https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/69537/limit-1000-25-vs-limit-25-offset-1000 up vote 5 down vote accepted In terms of operation SELECT id , name , description FROM tablename LIMIT 1000 , 25 SELECT id , name , description FROM tablename LIMIT 25 OFFSET 1000 there is absolutely no difference in the statements @siride's comment is exactly the point. LIMIT 1000,25 means LIMIT 25 OFFSET 1000 From the same Documentation LIMIT row_count is equivalent to LIMIT 0, row_count YOUR ACTUAL QUESTIONS Does this actually do the same or is my understanding wrong? Is one slower/faster in larger tables Since both queries are the same, there is no difference Does the result of offset change when I do WHERE column=1 (say column has >100 different values) Does the result of offset change when I do ORDER BY column ASC (asuming it has random values) Using LIMIT does not change any result sets. They simply navigate withi...
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