OFFSET - Amazon OpenSearch Service

OFFSET

Note

To see which AWS data source integrations support this SQL command, see Supported OpenSearch SQL commands and functions.

The OFFSET clause is used to specify the number of rows to skip before beginning to return rows returned by the SELECT statement. In general, this clause is used in conjunction with ORDER BY to ensure that the results are deterministic.

Syntax 

OFFSET integer_expression

Parameters

  • integer_expression

    Specifies a foldable expression that returns an integer.

Examples

CREATE TABLE person (name STRING, age INT);
INSERT INTO person VALUES
('Jane Doe', 25),
('Pat C', 18),
('Nikki W', 16),
('Juan L', 25),
('John D', 18),
('Jorge S', 16);

-- Skip the first two rows.
SELECT name, age FROM person ORDER BY name OFFSET 2;
+-------+---+
|   name|age|
+-------+---+
| John D| 18|
| Juan L| 25|
|Nikki W| 16|
|Jane Doe| 25|
+-------+---+

-- Skip the first two rows and returns the next three rows.
SELECT name, age FROM person ORDER BY name LIMIT 3 OFFSET 2;
+-------+---+
|   name|age|
+-------+---+
| John D| 18|
| Juan L| 25|
|Nikki W| 16|
+-------+---+

-- A function expression as an input to OFFSET.
SELECT name, age FROM person ORDER BY name OFFSET length('WAGON');
+-------+---+
|   name|age|
+-------+---+
|Jane Doe| 25|
+-------+---+