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Article #836Re: Performance: Best strategy for non-PK and non-alphabetical sort orderfor rows?
From: Bill Todd
Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 15:30
Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 15:30
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Use a double precision column to determine the order, not an integer. This avoids the need to renumber the rows. To move a row so that it is positioned between two existing rows calculate the sequence number as: RowAbove + (RowBelow - RowAbove) / 2 -- Bill Todd (TeamB)
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