LIMIT limit OFFSET offset
will work.
But you need a stable ORDER BY
clause, or the values may be ordered differently for the next call (after any write on the table for instance).
SELECT *
FROM msgtable
WHERE cdate = '2012-07-18'
ORDER BY msgtable_id -- or whatever is stable
LIMIT 10
OFFSET 50; -- to skip to page 6
Use standard-conforming date style (ISO 8601 in my example), which works irregardless of your locale settings.
Paging will still shift if involved rows are inserted or deleted or changed in relevant columns. It has to.
To avoid that shift or for better performance with big tables use smarter paging strategies: