Re: retrieve rows in a specified order
From: Christopher Browne <cbbrowne_at_acm.org>
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 18:27:41 GMT
Message-ID: <xClFb.935$d%1.248018_at_news20.bellglobal.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 18:27:41 GMT
Message-ID: <xClFb.935$d%1.248018_at_news20.bellglobal.com>
In an attempt to throw the authorities off his trail, Melon <maikel7_at_poczta.onet.pl> transmitted:
> I'm new to the databases so I'm wondering why there is no concept of
> "row order" in many popular databases? There must be a reason for
> this. I thought I would find some simple commands in MySQL which would
> let me move rows up or down in a table, eg. "MOVE ROW...". Why don't
> they exist?
Maybe you should contact the vendor and ask them if they could consider adding this feature in a future release.
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