I have a table which has thousand of records i want to
fetch only record num 100 to record num 200. Write a query
that satisfies this criteria.(Cant use any keys)
Anyone please reply ASAP!

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I have a table which has thousand of records i want to fetch only record num 100 to record num 200..

Answer / m4io

scrollable cursors
------------------
DECLARE cursor_name sensitivity SCROLL CURSOR FOR
SELECT ... FROM ...

open cursor

FETCH ABSOLUTE 100 FROM cursor_name

do 100 times
FETCH NEXT FROM cursor_name

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I have a table which has thousand of records i want to fetch only record num 100 to record num 200..

Answer / mvramesh

How about combingin two queries with set operator EXCEPT,
if you have query A EXCEPT query B, the result would be A-B.

Select * from table A fetch first 200 rows only
Union except
Select * from table A fetch first 100 rows only

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I have a table which has thousand of records i want to fetch only record num 100 to record num 200..

Answer / sudheer d

YA THE ANSWER IS BY USING CURSORS ONLY
declare
cursor USER_Cursor
is select *
from <table_name>;

y <TABLE_NAME>%ROWTYPE; --ITS A DATA TYPE INCLUDES
WHOLE ROW 4M A TABLE IN TO X
COUNT1 number(2);

begin
COUNT1:=1;
open USER_Cursor;

while USER_Cursor%FOUND AND COUNT1 <>101
loop
fetch USER_Cursor into y;-- JUST FETCH DONT DISPLY -
--TILL 101ST RECORD
COUNT1:=COUNT1+1;
end loop;

--NOW DISPLAY FROM 101 RECORD TO 200 RECORD
while USER_Cursor%FOUND AND COUNT1 <>201
loop
fetch USER_Cursor into y;
dbms_output.put_line(y);
COUNT1:=COUNT1+1;
end loop;

close USER_Cursor;
end;

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I have a table which has thousand of records i want to fetch only record num 100 to record num 200..

Answer / vikatakavi08

select * from emp where rownum<=100 and rownum>=200;

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I have a table which has thousand of records i want to fetch only record num 100 to record num 200..

Answer / sangeeta david

We can make use of Relative record number that is

Select * from Table A where RRN(A) between 100 and 200

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I have a table which has thousand of records i want to fetch only record num 100 to record num 200..

Answer / mysterious

is it row number that u are looking for?

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I have a table which has thousand of records i want to fetch only record num 100 to record num 200..

Answer / prasenjit

Yes and no in both ways.
I know there is a Roid() Over() function DB2 release 7
onwards and that shld solve the problem.
But what if there was condition that you cant use these
functions.
Cant there be any query that can produce the req result.

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I have a table which has thousand of records i want to fetch only record num 100 to record num 200..

Answer / the boss

There is no correct answer to this flawed question.
In RDBMS theory a table doesn't have 'records'; it is an
UNORDERED set of tuples ("rows"), so there is no
recordnumber 100 or 200.

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I have a table which has thousand of records i want to fetch only record num 100 to record num 200..

Answer / venkat

select * from table where empno > 100 or ( select * from
table where empno < 200)

Some many ways to write a query for this, this is one way...

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I have a table which has thousand of records i want to fetch only record num 100 to record num 200..

Answer / rajeshkumar

SELECT * FROM TCB732D.AR_AR WHERE NUM_SEQ_AR IN(
SELECT NUM_SEQ_AR FROM TCB732D.AR_AR ORDER BY NUM_SEQ_AR
FETCH FIRST 200 ROWS ONLY)
ORDER BY NUM_SEQ_AR FETCH FIRST 100 ROWS ONLY

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