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Re: How to "number" the retrieved rows

From: Oriole <info_at_oriole.com>
Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 15:12:01 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.00312CB9.20010529150524@fatcity.com>

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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