Re: [PHP] Re: php mysql problem

2006-05-03 Thread chris smith
On 5/3/06, Richard Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tue, May 2, 2006 7:22 am, chris smith wrote: > On 5/2/06, Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> This is my database now...I will use the item_id for the order but >> what if I >> want to change item_id 3 to item id 1? How can I push all the item

Re: [PHP] Re: php mysql problem

2006-05-03 Thread Richard Lynch
On Tue, May 2, 2006 7:22 am, chris smith wrote: > On 5/2/06, Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> This is my database now...I will use the item_id for the order but >> what if I >> want to change item_id 3 to item id 1? How can I push all the items >> down one >> place? How can I delete any gaps when

Re: [PHP] Re: php mysql problem

2006-05-03 Thread Richard Lynch
On Tue, May 2, 2006 7:05 am, Ross wrote: > This is my database now...I will use the item_id for the order but > what if I > want to change item_id 3 to item id 1? How can I push all the items > down one > place? How can I delete any gaps when items are deleted. Change item_id 3 to 1. ... select i

Re: [PHP] Re: php mysql problem

2006-05-02 Thread Dave Goodchild
Exactly - I don't think you really understand how a relational database works. The ids are retained as they may relate to records in another table. Internal sorting order is of no relevance at the application level. I think you need to rethink your design a little. On 02/05/06, T.Lensselink <[EMA

Re: [PHP] Re: php mysql problem

2006-05-02 Thread T.Lensselink
> This is my database now...I will use the item_id for the order but what if > I > want to change item_id 3 to item id 1? How can I push all the items down > one > place? How can I delete any gaps when items are deleted. > > > CREATE TABLE `board_papers` ( > `id` int(4) NOT NULL auto_increment, >

Re: [PHP] Re: php mysql problem

2006-05-02 Thread chris smith
On 5/2/06, Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This is my database now...I will use the item_id for the order but what if I want to change item_id 3 to item id 1? How can I push all the items down one place? How can I delete any gaps when items are deleted. Why do you want to do that? There's no be