Question

I would like to know the best way to implement paging in queries.

Currently, I am doing something like this:

SELECT
  columns
FROM
  (SELECT columns FROM table ORDER BY column)
WHERE
  rownum BETWEEN start AND end

Is this the best way to go about it?

Answer 1

Yes, that’s the best way I know by far. If you are working with SQL Server, you may combine Row_Number and CTE together. Take a look at http://www.sqlteam.com/article/server-side-paging-using-sql-server-2005

and for MySQL

SELECT MyField
FROM sometable
LIMIT [offset], [pagesize]

of course you should replace [offset] and pagesize with appropriate values.