Re: Selecting rows near a particular row

From: Carlos Bromanski <cbroman_at_shpamcore.com>
Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 20:11:28 -0500
Message-ID: <3ced925f$0$1419$1dc6e903_at_news.corecomm.net>


That's nice, but the question isn't limited to relational databases. This is not comp.relational.databases.theory.
And of course the question makes sense. And you gave him an answer!

"--CELKO--" <71062.1056_at_compuserve.com> wrote in message news:c0d87ec0.0205230928.41ab4227_at_posting.google.com...
> >> I want to list items near a particular item in an indexed database,
> e.g. if the items are ordered into
>
> a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j ...
>
> and I am looking for 'f'
>
> then I want the rows representing e,f,g or e,g,h if f does not exist,
> <<
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> 1) Your question makes no sense in a relational database. A table is
...snip...
>
> I think you need to read a book on relational basics.
Received on Fri May 24 2002 - 03:11:28 CEST

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