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    Add sequential numbering to groups of data

    I have a dataset that looks like the below:

    NODE_KEY LOCATION_ID
    A B1D
    A B1E
    A B1F
    B B1G
    B B1H
    C B2D
    C B2C
    C B2D
    C B2E


    How do I add a counter in a new field that is sequential for each NODE_KEY starting at '1'? Example below:

    NODE_KEY LOCATION_ID COUNTER
    A B1D 1
    A B1E 2
    A B1F 3
    B B1G 1
    B B1H 2
    C B2D 1
    C B2C 2
    C B2D 3
    C B2E 4


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    look to the bottom of this thread for the answer to this commonly asked question

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    astephan is offline Novice
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    Thanks, I checked quite a few other threads but still cannot find a logic that will work for me.... I decided to post my question for this reason.

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    I got what I needed... worked perfectly.

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    If the Location_ID was not duplicated within each Node_Key group, the following should work:

    SELECT Node_Key, Location_ID, DCount("*", "tablename", "Node_Key='" & [Node_Key] & "' AND Location_ID<'" & [Location_ID] & "'") + 1 AS GrpSeq FROM tablename ORDER BY Node_Key, Location_ID;

    However, I see duplicate Location_ID in Node_Key C. Is that valid or a posting error? If it is valid, need another field to serve as unique identifier, an autonumber field will serve.

    SELECT Node_Key, Location_ID, DCount("*", "tablename", "Node_Key='" & [Node_Kaye] & "' AND ID<" & [ID]) + 1 AS GrpSeq FROM tablename ORDER BY Node_Key, ID;

    Now I see you found a solution. Would you care to share?
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    The Location_ID and Node_Key combo will always be unique... sorry for my poorly constructed example.

    Below solution from another user works pretty well, although it runs extremely slowly if I do a Make Table instead of Select query:

    SELECT
    a.NODE_KEY,
    a.LOCATION_ID,
    (SELECT COUNT(b.NODE_KEY)
    FROM YourTableName AS b
    WHERE a.NODE_KEY = b.NODE_KEY
    AND a.LOCATION_ID >= b.LOCATION_ID
    ) AS MyCount
    FROM YourTableName AS a
    ORDER BY
    a.NODE_KEY,
    a.LOCATION_ID;

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    Yes, nested subqueries and domain aggregates can both be slow performers.

    Alternatively, just generate this sequence number in report where textbox has a RunningSum property.

    What exactly do you need this number for?

    I would avoid a process that implements programmatic db design changes which is what MAKE TABLE does.
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    modifying your code, this should be faster

    SELECT a.NODE_KEY, a.LOCATION_ID, COUNT(b.NODE_KEY) as MyCount
    FROM YourTableName AS b INNER JOIN YourTableName as a ON b.NODE_KEY = a.NODE_KEY AND b.LOCATION_ID <= a.LOCATION_ID
    GROUP BY b.NODE_KEY, b.LOCATION_ID
    ORDER BY b.NODE_KEY, b.LOCATION_ID;

    speed of operation is also improved with indexing - NODE_KEY and LOCATION_ID should both be indexed

    Note this query can only be written in SQL, the query grid will not recognise the location_id join - tho' you can create it with a = join in the query grid, then go into the sql window to modify the join

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    Thanks Ajax, that did speed up the query significantly. I am good to go. Appreciate everyone's help on this topic.

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