How to join two tables together with same number of rows by their order

Question

I am using SQL2000 and I would like to join two table together based on their positions

For example consider the following 2 tables:

table1
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name
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Answer 1

Consider using a rank (rownum in Oracle) to dynamically apply ordered unique numbers to each table. Simply join on the rank column and you should have what you need. See this Microsoft article on numbering rows.