On 25 March 2010 12:02, Allan Kamau <kamaual...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> A classic problem. I would like to assign integer values (from a
> sequence) to records in a table based on the order (of contents) of
> other field(s) in the same table.
> I come across the solution before but I simply may not recall and a
> search returns no clues. Please point me to a resource with this
> solution.
>
> Allan.
>
> -
>
Rank and a window function?

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/functions-window.html
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/tutorial-window.html

Thom

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