>>I don't think that is something that would come up in for
>>many of us. Since there is NO natural order in a relational
>>database, the order is always controlled by an index.
>
> Order is always controlled by an ORDER BY - I assume you
> wanted to say that...

No but you are right. The point I was trying to make is that
the order of records 'stored' in the database is not
necessarily the same as the 'natural' order they are loaded,
so some means of controlling the order - other than 'as
loaded' - is always required, for a consistant view.

And even that does not sound quite right ;)

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