ignore first couple of rows ms sql query code example

Example 1: sql skip the first row

SELECT * FROM table WHERE something = 'whatever' LIMIT 10 OFFSET 1;

Example 2: ms sql skip take

SELECT col1, col2, ...
 FROM ...
 WHERE ... 
 ORDER BY -- this is a MUST there must be ORDER BY statement
-- the paging comes here
OFFSET     10 ROWS       -- skip 10 rows
FETCH NEXT 10 ROWS ONLY; -- take 10 rows