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