Sort of... SELECT IDENTITY(int,1,1) as ID_Num, [name], Age INTO #tempTbl FROM myTable
SELECT * FROM #tempTbl That's the only way afaik... #tempTbl will be built automatically. No need to declare it or create it. -----Original Message----- From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 3:06 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: OT: (cross post) SQL row numbering Matthew Small wrote: > How can I get SQL server to automatically number my rows of a > recordset, as I retrieve it? > > If I have the following information in a table (example data) > > Name Age > Joe 20 > Sally 14 > Jim 15 > > And I do a query: > > Select somefunction() as rownum, name, age from table Doesn't SQL server support sequences? In that case somefunction would be <next value expression>. Jochem ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
