| From: | Andreas Kretschmer <akretschmer(at)spamfence(dot)net> | 
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| To: | pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org | 
| Subject: | Re: serial in output | 
| Date: | 2005-11-04 12:48:52 | 
| Message-ID: | 20051104124852.GA3218@kaufbach.delug.de | 
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alessandra de gregorio <adegregorio(at)fgscapital(dot)com> schrieb:
> Hi,
> 
> What function should I use to get a serial number, together with my results,
> from a query?
> 
> Ex. Of output I want:
> 
> 1	ooo	pp	ij
> 2	hou	joo	iu	
> 3	bhi	ft	yh
> 
> Basically, I would like to have one column with integers, from 1 onwards, no
> matter how many tables I join in, or the data that I get back.
Create a sequence and then "select nextval('your_sequence'), * from foo;"
HTH, Andreas
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