The syntax for using OFFSET in a SELECT statement is as follows:

SELECT column1, column2, ...
FROM table_name
OFFSET offset_value

Here, column1, column2, ... represents the columns you want to retrieve from the table, and table_name is the name of the table from which you want to select data. offset_value specifies the number of rows to skip before starting the output.

For example, let’s say you have a table called users with columns id, name, and email. To retrieve all users starting from the 10th row, you can use the following query:

SELECT id, name, email
FROM users
OFFSET 10;

This query will skip the first 10 rows in the users table and retrieve the remaining rows.

It’s important to note that the OFFSET clause works in conjunction with the LIMIT clause to control the number of rows returned. If you only specify OFFSET, it will skip the specified number of rows and return all remaining rows. If you also want to limit the number of rows returned, you can add the LIMIT clause after the OFFSET clause.

For example, to retrieve 10 rows starting from the 20th row, you can modify the query as follows:

SELECT id, name, email
FROM users
OFFSET 20
LIMIT 10;

This query will skip the first 20 rows and return the next 10 rows from the users table.

Using the OFFSET clause in SQL SELECT statements provides flexibility in fetching data from specific rows onwards, which can be incredibly beneficial when dealing with large datasets or implementing pagination in web applications.