Bryan, Thursday, February 14, 2002, 4:54:11 PM, you wrote:
BM> Greetings, BM> How do I get the rows in a table to be in a different BM> order? I know I can sort a SELECT statement with an BM> ORDER BY clause, but how do I make this a permanent BM> adjustment to the table, so that all future SELECTs BM> will produce ordered data? How does MySQL know what BM> orders the rows are in (how are they actually stored), BM> and how can I change that? You should use indexes. Look at: http://www.mysql.com/doc/M/y/MySQL_indexes.html BM> Here's what's happening: say I have a table with an ID BM> field like this: BM> ID BM> -- BM> 1 BM> 2 BM> 3 BM> 4 BM> 5 BM> Then I delete a few rows: BM> ID BM> -- BM> 1 BM> 2 BM> 5 BM> Now, if I insert new rows, they come out like this: BM> ID BM> -- BM> 1 BM> 2 BM> 7 BM> 6 BM> 5 BM> How do I get the table so that the inherent order of BM> the rows (not just the output of a SELECT query with BM> an ORDER BY) is numerical? BM> -b -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/ This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Victoria Reznichenko / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.net <___/ www.mysql.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
