Re: Numbering rows

From: Mark Morgan Lloyd <markMLl(dot)pgsql-general(at)telemetry(dot)co(dot)uk>
To: pgsql-general(at)PostgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: Numbering rows
Date: 2008-10-16 09:00:37
Message-ID: gd6vrm$np1$1@pye-srv-01.telemetry.co.uk
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David Rowley wrote:

> It's not 100% certain that it will be possible for 8.4, probably though.
>
> select row_number() over (order by employeeid) as nrow,* from employee order
> by employeeid

That makes sense, thanks. So extracting rate-of-change etc. would be a
join on two subselects followed by a bit of maths, that's likely to be a
big incentive for an upgrade when it comes out.

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Mark Morgan Lloyd
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