How to display all but first table row? - sql

Question

Is it possible to display all but first row from a table in sql server 2005?
I have this data:
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| ID | Name |
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| 1 | John Smith |
| 2 | John Doe |
| 3 | John Thatcher |
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In my query I need to be able to get 'John Doe' and 'John Thatcher'. I Don't need 'ID' column to be displayed, so I can't use ROW_NUMBER here like follows:
select Name from Customers where ROW_NUMBER() over (order by Id)>1
Please advice.
Thank you.
UPDATE:
Clarification: I would like my query to return only Name column but I can't use table expressions, because I'm using the query as part of string concatenation:
select stuff((select ', '+pfn.FullName from PlaintiffsFullNameView pfn where pfn.SuitId=s.Id for xml path('')),1,1,'') as "CoPlaintiffs"
Now I need to transform this query to return all but first plaintiff in a concatenated manner.
UPDATE 2:
Sorry for messed up explanation, let me try it anew:
I have a suits table and a plaintiffs table. (one to many)
I have a requirement to display each suit with all coplaintiffs concatenated.
"Coplaintiff" is any but first suit plaintiff. I can concatenate all plaintiffs and display them along with corresponding suit data (all in one row), but I can't to figure out how to concatenate all coplaintiffs and display them as string in a row column.

Answer 1

SELECT Name
FROM (
SELECT Name, ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY id) AS rn
FROM Customers
) q
WHERE rn > 1
ORDER BY
id
Update:
From your explanation:
SELECT Suit.*,
FirstPlantiff.*,
(
SELECT cp.Name AS [text()]
FROM Plantiff cp
WHERE cp.id <> FirstPlantiff.id
AND cp.SuitID = Suid.ID
ORDER BY
cp.id
FOR XML PATH('')
) AS Coplantiffs
FROM Suit
CROSS APPLY
(
SELECT TOP 1 *
FROM Plantiff p
WHERE p.SuitID = Suit.ID
ORDER BY
p.id
) FirstPlantiff

Answer 2

SELECT Name
FROM Customers
WHERE ID <> (SELECT TOP 1 ID
FROM Customers
ORDER BY ID)
Or since the Id never changes you could just do where ID <> 1

Answer 3

Your query with ROW_NUMBER gives an error, because you can't use ROW_NUMBER in the WHERE clause. So you'd need another subquery:
select stuff((
select ',' + FullName
from (
select pfn.FullName, row_number() over (order by pfn.id) as rn
from #suits s
inner join #plaintiffs pfn on s.id = pfn.SuitId
) sub
where rn <> 1
for xml path('')
), 1, 1, '') subsub
Alternatively, you could select the id of the first row in a subquery:
select stuff((
select ',' + pfn.FullName
from #suits s
inner join #plaintiffs pfn on s.id = pfn.SuitId
where s.id = 1
and pfn.id not in (
select min(id) from #plaintiffs where SuitId = s.id)
for xml path('')
), 1, 1, '') sub
Here's the code segment to generate test data:
declare #suits table (id int identity, CaseName varchar(max))
insert into #suits (CaseName) values ('The People v.s. Donald Duck')
declare #plaintiffs table (id int identity,
SuitId int, FullName varchar(max))
insert into #plaintiffs (SuitId,Fullname)
select 1, 'John Smith'
union all select 1, 'John Doe'
union all select 1, 'John Thatcher'

Answer 4

Your query should work, there's no need for Id to be returned for it to be used in the WHERE condition.
Also, maybe this page can help.

Answer 5

SELECT * FROM Customers
EXCEPT SELECT TOP 1 * FROM Customers

Answer 6

Try these
Solution 1:
select name
from #tbl
where id <> 1
Solution 2:
select top(select count(name) -1 from #tbl) name
from #tbl
order by id desc