Re: serial in output

From: Andreas Kretschmer <akretschmer(at)spamfence(dot)net>
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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