Re: INSERT at a particular position?

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From: Louis Davidson (dr_dontspamme_sql_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 11/02/04


Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 12:13:35 -0600


> I'm upset about the stance of people when one ask questions that might
seem
> stupid. Only the wise person knows that he really knows nothing.

There is a lot of this. Don't let it upset you. Here in the land of the
unmoderated newsgroup on the world wild web, you ask a question and there
are no warranties, either expressed or implied.

> Every tiger no matter how fierce once had it's infancy.

As long as the infant tiger tries to learn it is a good thing. Some
teachers lose patience and start shooting first, asking questions later.

Bah!

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"Mal .mullerjannie@hotmail.com>" <<removethis> wrote in message
news:34E9580D-64D3-4495-A85E-1E48FC51CAC6@microsoft.com...
> Greg there's many ways to "mimic" this effect, one of them doing order by
but
> as the others so fondly put it. SQL just store values in row without any
> particular order.
>
> You can create a view of your table where you specify the order by so if
you
> do queries on the view it will seem like it's stored in a specific order.
>
> I'm upset about the stance of people when one ask questions that might
seem
> stupid. Only the wise person knows that he really knows nothing.
>
> Every tiger no matter how fierce once had it's infancy.
>
>
> "Greg" wrote:
>
> > Hi, I'm trying to insert a record into a particular position in a table.
Is
> > this possible??
> >
> > It's so I can get records without using ORDER BY - as I want them in an
> > order that is nothing to do with the data! I would put a "position"
field in
> > and order them by that, but I'm thinking if I can insert a record at the
> > required position it won't be as much work! :)
> >
> > Let me know if I'm being an idiot! :)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Greg
> >
> >
> >


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