SQL OFFSET-FETCH Clause OFFSET excludes the first set of records. OFFSET can only be used with an ORDER BY clause. OFFSET with FETCH NEXT returns a defined window of records. OFFSET with FETCH NEXT is great for building pagination support. The SQL ORDER BY OFFSET syntax The general syntax to exclude first n records is: SELECT column-names FROM table-name ORDER BY column-names OFFSET n ROWS To exclude first n records and return only the next m records: SELECT column-names FROM table-name ORDER BY column-names OFFSET n ROWS FETCH NEXT m ROWS ONLY This will return only record (n + 1) to (n + 1 + m). See example below. The SQL ORDER BY OFFSET Example