MySQL + SQL · Lesson 51
LIMIT and OFFSET in MySQL
LIMIT — Restrict Rows
SELECT * FROM students ORDER BY marks DESC LIMIT 3;Returns only the top 3 students by marks.
OFFSET — Skip Rows
SELECT * FROM students LIMIT 5 OFFSET 10;
-- same as
SELECT * FROM students LIMIT 10, 5;Skips 10 rows, then returns 5 — used for pagination (page 3 of results).
Summary
- LIMIT n = return at most n rows.
- OFFSET skips rows; together they power pagination.