Re: Rank

Martin Knipper wrote:
> Am 04.05.2004 16:11 schrieb george young:
> 
>>On Sun, 2 May 2004 02:22:37 +0800
>>"Muhyiddin A.M Hayat" <middink@indo.net.id> threw this fish to the penguins:
>>
>>
>>>I Have below table
>>>
>>>id | site_name | point
>>>----+-----------+-------
>>> 1 | Site A    |    40
>>> 2 | Site B    |    90
>>> 3 | Site D    |    22
>>> 4 | Site X    |    98
>>>
>>>Would like to calc that Rank for each site, and look like
>>>
>>>id | site_name | point | rank
>>>----+-----------+-------+------
>>> 1 | Site A    |    40 |    3
>>> 2 | Site B    |    90 |    2
>>> 3 | Site D    |    22 |    4
>>> 4 | Site X    |    98 |    1
>>
>>
>>Well, a simple minded solution would be:
>>
>>select id,site_name,point,(select count(*)from mytable t2 
>>    where t2.point >= t1.point) as rank from mytable t1;
>>
>> id | site_name | point | rank 
>>----+-----------+-------+------
>>  4 | Site X    |    98 |    1
>>  2 | Site B    |    90 |    2
>>  1 | Site A    |    40 |    3
>>  3 | Site D    |    22 |    4
>>(4 rows)
>>
>>If mytable is huge this may be prohibitively slow, but it's worth a try.
>>There's probably a self join that would be faster.  Hmm... in fact:
>>
>>select t1.id,t1.site_name,t1.point,count(t2.point) as rank from mytable t1,mytable t2
>>    where t2.point >=t1.point group by t1.id,t1.site_name,t1.point;
>>
>> id | site_name | point | rank 
>>----+-----------+-------+------
>>  3 | Site D    |    22 |    4
>>  2 | Site B    |    90 |    2
>>  4 | Site X    |    98 |    1
>>  1 | Site A    |    40 |    3
>>(4 rows)
>>
>>
>>-- George Young
> 
> 
> Another possibilty is to use a sequence:
> 
> demo=# create temporary sequence ranking;
> demo=# select *,nextval('ranking') as rank from yourTable order by
> site_name asc;
> 
> Greetins,
> Martin
> 
wouldn't it have to be:

select *, nextval('ranking') as rank  from yourTable order by point desc;

for the ranking to work?