Which rows are returned while using LIMIT with OFFSET in MySQL?

Suppose the LIMIT is 4 and OFFSET is 6 then it will return the rows from 7 to 10 i.e. will end with row 10. The LIMIT 4 and OFFSET 6 returns row 7,8,9,10.

You can understand the above concept by implementing LIMIT and OFFSET. Let us create a table.

mysql> create table LimitOffsettable
   -> (
   -> Id int
   -> );
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.60 sec)

Let us insert some records in the table. The query is as follows −

Mysql> insert into LimitOffsettable values(1);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.15 sec)
mysql> insert into LimitOffsettable values(2);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.21 sec)
mysql> insert into LimitOffsettable values(3);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.12 sec)
mysql> insert into LimitOffsettable values(4);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.12 sec)
mysql> insert into LimitOffsettable values(5);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.12 sec)
mysql> insert into LimitOffsettable values(6);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.11 sec)
mysql> insert into LimitOffsettable values(7);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec)
mysql> insert into LimitOffsettable values(8);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.11 sec)
mysql> insert into LimitOffsettable values(9);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.09 sec)
mysql> insert into LimitOffsettable values(10);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.11 sec)
mysql> insert into LimitOffsettable values(11);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.12 sec)
mysql> insert into LimitOffsettable values(12);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.11 sec)
mysql> insert into LimitOffsettable values(13);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec)\

You can display all records inserted above with the help of select statement. The query is as follows −

mysql> select *from LimitOffsettable;

Here is the output −

+------+
| Id   |
+------+
| 1    |
| 2    |
| 3    |
| 4    |
| 5    |
| 6    |
| 7    |
| 8    |
| 9    |
| 10   |
| 11   |
| 12   |
| 13   |
+------+
13 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Implement LIMIT 4 and OFFSET 6 that begins row from 7 to till 10 (i.e. 7,8,9,10).

The query is as follows −

mysql> select *from LimitOffsettable LIMIT 4 OFFSET 6;

Here is the output that returns row −

+------+
| Id   |
+------+
| 7    |
| 8    |
| 9    |
| 10   |
+------+
4 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Ankith Reddy

Published on 21-Dec-2018 12:50:59