Answer by monibius for How to select the nth row in a SQL database table?

SQL 2005 and above has this feature built-in. Use the ROW_NUMBER() function. It is excellent for web-pages with a << Prev and Next >> style browsing:

Syntax:

SELECT    *FROM    (        SELECT            ROW_NUMBER () OVER (ORDER BY MyColumnToOrderBy) AS RowNum,            *        FROM            Table_1    ) subWHERE    RowNum = 23