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w1102157
Yak Posting Veteran
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 Posted - 2012-08-01 : 14:32:15
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| HI guysIs there any way i can important data from a flat file and keep the order of the data the same?The order of the data is odd but i need this order to stay the same in the sql table.is there any way? |
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webfred
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
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Posted - 2012-08-01 : 14:34:00
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There is never a reliable order of rows in a table. To get rows in a needed order you have to use ORDER BY in your select statement.
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visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder
52326 Posts |
Posted - 2012-08-01 : 14:34:30
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| yep...you can . just add an identity column in sql tableand you can retrieve it in order you inserted based on identity value generated------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SQL Server MVPhttp://visakhm.blogspot.com/ |
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w1102157
Yak Posting Veteran
80 Posts |
Posted - 2012-08-01 : 14:35:11
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| i cant do that it wont work fro example i import data from a pipe file and the id order is 357126i need the table to keep it this way :( |
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w1102157
Yak Posting Veteran
80 Posts |
Posted - 2012-08-01 : 14:35:49
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| visakh how can i do this? |
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visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder
52326 Posts |
Posted - 2012-08-01 : 16:11:24
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Originally posted by w1102157
visakh how can i do this?
as i suggested dump data onto table with additional identity column and then while retrieving useORDER BY ID------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SQL Server MVPhttp://visakhm.blogspot.com/ |
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