>So I believe your saying that if I want to manipulate child data for a particular parent I have to use a View/Cursor.
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>It doesn't look so complicated with your example.
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You do not have to do it that way. You can accomplish the same thing with a relation set into the child table and setting the child order descending. Many of us use updatable, parameterized views.
Mark McCasland
Midlothian, TX USA