Re: ROW_NUMBER alias

I might be told off by some better SQL-User here on the list -
still here is my 2 Cents worth....

> I needed ROW_NUMBER() in PostGresql and I did find the 'temporary sequence'
> method as a workaround and i think it at least gets the job done relatively

you use:

>     CREATE TEMP SEQUENCE rownum;
>     SELECT nextval('rownum') AS row_number , t.a, t.b, t.c
>     FROM (
>         SELECT a, b, c
>         FROM table
>         WHERE table_id  = 973
>         ORDER BY record_date
>     ) t;

Doesn't this just return the 973th single record for the current 
sequence order in your table?

I believe:SELECT a, b, c FROM tableoffset 973 limit 1 

will accomplish the same result.


Stefan


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