pfaut++.

However, for others who may want to create a select statement with Sybase that numbers each row you can do it like this: 

select row_num identity(5), col1, col2, col3, ...
  into #tmp
  from the_table
 where some_condition

select row_num, col1, col2, col3, ...
  from #tmp
 order by row

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This creates a temporary table with the first column being auto-generated and incremented for each row.

Off course it's usually easier to do this as the rows are fetched from the database, but in some cases it's nice to have this option.

Michael

In reply to Re: Counter and select statement by mpeppler
in thread Counter and select statement by SQLMan

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