What's the best way to store sort order in SQL?

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Published on 2010-05-13T01:38:52Z Indexed on 2010/05/13 1:44 UTC
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The guys at the top want sort order to be customizable in our app. So I have a table that effectively defines the data type. What is the best way to store our sort order. If I just created a new column called 'Order' or something, every time I updated the order of one row I imagine I would have to update the order of every row to ensure posterity. Is there a better way to do it?

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What's the best way to store sort order in SQL?

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Published on 2010-05-13T01:38:52Z Indexed on 2010/05/13 18:24 UTC
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The guys at the top want sort order to be customizable in our app. So I have a table that effectively defines the data type. What is the best way to store our sort order. If I just created a new column called 'Order' or something, every time I updated the order of one row I imagine I would have to update the order of every row to ensure posterity. Is there a better way to do it?

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