Brent, > >What Rick said is absolutely correct and you probably are obsessing about > >something that doesn't matter. But I would venture you are using an > >auto-number field as the primary key when you could easily change it to a > >function something similar to: set ID = MAX(ID) + 1. > > Keith, > I agree with what everyone is saying. But for display purposes, > it would be nice if MySQL could display a row# for the result set. This > could be used to display a line# at the start of each row, like "Select > count, col1, col2 from table1 where ..." and the running count would show > > Count Col1 Col2 > 1 ABC DEF > 2 GHI KLM > > It would act as sort of a line item# for display purposes only. As everyone > mentioned, it doesn't make any sense to store this number in the table. But > it might come in handy for display purposes.
Few people use native-MySQL to present production/user results. Most interface to MySQL from some other tool/programming language. Storing the data and retrieving it according to use is the job of MySQL. Isn't using the output in some way and/or making it look 'pretty' is a job for that tool? Regards, =dn --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
