> > My application is geared towards users who want to find a specific name > > in a list of names, and then want to have the possibility to scroll > > backwards or forwards. For example, if I search for "Sprenkle" I want > > to show the user a window with "Sprenkle" in the middle, preceded by the > > 50 names before it, and followed by the 50 names after it, and also to > > be able to smoothly scroll in either direction. > > > > I know the index contains sufficient data to do this, but there seems to > > be no way to use it from SQLite.
Get it in two chunks, the first 100 names after the name in question: select x from mytable where Name > 'sprenkle' limit 100 and the 100 names before the name in question: select x from mytable where Name < 'sprenkle' limit 100 order by x desc
