Getting only a few records at a time.

Question

Using a Select * from. Is there an option where I get only so many records. This is for a console application. I wanted some thing where it will display only 3 records at a time. And then I have the option of viewing the next 3 and then the next 3 records
and so on.
Any one have any ideas.
Merry Christmas EVERY ONE and thanks to all the members on msdn forums for helping me with my code.
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Answer 1

Thanks. It doesn't matter as long as I can get it to work. The idea is to display 3 records at a time. Then the user should be able to go backward or forward in the list. Let me show you what I have. This will give you some idea on how I have it displaying
the info.
SqlCeCommand cm = new SqlCeCommand("SELECT * FROM users", cn);
//cm.Parameters.AddWithValue("@tooid", num);
//cm.Parameters.AddWithValue("@fromid", Id);
SqlCeDataReader rd = cm.ExecuteReader();
try
while (rd.Read())
Door.CursorRight(10);
Door.WriteLn("|0C___________________________________________________");
Door.CursorRight(10);
Door.WriteLn("|0FId |04: |03" + rd["Id"].ToString() + " |0FName |04: |03" + rd["username"].ToString());
Door.CursorRight(10);
Door.WriteLn("|0FStatus |04: |03" + rd["status"] + " |0FDate Jointed |04: |03" + rd["joindate"]);
Door.CursorRight(10);
Door.WriteLn("|0C___________________________________________________");
catch (Exception e)
throw new Exception(e.Message);
cn.Close();
This is inside of a do loop. and at the bottom I have it waiting for user input. or the user can quit and return to the main menu.
Door.WriteLn();
Door.Write("|07Page |0F<|04||0F> |0FQ|09)|0BQuit |07Choice |04: |0C");
cc = Char.ToUpper(Door.ReadKey());
Above is my prompt. This waits for user input. and I use a switch to tell the software what to do. Any way if you want to know what Door.writeLn() is, Think of it like this "Console.Writeline()". This is just a library I use for the kind of programming I
do.Any help would be great. Thanks and have a safe Xmas.
Joe.
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