Re: [SQL] integrity of column used to order rows

2003-03-19 Thread Ed L.
On Wednesday March 19 2003 9:18, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > What I want to be able to do is make sure that at all times the child > records linked to a parent record have values for the "rank" field that > are consecutive starting at 1, ie (1,2,4,5,6) not (1,2,4,5,7). > > Can someone offer the be

[SQL] integrity of column used to order rows

2003-03-19 Thread cliff
hello, I was hoping someone might be able to help me with this problem... I have a table that is essentially joined back to a parent table. I have a column in the child table called "rank" that is a simple integer data type, used to indicate the order that the child elements should be displayed