Best way to save a ordered List to the Database while keeping the ordering

Question

I was wondering if anyone has a good solution to a problem I\'ve encountered numerous times during the last years.

I have a shopping cart and my customer explicitly

Answer 1

FWIW, I think the way you suggest (i.e. committing the order to the database) is not a bad solution to your problem. I also think it's probably the safest/most reliable way.