On 7/17/07 5:13 PM, "Colin Manning" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


> 
> Not a problem. I can use "SELECT * FROM pb ORDER BY name LIMIT x,y" etc as
> my user pages up and down the list, or drags a scrollbar.
> 
> Next, assume the user wants to jump to a specific record in the list, or to
> (say) the first entry for a specific name.
> 
> How do you do this with sqlite, without forcing the the app to fetch every
> record and then do a manual comparison in the app?

SELECT MIN(rowid) FROM pb ORDER  WHERE name LIKE 'John Smith'

Will return first index of the row matching the given condition.

Hope this answers your question.


Cheers,

Bharath Booshan L.  



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