How does one select EVERY Nth row from a table?

One can easily select all even, odd, or Nth rows from a table using SQL queries like this:

Method 1: Using a subquery

SELECT *

FROM emp

WHERE (ROWID,0) IN (SELECT ROWID, MOD(ROWNUM,4)

FROM emp);

Method 2: Use dynamic views (available from Oracle7.2):

SELECT *

FROM ( SELECT rownum rn, empno, ename

FROM emp

) temp

WHERE MOD(temp.ROWNUM,4) = 0;

Method 3: Using GROUP BY and HAVING - provided by Ravi Pachalla

SELECT rownum, f1

FROM t1

GROUP BY rownum, f1 HAVING MOD(rownum,n) = 0 OR rownum = 2-n

Please note, there is no explicit row order in a relational database. However, these queries are quite fun and may even help in the odd situation.