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Skip-tuples parameter
The skip-tuples parameter specifies the number of query-result-set tuples from the beginning of the query result set that are to be ignored and not to be returned to the caller in the query result set.
Use this parameter with the threshold parameter to implement paging in a client application, for example, to retrieve the first 20 items, then the next 20 items, and so on.
If this parameter is set to null and the threshold parameter is not set, all of the qualifying tuples are returned.
Example of a skip-tuples parameter
- new Integer(5)
Specifies that the first five qualifying tuples are not to be returned.