vfp vs tsql

Author: Rafael Copquin

Posted: 2011-05-31 at 12:04:28

I am developing a routine that randomly selects inventory items from a

SQL Server table, for inventory control purposes.

The item code is numeric, ie: 2345, 7867, 127435, etc. However, there

are less than 2000 records in the table

So I can apply the vfp rand function like so

RandomNbr = int( rand(-1) * 1987 )

to select a specific record, say 469, which could have an id number like

8976 and contain an item code like 789678

If I were in VFP I would simply locate for recno() = 469 and get the

item code.

But, what is the equivalent to the recno() function in TSQL, if there is

one? And if there is not, how do I get to the particular record?

Rafael Copquin

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