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Old 02-28-2008, 11:29 AM
Max
 
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Default Incrementally number result rows

Hello group,

How would I go about numbering rows from an SQL query?

For example, if I use the query:

SELECT myCol FROM myTable ORDER BY myOtherCol;

it returns:

+-------+
| row x |
| row y |
| row z |
+-------+

Now I would like to get:

SELECT [something], myCol FROM myTable ORDER BY myOtherCol;
+-----------+
| 1 | row x |
| 2 | row y |
| 3 | row z |
+-----------+

....or...

SELECT [something], myCol FROM myTable ORDER BY myOtherCol DESC;
+-----------+
| 1 | row z |
| 2 | row y |
| 3 | row x |
+-----------+



Thanks,
Max

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