In article <427821D7.7070302@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Lyubomir Petrov <lpetrov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > create sequence seq_tmp; > select nextval('seq_tmp') as rank, a.id, a.name from (select id, name > from t order by name desc) a; > drop sequence seq_tmp; Using a temporary sequence for that would avoid naming conflicts. > P.S. I'm sure you can wrap it in plperl stored procedure :) Yes, prepending the ranking column in the application would be more efficient. I wonder whether Randall knows Perl? ;-) ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq