On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 9:37 AM, Chris <dmagick(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Emanuel Calvo Franco wrote:
>
>>
> But in 8.4 throws this:
>>
>> postgres=# SELECT
>> postgres-# (select count(i)+1 from prueba
>> postgres(# where i < xi.i
>> postgres(# ) as rownum, i, p
>> postgres-# FROM prueba xi limit 5;
>> rownum | i | p
>> --------+--------+--------
>> 168770 | 168763 | 908731
>> 168771 | 168764 | 640826
>> 168772 | 168765 | 571112
>> 168773 | 168766 | 992462
>> 168774 | 168767 | 992471
>> (5 filas)
>>
>
>
>
Why don't you make it simple and just use row_number() from 8.4... It can be
simplified as:
select row_number() over(), i, p from prueba limit 5;
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