Hi, thanks this is great. Of course I forgot to mention that the id is a primary key, so I get an error about duplicate primary keys.
I tried this: update binary_report_fmt set column_id = column_id + 1 where column_id = (select column_id from binary_report_fmt where column_id >= 3 order by column_id desc); but it only updates the last item. I guess I can make it a non- primary key..then it works perfectly. Gregor On 16-Jun-08, at 10:04 AM , [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > update > table > set id = id + 1 > WHERE > id > 1 > > RBS > > >> Sorry about this, but this is a SQL question and not a SQLite >> specific >> question. >> >> Is there a way to increment a value in a table in-situ. Without >> reading it, incrementing it, writing it? >> >> I need to insert an entry into a table, it has an id, all entries >> with >> id's >= the id need to be incremented to keep the id's unique >> >> ie >> >> 1 bob >> 2 joe >> 3 irene >> >> someone wants to insert 2 sarah, I need the table to look like this >> >> 1 bob >> 2 sarah >> 3 joe >> 4 irene >> >> >> Any help would be great. >> thanks >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------- >> Gregor >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> sqlite-users mailing list >> sqlite-users@sqlite.org >> http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users >> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > sqlite-users mailing list > sqlite-users@sqlite.org > http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
