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 Defining automatic grig number to desired text

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masterdineen
Aged Yak Warrior

550 Posts

Posted - 2012-10-31 : 06:56:23
Hello there.

is there a way i can define the grid number to text of my choice.

Regards

Rob

sunitabeck
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

5155 Posts

Posted - 2012-10-31 : 07:03:43
You can create a reference table with two columns, one column being the grid number and the second one the text that you choose to associate with it. You would then join to that table using the grid number to get the text associated with that grid number.
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masterdineen
Aged Yak Warrior

550 Posts

Posted - 2012-10-31 : 07:32:22
is there a system function for the gridnumber to reference to?
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sunitabeck
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

5155 Posts

Posted - 2012-10-31 : 07:42:55
Where are you doing this? In a T-SQL script, or from the client code? Can you post the code you have currently, even if it does not work correctly?
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djj55
Constraint Violating Yak Guru

352 Posts

Posted - 2012-10-31 : 08:13:45
If you create the table with an IDENTITY column this would number as you input the text
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