Out of curiosity, why doesn't the idea I proposed work? If there's a situation where it doesn't work I'd like to know, so I don't try using it myself should a similar situation arise. :)
-Tom > -----Original Message----- > From: Brown, Dave [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 11:52 AM > To: sqlite-users@sqlite.org > Subject: RE: [sqlite] How to get row numbers in a query? > > So I guess I have to write my own function, "current_row()", using the > sqlite3_create_function() APIs? > > -Dave > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jay Sprenkle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 8:40 AM > To: sqlite-users@sqlite.org > Subject: Re: [sqlite] How to get row numbers in a query? > > > > > Are you sure this is true? The rowid in the source table has no > > relationship to the order of the results of the query. > > You're right. I thought it was the row number of the result > set, it's not: > > D:\temp\convention>sqlite3 test.db > SQLite version 3.0.8 > Enter ".help" for instructions > sqlite> create table t1( > ...> Id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, > ...> value text ); > sqlite> insert into t1(value) values('one'); insert into t1(value) > sqlite> values('two'); insert into t1(value) values('three'); insert > sqlite> into t1(value) values('four'); select * from t1; > 1|one > 2|two > 3|three > 4|four > sqlite> select rowid, value from t1 where id>2; > 3|three > 4|four > sqlite> > > Dave, Looks like rowid gives you the order of insertion not > the order of > retrieval. > >
