Limit the number of records returned in Stored procedure.

In my ASP page, when I select an option from the drop down list, it has to get the records from the database stored procedure. There are around 60,000 records to be fetched. It throws an exception when I select this option. I think the application times out due to the large number of records. Could some tell me how to limit the number of rows to be returned to avoid this problem. Thanks.

Query

SELECT @.SQLTier1Select='SELECT * FROM dbo.UDV_Tier1Accounts WHERE CUSTOMER IN (SELECT CUSTOMERNUMBER FROM dbo.UDF_GetUsersCustomers('+CAST(@.UserIDAS VARCHAR(4))+'))'+ @.Criteria+' AND (number IN (SELECT DISTINCT ph1.number FROM Collect2000.dbo.payhistory ph1 LEFT JOIN Collect2000.dbo.payhistory ph2 ON ph1.UID = ph2.ReverseOfUID WHERE (((ph1.batchtype = ''PU'') OR (ph1.batchtype = ''PC'')) AND ph2.ReverseOfUID IS NULL)) OR code IN (SELECT DISTINCT StatusID FROM tbl_APR_Statuses WHERE SearchCategoryPaidPaymentsT1 = 1))'

Select the top 100 records:

SELECT TOP 100 *

Select the top 10% of the total number of records:

SELECT TOP 10 percent *

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Or if you want to retrieve a limited number of records, but not necessarily the top X records, you could use the row_number() function. For example, to retrieve records 250-299 you could try

 
1SELECT*
2FROM3(
4SELECT *, row = row_number()OVER (ORDER BY id)
6FROM yourtable
7) a
8WHERE rowBETWEEN 250AND 299