Received: from maia.hub.org (maia-2.hub.org [200.46.204.251]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35E1B1337B99 for ; Wed, 26 Jan 2011 12:40:55 -0400 (AST) Received: from mail.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by maia.hub.org (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.251]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 18727-06 for ; Wed, 26 Jan 2011 16:40:47 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from jupiter.marktest.pt (delta.marktest.pt [80.251.174.116]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3415E1337B7A for ; Wed, 26 Jan 2011 12:40:46 -0400 (AST) Received: from Proteu (proteu.marktest.pt [10.61.90.54]) by jupiter.marktest.pt with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2653.13) id ZQ59K0D7; Wed, 26 Jan 2011 16:40:45 -0000 Message-ID: <5170FD83EC134EFC8FB5F4C437134B8C@marktestcr.marktest.pt> From: "Oliveiros d'Azevedo Cristina" To: , References: <4D4047C1.5030208@encs.concordia.ca> Subject: Re: how to get row number in select query Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 16:40:45 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5512 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.91 tagged_above=-5 required=5 tests=BAYES_00=-1.9, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.01 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 201101/92 X-Sequence-Number: 35039 Hi, Lu Ying. How do you define which row is #1 ? And #2 ? E.g. Ordered by lname? Or gname...? Best, Oliveiros ----- Original Message ----- From: "Emi Lu" To: Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 4:11 PM Subject: [SQL] how to get row number in select query > Good morning, > > For postgresql 8.3, what is the system method/key word to get row number > please? > > E.g., > > ================== > lname1 gname1 > lname2 gname2 > lname3 gname3 > ...... > > I'd like to get > > 1 lname1 gname1 > 2 lname2 gname2 > 3 lname3 gname3 > > ... ... > > Something like > select row_number?, lname, gname from Table1; > > Thanks a lot! > > > -- > Lu Ying > > -- > Sent via pgsql-sql mailing list (pgsql-sql@postgresql.org) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-sql