Use the CTE and OVER () parameter
CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[hr_SearchVacanciesForService] @SearchText NVARCHAR(50) = NULL, @DutyStationID INT = NULL, @VacancyCategoryIDs VARCHAR(1000) = NULL, @Language INT = 1, @NumberOfPages int AS ;WITH cte AS ( SELECT *, ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY HavePriority DESC, StartDate DESC, dbo.hr_Vacancies.VacancyID DESC) AS Pages FROM dbo.hr_Vacancies LEFT OUTER JOIN dbo.hr_DutyStations ON dbo.hr_Vacancies.DutyStationID = dbo.hr_DutyStations.DutyStationID LEFT OUTER JOIN dbo.hr_Companies ON dbo.hr_Vacancies.CompanyID = dbo.hr_Companies.CompanyID WHERE dbo.hr_Vacancies.Deleted = 0 AND (dbo.hr_Vacancies.JobTitleLang1 LIKE @LoacalSeacrchText OR dbo.hr_Vacancies.JobTitleLang2 LIKE @LoacalSeacrchText OR dbo.hr_Vacancies.DescriptionLang1 LIKE @LoacalSeacrchText OR dbo.hr_Vacancies.DescriptionLang2 LIKE @LoacalSeacrchText AND (dbo.hr_Vacancies.DutyStationID = @DutyStationID OR @DutyStationID IS NULL OR @DutyStationID = 0) ) SELECT *, COUNT(*) OVER() AS totalOfPages FROM cte WHERE Pages BETWEEN 1 AND ISNULL(@NumberOfPages, Pages)
An example using the OVER () clause with expressions:
SELECT ... ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY CASE WHEN dbo.hr_Vacancies.Priority = 0 THEN 0 ELSE CASE WHEN CONVERT(DATETIME,CONVERT(CHAR(10),dbo.hr_Vacancies.PriorityDateExpired,101)) > CONVERT(DATETIME,CONVERT(CHAR(10),GETDATE(),101)) OR dbo.hr_Vacancies.PriorityDateExpired IS NULL THEN 1 ELSE 0 END END DESC, your_second_expression_StartDate DESC)
If you want to show entries from 20 to 30:
CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[hr_SearchVacanciesForService] @SearchText NVARCHAR(50) = NULL, @DutyStationID INT = NULL, @VacancyCategoryIDs VARCHAR(1000) = NULL, @Language INT = 1, @StartPage int = NULL, @EndPage int = NULL AS ;WITH cte AS ( SELECT *, ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY your_case_expressionForColumnHavePriority DESC, your_case_expressionForColumnStartDate DESC, dbo.hr_Vacancies.VacancyID DESC) AS Pages FROM dbo.hr_Vacancies LEFT OUTER JOIN dbo.hr_DutyStations ON dbo.hr_Vacancies.DutyStationID = dbo.hr_DutyStations.DutyStationID LEFT OUTER JOIN dbo.hr_Companies ON dbo.hr_Vacancies.CompanyID = dbo.hr_Companies.CompanyID WHERE dbo.hr_Vacancies.Deleted = 0 AND (dbo.hr_Vacancies.JobTitleLang1 LIKE @LoacalSeacrchText OR dbo.hr_Vacancies.JobTitleLang2 LIKE @LoacalSeacrchText OR dbo.hr_Vacancies.DescriptionLang1 LIKE @LoacalSeacrchText OR dbo.hr_Vacancies.DescriptionLang2 LIKE @LoacalSeacrchText AND (dbo.hr_Vacancies.DutyStationID = @DutyStationID OR @DutyStationID IS NULL OR @DutyStationID = 0) ) SELECT *, COUNT(*) OVER() AS totalOfPages FROM cte WHERE Pages BETWEEN ISNULL(@StartPage, Pages) AND ISNULL(@EndPage, Pages)