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Ranjit.ileni
Posting Yak Master

183 Posts

Posted - 2011-03-10 : 05:29:22

Hi experts,

table:

CREATE TABLE dbo.ATP_MD_PROJECT_ITEMS
(
ITEM_ID integer NOT NULL IDENTITY(1,1)
,ITEM_DESCRIPTION varchar(50)

)

Format file :ATP_MD_PROJECT_ITEMS.fmt
9.0
1
1 SQLCHAR 0 50 "\r\n" 2 ITEM_DESCRIPTION SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS

text data file:ATP_MD_PROJECT_ITEMS.txt
ferry
bus
flight

I imported data from text file to table

now

select * from ATP_MD_PROJECT_ITEMS

output :
ITEM_ID ITEM_DESCRIPTION
2 bus
1 ferry
3 flight

-- records are not in order in

my expected result is:

ITEM_ID ITEM_DESCRIPTION
1 ferry
2 bus
3 flight

Please help me.

Thanks,

--Ranjit

webfred
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

8781 Posts

Posted - 2011-03-10 : 05:39:19

There is no reliable order in a sql table.
You always have to use ORDER BY if you need a result set in specific order.

No, you're never too old to Yak'n'Roll if you're too young to die.

Ranjit.ileni
Posting Yak Master

183 Posts

Posted - 2011-03-10 : 05:53:11

Thank you webfred,

quote:
Originally posted by webfred

There is no reliable order in a sql table.
You always have to use ORDER BY if you need a result set in specific order.

I thought mistake happens in some where...
Now my dought was Clarified(There is no reliable order in a sql table.)

--Ranjit

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