How can I get a specific chunk of results?

Question

Is it possible to retrieve a specific range of results? I know how to do TOP x but the result I will retrieve is WAY too big and will time out. I was hoping to be able to pick say the first 10,000 results then the next 10,000 and so on. Is this possible?

Answer 1

WITH Q AS (
  SELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY ...some column) AS N, ...other columns
  FROM ...some table
) SELECT * FROM Q WHERE N BETWEEN 1 AND 10000;

Read more about ROW_NUMBER() here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms186734.aspx