Incorrect order result set when join table

[simon_shek]

Hi all,
I faced a problem, I have two tables - part and partmaster
part : part_no, part_qty (no key)
partmaster : part_no, part_description (primary key : part_no )

I want to select table part.* and partmaster.part_description.

(run on mssql 2k)
select a.*, b.part_description
from part a, partmaster b where a.part_no *= b.part_no

I want to and expect to have the result order like table "part". However, after the join, the order is different. I try to run it on mssql 7.0, the order is ok.

Then I modify and run the statement select a.* from part a, partmaster b where a.part_no *= b.part_no on 2k again. The result order is ok.

can anyone tell me the reason?

Now I try to fix this problem is adding a sequence field "part_seq" into table "part" and run the statement by adding a order by part_seq.
It does work!

Regards,
Simon

[simon_shek]

I try to use another mssql server 2000 to run the query, the (order sequence) result is correct. Therefore, I believe that it is not related to version of sql server.

Regards,
Simon

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simon_shek at 3/24/2002 10:16:04 PM

Hi all,
I faced a problem, I have two tables - part and partmaster
part : part_no, part_qty (no key)
partmaster : part_no, part_description (primary key : part_no )

I want to select table part.* and partmaster.part_description.

(run on mssql 2k)
select a.*, b.part_description
from part a, partmaster b where a.part_no *= b.part_no

I want to and expect to have the result order like table "part". However, after the join, the order is different. I try to run it on mssql 7.0, the order is ok.

Then I modify and run the statement select a.* from part a, partmaster b where a.part_no *= b.part_no on 2k again. The result order is ok.

can anyone tell me the reason?

Now I try to fix this problem is adding a sequence field "part_seq" into table "part" and run the statement by adding a order by part_seq.
It does work!

Regards,
Simon