Re: How to realize ROW_NUMBER() in 8.3?

On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 11:51:25AM -0400, Emi Lu wrote:
> Hello,
>
> ROW_NUMBER() is only ready in 8.4. For 8.3, is there a simple way to
> get row_number
>
> select row_number(), col1, col2...
> FROM   tableName
>
> Thanks a lot!
> 丁叶

Your best bet is to upgrade to a modern version of PostgreSQL.  While
you will of course need to do tests with your applications, 9.0 has no
significant backward-incompatibility with 8.3.

Cheers,
David.
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