Add Select Rows After An Offset as a MySQL TIL

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 - [Dump A Database To A File](mysql/dump-a-database-to-a-file.md)
 - [Ignore Duplicates When Inserting Records](mysql/ignore-duplicates-when-inserting-records.md)
 - [List Databases And Tables](mysql/list-databases-and-tables.md)
+- [Select Rows After An Offset](mysql/select-rows-after-an-offset.md)
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mysql/select-rows-after-an-offset.md

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+# Select Rows After An Offset
+
+When doing pagination and other queries for special-case scenarios, we may need
+to grab rows after a certain offset.
+
+There are two variations of the MySQL syntax for selecting rows after a certain
+offset.
+
+```sql
+select * from events limit 100, 10;
+```
+
+This first query will grab up to 10 rows after applying an offset of 100.
+Typically we'll see a `limit` clause with just one value which represents how
+many rows to limit the result set to. However, if we optionally include `N, `
+in the middle of that clause. Whatever number `N` is will be the offset.
+
+Another way to write this is:
+
+```sql
+select * from events limit 10 offset 100;
+```
+
+This gets the same result: 10 rows after an offset of 100. This is perhaps a
+bit more straightforward and reduces the chance that we forget which value is
+which like we might in the first syntax variation.
+
+Note: row ordering is only deterministic if you specify an order. To get
+consistent results with `offset`, you'll most likely want to be specifying an
+`order by` clause as well.
+
+[source](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/select.html)