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From: Andreas Kretschmer <akretschmer@spamfence.net>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: serial in output
Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2005 13:48:52 +0100
Message-ID: <20051104124852.GA3218@kaufbach.delug.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20051028111824.C8C7DDA53F@svr1.postgresql.org>
References: <20051028111824.C8C7DDA53F@svr1.postgresql.org>

alessandra de gregorio <adegregorio@fgscapital.com> schrieb:

> Hi,
> 
> 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.

Create a sequence and then "select nextval('your_sequence'), * from foo;"


HTH, Andreas
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