> > > How to find what the primary key (or UNIQUE identifier) value is > > for row 5 in the recordset? > > You're missing the point: as mentioned before, there is no "row 5". To > update the 5th record that you've fetched, you increment a counter each > time > you fetch a row, and when you read #5, do an UPDATE X SET field1 = 'blarg' > WHERE id = <thekeyvalue>; > > It seems worth mentioning for benefit of the OPs question that there _is_ a way to get a row number within a result set. Understanding and making good use of that is an additional matter.
SELECT X.field1, Y.field2*,row_number() OVER ()* from X, Y WHERE X.id = Y.id -- ORDER BY ____? That row number is going to depend on the order of the query, so it might or might not have any meaning. But if you queried with a primary key and a row number, you could then tie the two together and make an update based on that. Cheers, Ken -- AGENCY Software A Free Software data system By and for non-profits *http://agency-software.org/ <http://agency-software.org/>* *https://demo.agency-software.org/client <https://demo.agency-software.org/client>* ken.tan...@agency-software.org (253) 245-3801 Subscribe to the mailing list <agency-general-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net?body=subscribe> to learn more about AGENCY or follow the discussion.
