Re: Number the lines

From: Christopher Sawtell <csawtell(at)paradise(dot)net(dot)nz>
To: Kovacs Baldvin <kb136(at)hszk(dot)bme(dot)hu>
Cc: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Number the lines
Date: 2001-09-18 22:54:26
Message-ID: 20010918225449.C87FF1F9EEB@deborah.paradise.net.nz
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On 17 Sep 2001 14:54:51 +0200, Kovacs Baldvin wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I am in the university now, not be able to test what I
> say, so please forgive me if it is buggy or wrong.
>
> So does it helps you?:

That works correctly. Thanks very much for the tip
.
Do not forget to DROP the sequence afterwards, otherwise you will
find the line numbers continuing the sequence in the next SELECT
statement.

> CREATE SEQUENCE ordering;
> SELECT NEXTVAL('ordering') as rownumber, *
> INTO TABLE anewname FROM whatyouwant;
>
> Probably CREATE SEQUENCE 'ordering';, do try it...

No, you do not need the quote characters.

Sincerely etc.. C.

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