I have a MS SQL DB with about 2,600 records (each one information on a computer.) I need to write a SELECT statement that selects about 400 of those records.
What’s the best way to do that when they don’t have any common criteria? They’re all just different random numbers so I can’t use wildcards or anything like that. Will I just have to manually include all 400 numbers in the query?
Maybe you have found a deficiency in the database design. That is, there is something common amongst the 400 records you want and what you need is another column in the database to indicate this commonality. You could then select against this new column.