Question

I have a table which contains a bunch of rows and a sort_order. I was wondering how I can do this so when I delete a row, say I delete the highlighted row with a sort_order of 7. Then instead of 7 just being removed, I would need to change #8 to #7 .. #9 to #8 .. #10 to #9 .. and #11 to #10.

Is something like this possible?

Answer 1

If you really need to change these values (sort_order will still work with gaps), you can

Delete From t
Where sort_order = 7

and then reduce the remaining entries by 1:

Update t
Set sort_order = sort_order - 1
Where sort_order > 7