Starting from Oracle 12c R1 (12.1), there is a row limiting clause. It does not use familiar LIMIT syntax, but it can do the job better with more options. You can find the full syntax here. (Also read more on how this works internally in Oracle in this answer).
To answer the original question, here's the query:
SELECT * FROM sometableORDER BY nameOFFSET 20 ROWS FETCH NEXT 10 ROWS ONLY;(For earlier Oracle versions, please refer to other answers in this question)
Examples:
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Setup
CREATE TABLE rownum_order_test ( val NUMBER);INSERT ALL INTO rownum_order_testSELECT levelFROM dualCONNECT BY level <= 10;COMMIT;What's in the table?
SELECT valFROM rownum_order_testORDER BY val; VAL---------- 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 1020 rows selected.Get first N rows
SELECT valFROM rownum_order_testORDER BY val DESCFETCH FIRST 5 ROWS ONLY; VAL---------- 10 10 9 9 85 rows selected.Get first N rows, if Nth row has ties, get all the tied rows
SELECT valFROM rownum_order_testORDER BY val DESCFETCH FIRST 5 ROWS WITH TIES; VAL---------- 10 10 9 9 8 86 rows selected.Top x% of rows
SELECT valFROM rownum_order_testORDER BY valFETCH FIRST 20 PERCENT ROWS ONLY; VAL---------- 1 1 2 24 rows selected.Using an offset, very useful for pagination
SELECT valFROM rownum_order_testORDER BY valOFFSET 4 ROWS FETCH NEXT 4 ROWS ONLY; VAL---------- 3 3 4 44 rows selected.You can combine offset with percentages
SELECT valFROM rownum_order_testORDER BY valOFFSET 4 ROWS FETCH NEXT 20 PERCENT ROWS ONLY; VAL---------- 3 3 4 44 rows selected.