You can use a user variable [EMAIL PROTECTED] in the sample below} to number the rows in the result set.
mysql> set @row:=0; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec) mysql> select @row:[EMAIL PROTECTED], city_Name from citiesw limit 10; +--------------+-----------------+ | @row:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | city_Name | +--------------+-----------------+ | 1 | !fajji !fasan | | 2 | 'aadeissa | | 3 | 'abas | | 4 | 'abas | | 5 | 'abasabad | | 6 | 'abd al qader | | 7 | 'abdullah kalay | | 8 | 'abdullah kalay | | 9 | 'abruyeh | | 10 | 'adel bagrou | +--------------+-----------------+ 10 rows in set (0.00 sec) -----Original Message----- From: Jacques Brignon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 9:19 AM To: mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: [SPAM] - Trans.: Re: Finding the row number satisfying a conditon in a result set - Bayesian Filter detected spam Oops! forgoten to include the list in the relply -- Jacques Brignon ----- Message transféré de Jacques Brignon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- Date : Mon, 30 Jan 2006 16:16:53 +0100 De : Jacques Brignon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Adresse de retour :Jacques Brignon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sujet : Re: Finding the row number satisfying a conditon in a result set À : Jake Peavy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Selon Jake Peavy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 1/30/06, Jacques Brignon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I would like some advice on the various and best ways of finding the rank > > of the > > row which satisfies a given condition in a rsult set. > > > > Let's assume that the result set includes a field containing an identifier > > from > > one of the table used in the query and that not two rows have the same > > value > > for this identifier but that the result set does not contains all the > > sequential values for this identifier and/or the values are not sorted in > > any > > predictable order. > > > > The brute force method is to loop through all the rows of the result set, > > until > > the number is found to get the rank of the row. That does not seem very > > clever > > and it can be very time consuming if the set has a lot of rows. > > > > use ORDER BY with a LIMIT of 1 > > your subject line needs work though - a "row number" has no meaning in a > relational database. > > -jp > Thanks for the tip, I am going to think to it as I do not see right away how this solves the problem. I agree with your comment, This is precisely because the result row number is not in the database that I need to find it. The problem I am trying to solve is the following: A query returns a result set with a number of rows, lets say 15000 as an example. I have an application wich displays those 10 by 10 with arrows based navigation capabilities (first page, previous page, next page, last page). I also have a search capability and I need to find in which set of 10 results the row I search for will be diplayed in order to show directly the appropriate page and to know what is the rank of this row in the result set or in the page to show the searched result row "selected". As an example the row having a customer id of 125, would have the row # 563 in the result set (not orderd by customer id but by some other criterion like name) and would therefore be displayed in the page showing result rows 561 to 570 When I say row I do not mean a row in any table but a row in the result set produced by the query which can touch several tables. None of the fields of the result set contains the row number, it is just the number of time I have to loop through the result set to get the row in the set which matches my criterion. I hope this makes my question clearer. I am sure this is a pretty common problem, but I have not yet figured out the clever way to tackle it! -- Jacques Brignon ----- Fin du message transféré ----- -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
