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Re: Question: Finding the nth row in a table

From: Tim Boemker <tjb839_at_optimum.com>
Date: 1997/11/25
Message-ID: <65d983$tl@jalisco.optimum.net>#1/1

In article <65cga4$ifr$2_at_news1.rmi.net>
ndnguyen_at_ix.netcom.com (Nguyen Nguyen) writes:

> Does anyone know that best way to find the nth row in a table?

The rows in a relational database aren't ordered, so if you want the Nth row, you have to define your own ordering. For example, you might add a column with a value that's increased by 1 for each row inserted.

Tim Received on Tue Nov 25 1997 - 00:00:00 CST

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