On Thursday 13 June 2002 20:27, Jeff Field wrote:
I would like to have a column returned in a query that tells you which
record I'm looking at? Sort of like an auto_increment? IOW, the query
results would look like:
record first last
1 johndoe
2 joe blow
3
Yes, there is a particular reason. The actual query I do pulls information
from two tables and has both ORDER BY and GROUP BY clauses. The
auto_increment column (think of the query results as a table) will give me
the rank of the results. I know how to manipulate the data in PHP to
accomplish
Jeff,
You don't tell us which database. If its Oracle then there is ROWID.
Using some sort of record number is good for linking tables as it a
primary/foreign key, but otherwise why would you want it? If you do not
have such a field as this at present (and want one), you could always
add one
You can do it with two queries.
SELECT @a:=0;
SELECT @a:=@a+1, * FROM table;
This would be better taken to a MySQL list, though. Actually, you never
said what DB you were using. This works in MySQL.
---John Holmes...
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From: Jeff Field [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
You can use
SET @a=0;
Instead of the first SELECT, too.
---John Holmes...
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From: John Holmes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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Subject: RE: [PHP] possible to add a record number to a query?
1) Yes, I'm using MySQL
2) You're right. This is not a PHP question. My apologies to the list!
Thanks for the feedback! I'll give it a try (and the other one in the other
email).
Jeff
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From: John Holmes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002
I would like to have a column returned in a query that tells
you which record I'm looking at? Sort of like an
auto_increment? IOW, the query results would look like:
record first last
1 johndoe
2 joe blow
3 carol fisher
The table
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