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harmor19
10-29-2005, 08:26 AM
I have four fields in the database

mid | title | text | display_order

in the display order coloumn let's say I had values ranging from 1-5
1
2
3
4
5

Now let's say I deleted "2"
After I have deleted it I want a script that will get the values after and subtract "1" from each
1
2
3 (used to be "4")
4 (used to be "5")

Xenon
10-29-2005, 11:09 AM
UPDATE tablename SET displayorder = displayorder - 1 WHERE displayorder > 2

harmor19
10-29-2005, 11:40 AM
I'll try it.

Thanks