#rows-clause

Firebird ROWS and FIRST/SKIP limits for server-side pagination

Designing server-side pagination for Firebird 2.5 and 3.0 using documented result set limiting. The goal is to retrieve consistent pages with minimal network transfer while keeping result sets deterministic across requests. The documented capabilities include FIRST and SKIP clauses for row subsets and the ROWS clause as a combined offset-limit expression. Ef

first-skipfirebirdrows-clauseTasadduq Burneyowner27K rep · 21 Feb 2026, 02:14 UTC