On 31/05/2011 01:04 p.m., Rafael Copquin wrote:

> 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

Maybe :

select IDENTITY(int, 1, 1) as recno, *

into #Temp

from sometable

select *

from #Temp

where recno = 40073

drop table #Temp

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