Hi, try for axample, select PK, ord(GRP_COL),COL from your_table;
Mathias Selon Dan Bolser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hello, > > I have data like this > > PK GRP_COL > 1 A > 2 A > 3 A > 4 B > 5 B > 6 B > 7 C > 8 C > 9 C > > > And I want to write a query to select data like this... > > PK FK GRP_COL > 1 1 A > 2 1 A > 3 1 A > 4 4 B > 5 4 B > 6 4 B > 7 7 C > 8 7 C > 9 7 C > > > Where FK is a random (or otherwise) member of PK from within the > appropriate group given by GRP_COL. FK recreates the grouping from > GRP_COL, but in terms of PK. I want to do this because GRP_COL is > difficult to handle and I want to re-represent the grouping in terms of PK > (this allows me to link data into the grouping more easily). > > Is there a simple way to do this? > > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
