从oracle 12c开始,oracle 也提供了类似sql server的top,mysql的limit分页功能，在本文中分别通过TOP N和传统方法来实现分页，sql实现效果是(按照id 倒序排列，取第六条到底十条)
TOP N写法

SQL> select * from v$version;
BANNER                                                                               CON_ID
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Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition Release 12.1.0.0.2 - 64bit                         0
PL/SQL Release 12.1.0.0.2                                                                 0
CORE    12.1.0.0.2                                                                        0
TNS for Linux: Version 12.1.0.0.2                                                         0
NLSRTL Version 12.1.0.0.2                                                                 0
SQL> set autot on exp stat
SQL> SELECT id
  2  FROM t_xifenfei
  3  ORDER BY id  desc offset 5 rows FETCH next 5 ROWS ONLY;
        ID
----------
       188
       187
       186
       185
       184
Execution Plan
----------------------------------------------------------
Plan hash value: 755690401
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Id  | Operation                | Name       | Rows  | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time     |
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|   0 | SELECT STATEMENT         |            |   192 |  7488 |     3   (0)| 00:00:01 |
|*  1 |  VIEW                    |            |   192 |  7488 |     3   (0)| 00:00:01 |
|*  2 |   WINDOW SORT PUSHED RANK|            |   192 |   768 |     3   (0)| 00:00:01 |
|   3 |    TABLE ACCESS FULL     | T_XIFENFEI |   192 |   768 |     3   (0)| 00:00:01 |
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Predicate Information (identified by operation id):
---------------------------------------------------
   1 - filter("from$_subquery$_003"."rowlimit_$$_rownumber"<=CASE  WHEN (5>=0)
              THEN 5 ELSE 0 END +5 AND "from$_subquery$_003"."rowlimit_$$_rownumber">5)
   2 - filter(ROW_NUMBER() OVER ( ORDER BY INTERNAL_FUNCTION("ID") DESC
              )<=CASE  WHEN (5>=0) THEN 5 ELSE 0 END +5)
Statistics
----------------------------------------------------------
          0  recursive calls
          0  db block gets
          7  consistent gets
          0  physical reads
          0  redo size
        619  bytes sent via SQL*Net to client
        544  bytes received via SQL*Net from client
          2  SQL*Net roundtrips to/from client
          1  sorts (memory)
          0  sorts (disk)
          5  rows processed

传统分页写法

SQL> select id from (select id,rownum rn from (
  2  select id  from t_xifenfei order by id desc
  3  )) where rn<11 and rn>=6;
        ID
----------
       188
       187
       186
       185
       184
Execution Plan
----------------------------------------------------------
Plan hash value: 327151993
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Id  | Operation             | Name       | Rows  | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time     |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|   0 | SELECT STATEMENT      |            |   192 |  4992 |     3   (0)| 00:00:01 |
|*  1 |  VIEW                 |            |   192 |  4992 |     3   (0)| 00:00:01 |
|   2 |   COUNT               |            |       |       |            |          |
|   3 |    VIEW               |            |   192 |  2496 |     3   (0)| 00:00:01 |
|   4 |     SORT ORDER BY     |            |   192 |   768 |     3   (0)| 00:00:01 |
|   5 |      TABLE ACCESS FULL| T_XIFENFEI |   192 |   768 |     3   (0)| 00:00:01 |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Predicate Information (identified by operation id):
---------------------------------------------------
   1 - filter("RN">=6 AND "RN"<11)
Statistics
----------------------------------------------------------
          0  recursive calls
          0  db block gets
          7  consistent gets
          0  physical reads
          0  redo size
        619  bytes sent via SQL*Net to client
        544  bytes received via SQL*Net from client
          2  SQL*Net roundtrips to/from client
          1  sorts (memory)
          0  sorts (disk)
          5  rows processed

从这里可以看出来两种sql分页写法，在小数据量上效率都差不多，但是明显TOP N的写法更加简单，更加灵活.如果数据量大可能还是需要自己写分页SQL。TOP N是通过ROW_NUMBER() OVER INTERNAL_FUNCTION(“ID”)和CASE WHEN内部转换实现分页功能.