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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: JORGE MALDONADO <jorgemal1960@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org <pgsql-sql@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: Autoincrement value in a SELECT statement
Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2016 20:09:56 -0400
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JORGE MALDONADO <jorgemal1960@gmail.com> writes:
> Is it possible to include a field in the SELECT statement which "kind of
> autoincrements" so I can get the position?

The row_number() window function should do that for you, or you might
want rank() depending on what you think should happen for ties.

			regards, tom lane


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