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Re: Sequence numbers / ordered queries

From: Arjan van Bentem <avbentem_at_DONT-YOU-DAREdds.nl>
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 16:52:42 +0200
Message-ID: <7fq1fe$41d$1@weber.a2000.nl>


tlondon wrote
> > These numbers
> > should be applied to the sorted results

> Try using rownum in your query

<snip>
> rownum is assigned as the rows are being returned from the database.

... *before* any ordering is being done. So, bad luck, you can't use rownum.

Arjan. Received on Fri Apr 23 1999 - 09:52:42 CDT

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