Question

I am new to sql (and sqlite) and so far I have learned that I need to use count to get the number of rows returned by a query. However if I get for example 10’000 results and would like to divide them into 10 “pages” I would like to show only results 0-1’000 on one page , 1’000-2’000 on another page and so on.

How should I write a sql query that shows only the results I am intrested in? I guess I would have to do something like this:

select *
from sometable
where somecol like '%whatever%'
   AND resultcount > 1000
   AND resultcount < 2000;

I apologize if this has been answered before but I do not know what I should search for and so far I have not found any solutions that are simple enough for a beginner 😉

Answer 1

You could use the LIMIT and OFFSET feature of sqlite.

SELECT *
FROM sometable
WHERE somecol LIKE '%whatever%'
LIMIT 1000 OFFSET 1000

LIMIT X OFFSET Y is a LIMIT of X records, with a Y OFFSET

so LIMIT 10 OFFSET 50 will return 10 records, with a 50 record offset.

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There is also LIMIT <skip>, <count> syntax if you prefer that style