Re: Sql question

Thanks Raj and others. That definitely leads me to the right direction.

Surjit

Raj Gopalan wrote:

> On subsequent select
>
> select *
> from mytable
> where rownum < 40
> minus
> select *
> from mytable
> where rownum < 20.
>
> This will bring rows between 20 and 40. On the next select, replace 40 with
> 60 and 20 with 40....
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: 03 April 2001 15:26
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>
> Surjit,
>
> The syntax is:
>
> Select *
> >From MyTable
> Where RowNum < 21
> And <more of your predicates>
> ;
>
> Jack
>
> --------------------------------
> Jack C. Applewhite
> Database Administrator/Developer
> OCP Oracle8 DBA
> iNetProfit, Inc.
> Austin, Texas
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> Surjit
> Sharma
> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 7:46 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
> All
>
> I am sure this question has come up here before. I need to
> get the limited number
> of rows from a table at a time (say 20 rows ) using sql . I
> know this can be
> achieved using PL/SQL.
> This is typically required in web based applications where
> you can only show a few
> records at a time.
>
> Your comments are highly appreciated.
>
> Regards.
>
> Surjit
>
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