Is rownum the best way to get a portion of a recordset?

Question

ROWNUM is not working for me when I use ROWNUM > X
for exemple:
SELECT * FROM table
WHERE
rownum > 100 AND
rownum < 200
It is olny working on:
SELECT * FROM table
WHERE
rownum < 200
Am I doing something wrong?
Is rownum the best way to get a portion in the middle of the recordset?

Answer 1

Well you can try this.
SRI>select rownum, empno, ename, job
  2  from emp;
    ROWNUM      EMPNO ENAME      JOB
         1       7369 SMITH      CLERK
         2       7499 ALLEN      SALESMAN
         3       7521 WARD       SALESMAN
         4       7566 JONES      MANAGER
         5       7654 MARTIN     SALESMAN
         6       7698 BLAKE      MANAGER
         7       7782 CLARK      MANAGER
         8       7788 SCOTT      ANALYST
         9       7839 KING       PRESIDENT
        10       7844 TURNER     SALESMAN
        11       7876 ADAMS      CLERK
        12       7900 JAMES      CLERK
        13       7902 FORD       ANALYST
        14       7934 MILLER     CLERK
14 rows selected.
SRI>select rownum, empno, ename, job from emp where rownum <10
  2  minus
  3  select rownum, empno, ename, job from emp where rownum <5;
    ROWNUM      EMPNO ENAME      JOB
         5       7654 MARTIN     SALESMAN
         6       7698 BLAKE      MANAGER
         7       7782 CLARK      MANAGER
         8       7788 SCOTT      ANALYST
         9       7839 KING       PRESIDENT-Sri