On 12-Nov-2001 yilmaz wrote:
> Hi all,
> i want to keep the track of row numbers to display the results , say, five
> by five.
> the most common way to do this is defining a column which is
> auto_incrementing and not null.
> but htere is a problem with this approach.
> say, i have a table which stores the subject and contents of articles, and
> it has a primary key, say "pk".
> since pk is auto incrementing , whenever a new article is added it will
> increment by one.However, if
> i delete an article ( a row) it will not decrement. So when i want to
> display them five by five, i will
> have trouble, because some numbers do not exist. In oracle there is an
> imbedded variable called rownum,
> so that you can workaround this. Is there a similar varible or a kind of
> solution for this problem?
> i am looking forward to your help, and suggestions.
> many thanks in advance
look for LIMIT in the manual.
Regards,
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