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Nischith
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 Posted - 2011-08-01 : 02:29:51
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| Hi,How do I sort the records of a table depending on the time of insertion of records using "order by". Does the database store any information related to the time of insertion or a timestamp which indicates when the record was inserted. If so can I use it in in a query like :select * from <table name> order by <some attribute>;please guide me if any idea about the topic.Another way is to insert a timestamp myself in the table but that is again a tedious job because the servers which i'm using to run jsp page and the database are different and I doubt the synchronization between the both.Thanks in advance.Nischith |
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khtan
In (Som, Ni, Yak)
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Posted - 2011-08-01 : 02:36:00
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Does the database store any information related to the time of insertion or a timestamp which indicates when the record was insertedp
Nope. You have to add a datetime column in the table and default it to getdate()
KH[spoiler]Time is always against us[/spoiler] |
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visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder
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Posted - 2011-08-01 : 04:41:31
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| even an identity column in table will make sure on insertion they get values sequential and you can order based on them also while retrieving------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SQL Server MVPhttp://visakhm.blogspot.com/ |
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sorting records depending on the time of insertion