"Against stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain." - Die Jungfrau von Orleans; Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805)

There are no stupid questions, I'm not sure about the answers though......

THERE IS NO ORDE...

"Against stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain." - Die Jungfrau von Orleans; Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805)

There are no stupid questions, I'm not sure about the answers though......

THERE IS NO ORDE...

@jcelko: Why do you attack someone who just wants to share a caveat with the world? The discussion here is about sorting, so perhaps it's a bit off-topic but there are situations where "screwing up" the optimizer and other users sessions, not being able...

@jcelko: Why do you attack someone who just wants to share a caveat with the world? The discussion here is about sorting, so perhaps it's a bit off-topic but there are situations where "screwing up" the optimizer and other users sessions, not being able...

I just stumbled across a weird misconception that I'd like to help you to avoid: If you consume the results of a (non-inline) table valued function, the results are not in the same order as if you take the content óf the TVF in your query. So, if yo...

I just stumbled across a weird misconception that I'd like to help you to avoid: If you consume the results of a (non-inline) table valued function, the results are not in the same order as if you take the content óf the TVF in your query. So, if yo...

I just stumbled across a weird misconception that I'd like to help you to avoid: If you consume the results of a (non-inline) table valued function, the results are not in the same order as if you take the content óf the TVF in your query. So, if yo...

I just stumbled across a weird misconception that I'd like to help you to avoid: If you consume the results of a (non-inline) table valued function, the results are not in the same order as if you take the content óf the TVF in your query. So, if yo...

@jlmurphy : afaik a primary key is merely a constraint, ensuring that the combination of the fields it exists of will be unique. If you don't use the "Order By"-clause in the query I wouldn't count on having any result set always returning in the same ...

@jlmurphy : afaik a primary key is merely a constraint, ensuring that the combination of the fields it exists of will be unique. If you don't use the "Order By"-clause in the query I wouldn't count on having any result set always returning in the same ...