select rownum
         ,column1
         ,column2
  from tablename

or if you want a longer version

create sequence seq
/
select seq.nextval
         ,column1
         ,column2
  from tablename
/
drop sequence seq
/
or have I missed something?

On 29 May 2001, at 13:23, Helmut Daiminger wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> Is there a way to show a number in front of every row retrieved through a
> select statement...?
> 
> select column1, column2 from tablename
> 
> The output should look like:
> 
> 1    column1_value   column2_value
> 
> Any idea how I can achieve that?
> 
> This is 8.1.6 on Win2k.
> 
> Thanks,
> Helmut
> 
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