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Article #249Need help please
From: no name
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 00:00
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 00:00
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I am trying to update a new column called "sorting", with incremented values
strating at 1, before doing that I need the table to be sorted using three
columns. I am using a cursor but it is not working I need your help.
Thanks in advance:
CODE:
set @ordering_count=0
declare review_test_cursor cursor scroll keyset for
select oid,decision_date,ranking,sorting,decision_id
from DECISION_FLAGS
order by oid,decision_date,ranking asc
open review_test_cursor
fetch next from review_test_cursor
while (@@fetch_status = 0 )
Begin
update DECISION_FLAGS
set sorting = CAST ((@ordering_count + 1) as VARCHAR)
set @ordering_count = @ordering_count + 1
fetch next from review_test_cursor
end
close review_test_cursor
deallocate review_test_cursor
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