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)