He's wrong. And "computers" don't start at 0. It's up to the compiler/interpreter to decide what the first index is. In Cold Fusion, the first index is always 1.
-- Mosh Teitelbaum evoch, LLC Tel: (301) 625-9191 Fax: (301) 933-3651 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.evoch.com/ > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Sammons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 5:09 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: CFQUERY and STARTROW=0 (??!) > > > Hi all, > > I was looking up some stuff on joins versus unions, and came across an > opinion that used CFQUERY as an example. (I won't post the url since I > don't know if it's kosher here.) > > However, under this person's tutorial topic called "Limiting Results" it > used this code: > > <CFQUERY DATASOURCE = "Friends" Name = "Query1" Maxrows = "10" Startrow > = "0"> > > followed by the comment: > > "Note that the starting row is set at 0. Remember that computers start > numbering at 0, not 1. > So the first record in the database is record number 0." > > ------- > > Now, I understand offsets, et cetera, but I've never heard it used > regarding cfquery (or any other sql query for that matter -- I couldn't > even find another mention of startrow=0 anywhere in google or > altavista for any major sql platform...). > > And obviously, I've never had a problem with using startrow=1 missing > the first record of a query return set. > > Has anyone else ever used startrow=0 in *any* sql platform, is it > practical/standardized, or is this guy just telling people to do things > the > way he thinks they should be? > > Inquiring minds (at least one) want to know... > > Tom > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting.
