Re: serial number in output

From: hubert depesz lubaczewski <depesz(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: alessandra de gregorio <adegregorio(at)fgscapital(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: serial number in output
Date: 2005-10-28 14:41:33
Message-ID: 9e4684ce0510280741t3d86e7ccu7ac2664a6f7c3c3c@mail.gmail.com
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On 10/28/05, alessandra de gregorio <adegregorio(at)fgscapital(dot)com> wrote:
>
> What function should I use to get a serial number, together with my
> results,
> from a query?
> Ex. Of output I want:
> 1 ooo pp ij
> 2 hou joo iu
> 3 bhi ft yh
> Basically, I would like to have one column with integers, from 1 onwards,
> no
> matter how many tables I join in, or the data that I get back.
>

first of all - this is job for client program to do the numbering, but if
you really insist on having this in database (why?) then just use temporary
sequence.

depesz

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