Query q = session.createQuery("from Cat as c"); 
q.setFirstResult(20000); 
q.setMaxResults(100); 
List l = q.list(); 

if (useLimit) sql = dialect.getLimitString(sql); 
PreparedStatement st = session.getBatcher().prepareQueryStatement(sql, scrollable); 

public boolean supportsLimit() { 
return true; 
} 
public String getLimitString(String sql) { 
StringBuffer pagingSelect = new StringBuffer(100); 
pagingSelect.append(sql); 
pagingSelect.append(" limit ?, ?"); 
return pagingSelect.toString(); 
} 

public boolean supportsLimit() { 
return true; 
} 

public String getLimitString(String sql) { 
StringBuffer pagingSelect = new StringBuffer(100); 
pagingSelect.append("select * from ( select row_.*, rownum rownum_ from ( "); 
pagingSelect.append(sql); 
pagingSelect.append(" ) row_ where rownum <= ?) where rownum_ > ?"); 
return pagingSelect.toString(); 
}

if ( session.getFactory().useScrollableResultSets() ) { 
// we can go straight to the first required row 
rs.absolute(firstRow); 
} 
else { 
// we need to step through the rows one row at a time (slow) 
for ( int m=0; m}