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OFFSET

Skip rows and paginate with OFFSET.

OFFSET

With OFFSET you skip the first N rows and return the rest. Combined with LIMIT it is used for pagination.

SELECT name, price
FROM products
ORDER BY price
LIMIT 5 OFFSET 10;

This returns rows 11 through 15; like the third page.

name, price is selected from products. The result is sorted by price in ascending order. 10 rows are skipped and the next 5 are returned.

OFFSET — details

If you show 5 rows per page, for page N you write OFFSET (N-1)*5 LIMIT 5. OFFSET always follows LIMIT.

For example, for page 3 you write LIMIT 5 OFFSET 10: the first 10 rows are skipped and the next 5 are returned.

Practice OFFSET

From products ordered by price, skip 3 rows and return 2.

Starter code

query.sql
-- skip and fetch
SELECT name, price
FROM products
ORDER BY price

Sample solution

query.sql
SELECT name, price
FROM products
ORDER BY price
LIMIT 2 OFFSET 3

Expected output

name   price
Cetvel 3
Silgi  2

Questions and answers

Review the lesson questions together with their answers. To test yourself, solve the lesson interactively.

1 Pagination

Question 
SELECT name FROM products
LIMIT 5 ____ 10;
Answer 
SELECT name FROM products
LIMIT 5 OFFSET 10;

Explanation: OFFSET says how many rows to skip; together with LIMIT it builds pagination.

2 OFFSET: match the terms

Term Meaning
OFFSET skip
LIMIT limit
ORDER BY sort
DESC descending

3 What does OFFSET do?

  • Skips rows Correct answer
  • Deletes rows
  • Sorts them
  • Selects columns

Explanation: OFFSET skips the first N rows.

All lessons in Beginner

1 SELECT basics

  1. What is SELECT?
  2. Selecting all columns
  3. Selecting specific columns
  4. Column aliases with AS
  5. Literal values
  6. Summary - SELECT basics

2 WHERE filtering

  1. What is WHERE?
  2. Comparison operators
  3. AND and OR
  4. IN and BETWEEN
  5. Pattern matching with LIKE
  6. Summary - WHERE filtering

3 Ordering and limit

  1. ORDER BY
  2. ASC and DESC
  3. Multi-column ordering
  4. LIMIT
  5. OFFSET
  6. Summary - Ordering and limit

4 Project: CRUD app

  1. Project design
  2. Reading data
  3. Inserting data
  4. Updating data
  5. Deleting data

5 Data types

  1. Integer types
  2. Decimal types
  3. CHAR and VARCHAR
  4. DATE and TIME
  5. BOOLEAN
  6. Summary - Data types

6 Operators

  1. Arithmetic operators
  2. Comparison operators
  3. Logical operators
  4. IS NULL
  5. String concatenation
  6. Summary - Operators

7 String functions

  1. UPPER and LOWER
  2. LENGTH
  3. SUBSTRING
  4. TRIM
  5. CONCAT
  6. Summary - String functions

8 Project: Shopping cart

  1. Cart design
  2. Listing products
  3. Adding to cart
  4. Calculating total
  5. Removing from cart

9 Number functions

  1. ROUND
  2. CEIL and FLOOR
  3. ABS
  4. POWER and SQRT
  5. MOD
  6. Summary - Number functions

10 Date functions

  1. CURRENT_DATE and NOW
  2. EXTRACT
  3. Date arithmetic
  4. DATEDIFF
  5. Date formatting
  6. Summary - Date functions

11 NULL handling

  1. What is NULL?
  2. IS NULL
  3. COALESCE
  4. NULLIF
  5. Three-valued logic
  6. Summary - NULL handling

12 DISTINCT

  1. What is DISTINCT?
  2. DISTINCT on one column
  3. Multi-column DISTINCT
  4. DISTINCT with aggregates
  5. DISTINCT vs GROUP BY
  6. Summary - DISTINCT

13 INSERT

  1. INSERT basics
  2. Inserting into specific columns
  3. Multiple rows
  4. INSERT with SELECT
  5. DEFAULT values
  6. Summary - INSERT

14 UPDATE

  1. UPDATE basics
  2. Conditional UPDATE
  3. Multi-column UPDATE
  4. Calculated updates
  5. UPDATE pitfalls
  6. Summary - UPDATE

15 DELETE

  1. DELETE basics
  2. Conditional DELETE
  3. DELETE vs TRUNCATE
  4. Emptying a table
  5. Safe deletion
  6. Summary - DELETE

16 CREATE TABLE

  1. CREATE TABLE basics
  2. Column definitions
  3. NOT NULL
  4. DEFAULT
  5. PRIMARY KEY
  6. Summary - CREATE TABLE

17 Constraints

  1. UNIQUE constraint
  2. CHECK constraint
  3. FOREIGN KEY
  4. CASCADE
  5. Constraint management
  6. Summary - Constraints

18 Simple JOIN

  1. What is JOIN?
  2. INNER JOIN
  3. The ON clause
  4. Table aliases
  5. Multi-table JOIN
  6. Summary - Simple JOIN

19 Project: Inventory system

  1. Inventory design
  2. Product table
  3. Stock movements
  4. Stock report
  5. Low stock alert

20 Beginner final

  1. Customer query
  2. Order report
  3. Data update
  4. Table redesign