On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 8:55 PM, David Fetter <da...@fetter.org> wrote:

> In PostgreSQL 8.4, you'll be able to do:
>
> SELECT
>    row_number() OVER (ORDER BY col1) AS i,
>    e.col1,
>    e.col2,
>    ...
> FROM ...

Good news! Better late than never :)

> Until then, there are some ugly, fragile workarounds with
> generate_series() and/or temp sequences.

That's exactly my impression based on the other replies and searching
for "postgresql rownum" online.

Thanks,
George

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