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Paging Records Using SQL Server 2005 Database - ROW_NUMBER Function
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SQL Server 2005 has a ROW_NUMBER Function that can help with paging records for you database applications. ROW_NUMBER returns a sequential number, starting at 1, for each row returned in a resultset.
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If you use ROW_Number for paging (two nested selects), you will find in this article an interesting performance tip, placing a TOP in your inner query makes your query run faster

The author offers a more generic and elegant way to do the trick