Re: Displaying a counter in SQL

[Alan Shore <AlanShore@xxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Charles - exactly what I was looking for
NOT exactly intuitive though

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Assuming a supported version of the OS

You want to use the ROW_NUMBER() function.  Part of the OLAP
expressions added at v5r4.

HTH,
Charles

On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 2:15 PM, Alan Shore <AlanShore@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> My SQL statement displays the results that I am looking, now I need to
> display the "record number" of that line being displayed
> for example
> 1       resulta
> 2       resultb
> 3       resultc
> 4       resultd
> etc
>
> However, my mind is just blank as to how to display the 1, 2, 3 etc
>
> How can this be done?
>
> As always, all replies much appreciated
>
> Alan Shore
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