"Incorrect syntax near 'OFFSET'" modift sql comm 2012 to 2008

Question

I'm listing questions with this

SELECT q.qTitle, q.qDescription, q.qCreatedOn, u.uCode, u.uFullname, qcat.qcatTitle, q.qId, q.qStatus 
FROM tblQuestion AS q INNER JOIN tblUser AS u 
ON q.uId = u.uId INNER JOIN tblQuestionCategory AS qcat 
ON q.qcatId = qcat.qcatId 
WHERE (q.qStatus = 1) 
ORDER BY q.qCreatedOn DESC 
OFFSET @page*10 ROWS FETCH NEXT 10 ROWS ONLY

But there is a problem in my server,

Incorrect syntax near 'OFFSET'.
Invalid usage of the option NEXT in the FETCH statement.

How can I modify my query for sql server 2008?

One more question. How can I write a stored procedure for listing pages? Here is my full of code http://codepaste.net/gq5n6c

Answer: http://codepaste.net/jjrkqr

Answer 1

As found out in the comments the reason for the error is because of the fact that SQL Server 2008 does not support it. You may try to change the query according to SQL Server 2012.

Something like this:-

SELECT column1
FROM   (
          SELECT column1, ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY column_id) AS x
          FROM   mytable
       ) AS tbl
WHERE  tbl.x BETWEEN 20 AND 30

In your code:-

SELECT * FROM  
(SELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY q.qId) AS rownumber 
FROM tblQuestion AS q 
INNER JOIN tblUser AS u ON q.uId = u.uId 
INNER JOIN tblQuestionCategory AS qcat ON q.qcatId = qcat.qcatId ) as somex 
WHERE  somex.rownumber  BETWEEN 11 AND 20

---

The issue is because you have not defined @page.

Try this (As you have not mentioned what is @page. I am taking it as some constant or may be you can declare it and then set the value for it):-

declare @page int
set @page = 5  // You may set any value here.

SELECT q.qTitle, q.qDescription, q.qCreatedOn, u.uCode, 
u.uFullname, qcat.qcatTitle, q.qId, q.qStatus 
FROM tblQuestion AS q 
INNER JOIN tblUser AS u ON q.uId = u.uId 
INNER JOIN tblQuestionCategory AS qcat ON q.qcatId = qcat.qcatId 
WHERE (q.qStatus = 1) 
ORDER BY q.qCreatedOn DESC 
OFFSET (@page*10) ROWS
FETCH NEXT 10 ROWS ONLY

Answer 2

For people using Entity Framework, particulary database first, this error can occur if you develop with SQL 2012 but deploy to an earlier version.

The problem will occur if you use Take...Skip functionality, as SQL 2012 has a new syntax for this. See:

http://erikej.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/a-breaking-change-in-entity-framework.html

The fix is to edit your .edmx file and change the ProviderManifestToken value from 2012 to your database version, e.g. 2008.

Answer 3

I encountered this when using Entity Framework. I was developing on a machine with SQL Server 2012. But deployed on a machine with SQL Server 2008. Instead of doing a skip and take on the query, I did a ToList() on the query and did a skip/take on that ToList() in memory. Not ideal, but at least it will work.

Answer 4

When working in a team with multiple versions off Sql Server the model Edmx project changes the property : ProviderManifestToken.

I solved the problem by changing it back to my Version.