Re: Finding gaps

[Peter Brawley]

 >Is there any elegant way of finding the gaps?

You'll find some ideas under (and near) "Find missing numbers in a 
sequence" at http://www.artfulsoftware.com/infotree/queries.php.

PB

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Stut wrote:
> On 17 Sep 2008, at 22:12, Jerry Schwartz wrote:
>> I have records that should be sequentially (not auto-increment) 
>> numbered,
>> but there are gaps. Is there any elegant way of finding the gaps?
>
> Why do they need to be sequential? When this requirement comes up it's 
> usually for illogical reasons.
>
> -Stut
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