using a date will work unless you get multiple records created in a given second. Use a sequence generated number. The larger the number, the newer the record. Just order by the sequence to see the order the records were inserted.
Caver -----Original Message----- [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 10:03 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Do you want to physically order them or do you just want to know by time the order in which they were entered. if the first, no, not that I know of. If the later, yes, add another column (ins_date date) and a trigger to populate that column with sysdate when you insert a row. You can then order by ins_date |--------+--------------------------------------> | | | | | | | | "systems_ho/VGIL"@vguard.sat| | | yam.net.in | | | | | | 05/15/2002 02:08 AM | | | Please respond to ORACLE-L | | | | |--------+--------------------------------------> >----------------------------------------------------| | | | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | cc: (bcc: Rachel Carmichael) | | Subject: Order rows | >----------------------------------------------------| Hi All Is there any method in Oracle to capture or order the rows in a table in the order they were entered. I tried it with rowid but when a row is deleted, the rowid corresponding to this row is reassigned for a new row which is inserted into the table at a later stage. Eg. SQL> select rowid,abc.* from abc order by rowid; ROWID A ------------------ ---------- AAAFmYAASAAAYsqAAA 100 AAAFmYAASAAAYsqAAB 200 AAAFmYAASAAAYsqAAC 300 I deleted one transaction. delete from abc where a=200; commit; Then I inserted two rows. insert into abc values(500); insert into abc values(600); commit; Now when I order by rowid SQL> select rowid,abc.* from abc order by rowid; ROWID A ------------------ ---------- AAAFmYAASAAAYsqAAA 100 AAAFmYAASAAAYsqAAB 600 AAAFmYAASAAAYsqAAC 300 AAAFmYAASAAAYsqAAD 500 I.e The values I entered last appeared second.The rowid (AAAFmYAASAAAYsqAAB ) corresponding to the row I deleted was reassigned for the last entered row (a=600). What I want is that this must be sorted in the order of its entry. Can anyone help me out. Thanks in advance Systems. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Toepke, Kevin M INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
