Question

Here is the table structure:

Id | Description
1  | Test1
2  | Test2

In asp.net forms, I have two fields for inserting values for this table.

As I can’t add a new column for memorizing the position of rows, do you have any ideas for accomplishing this functionality?

Edit:

I don’t know whether stored procedure can do this or not.

Answer 1

Well you could just append the order value as a suffix in the description, and when you read out the value you would remove the suffix when displaying it.

If your order is “Test2″,”Test1″,”Test3”:

Id | Description
1  | Test1-2
2  | Test2-1
3  | Test3-3

Of course this is a horrible hack and you should rather add another column in your db table. But if you are unable to do this, this is the only solution I see.