>>>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.
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>Well, the parameterized view would allow me to manipulate "any" record not just the first or last, correct?

Correct.