been returned by the SELECT query.

Answer 1

You need to define an order to the results to do this. There is no guaranteed order to the data otherwise.
If by “the next 2 rows after” you mean “the next 2 records that were inserted into the table AFTER that particular row”, you will need to use an auto incrementing field or a “date create” timestamp field to do this.