Re: Probably simple answer

Hello,

You could either select the oid along with your query, or alternatively
set up a sequence:

http://www.postgresql.info/r23450.htm

Sincerely,

Joshua Drake
Co-Author: Practical PostgreSQL

On Thu, 1 Nov 2001, Al Kirkus wrote:

> Hi all.
>
> Can anyone tell me how to get a sequential row count field in the output of a query?
>
> Say I want to query for all users in a table sorted by lastname and firstname.
> I would like to include a column in my query called "rownum" which would uniquely identify the row in the order of the query results.
>
> Like this:
>
> rownum =1 lastname=jones, firstname=john
> rownum=2 lastname=smith, firstname=john
>
> etc.
> I assume rownum should be some kind of function of expresion but I don't know what.
>
> Something like:
>
> Select ???? as rownum, lastname,firstname from users where xxx =xxx order by lastname, firsname.
>
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