Re: SQL: update column with a sequential # -- MIDRANGE-L

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DDS. Only manually. You would have to do it.

Also, even an identity would not do what you want. An identity key is only
incremented when the record is written. It is never updated unless you do
it manually.

On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 4:01 PM, Stone, Joel <Joel.Stone@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Is it possible to update a column with a sequential # ?

So that for this particular column, each row has a value 1 higher than the
prior row?

Something like

UPDATE filename set SEQCOL to prior SEQCOL + 1

(This is a DDS created file that does NOT have an identity column.)

Thanks!

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