Posted by David Portas on 02/07/06 08:19

Jeff Kish wrote:
> <snip>
> >
> >Assuming SQL Server 2005 (you didn't specify otherwise), use the
> Sql Server 2000. Really sorry I did not say it up front. Do you know
> of a way using that?
> Regards,
> Jeff
>

INSERT INTO [authorization]
(program, optiontitle, usergroup, authorizationid)
SELECT program, optiontitle, usergroup,
authorizationid+
(SELECT COALESCE(MAX(authorizationid),0)
FROM [authorization])
FROM
(SELECT 'proq','titleq', A1.usergroup, COUNT(*)
FROM allgroups AS A1
JOIN allgroups AS A2
ON A1.usergroup >= A2.usergroup
GROUP BY A1.usergroup)
AS T(program, optiontitle, usergroup, authorizationid) ;

This assumes that usergroup is unique in Allgroups. If I'm wrong then
use the key of that table in the join. You need a key in order to
generate the sequence.

Read my signature. It may help you get faster answers in future.

Hope this helps.

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Whenever possible please post enough code to reproduce your problem.
Including CREATE TABLE and INSERT statements usually helps.
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