replacement of Offset Limit in SQL Server - sql-server-2012

Question

We have DataTemp table which has the records in desc order.
select * from (
select 9,'a',3 union
select 8,'a',2 union
select 7,'b',3 union
select 6,'a',1 union
select 5,'b',2 union
select 4,'c',3 union
select 3,'c',2 union
select 2,'b',1 union
select 1,'c',1
) door (sno,id, N_th_Reocord)
sno - Auto Id.
id - code of the Doors*.
N_th_Record - for denoting the n the record.
At a time, only three* records per Door are need to store on this table. For example Door 'a' has new entry(means 4th record) then first of 'a' Door need to delete.
4th record:
select * from (
select 10,'a',4 union --- new entry
select 9,'a',3 union
select 8,'a',2 union
select 7,'b',3 union
select 6,'a',1 union -- need to delete
select 5,'b',2 union
select 4,'c',3 union
select 3,'c',2 union
select 2,'b',1 union
select 1,'c',1
) door (sno,id, N_th_Reocord)
I do following query. But I need easiest way for deleting the row. Because, we are try to reduce the time consumption of over all project.
delete from door where sno = (
select sno from (
select 10,'a',4 union
select 9,'a',3 union
select 8,'a',2 union
select 7,'b',3 union
select 6,'a',1 union
select 5,'b',2 union
select 4,'c',3 union
select 3,'c',2 union
select 2,'b',1 union
select 1,'c',1
) door (sno,id, N_th_Reocord)
where id = 'a'
order by sno desc -- For 'DataTemp' *order by* is no needed.
offset 3 rows fetch next 1 rows only
)
Note:
Three rows and three Door are given for example. Actually we work with 144 rows per 12 Doors.
Before this delete, we check lot of Business rules.
Version: SQL Server 2012

Answer 1

You could use ROW_NUMBER:
WITH cte AS (SELECT *,ROW_NUMBER() OVER(PARTITION BY id ORDER BY sno DESC) rn FROM t)
DELETE FROM cte WHERE rn > 3;
db<>fiddle demo