On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 10:32:15PM -0400, Josh Kupershmidt wrote: - On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 6:22 PM, David Kerr <d...@mr-paradox.net> wrote: - > I know I've seen posts on how to do this, but i can't seem to find them. - > - > I've got a data set - > - > A, B - > A, C - > A, D - > [...] - > - > and so on - > - > and i'd like to be able to wite a query that would result in - > - > 1,A,B - > 2,A,C - > 3,A,D - > [...] - > - > PG version is 8.3. - - If you can upgrade to 8.4, you could use the row_number() window - function which is perfectly suited to this task, should be as simple - as: - - SELECT row_number() OVER (), * FROM tablename;
Ah, no chance of that for a while. figures all the fun stuff is always a version away =) Dave -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
