March 18, 2011

how can I add a new column which counts the number of rows as serial number

Question by sadi

record of
id  fare    commission  routecode   vehicle number  productcode date    time    driver  owner name
15  12345   123 4533    1   3344    2011-03-18  00:00:00    yasir   saleem
20  a   a   3433    1   2333    2011-03-25  00:00:00    yasir   saleem
36  11111   11111   3433    1   2333    2011-03-25  16:13:12    yasir   saleem
9   1233    123 3433    nk-234  2333    2011-03-24  00:00:00    siddiq  aslam
21  1200    120 4533    nk-234  7655    2011-03-24  00:00:00    siddiq  aslam
22  1200    133333  0987    nk-234  2333    2011-03-11  00:00:00    siddiq  aslam
23  10000   11  4533    nk-234  7655    2011-03-19  00:00:00    siddiq  aslam
25  122 12  0987    nk-234  2333    2011-03-11  00:00:00    siddiq  aslam
26  1000    100 3344    nk-234  7655    2011-03-11  00:00:00    siddiq  aslam
27  1000    100 3344    nk-234  2333    2011-03-10  00:00:00    siddiq  aslam
34  100 10  3344    nk-234  2333    2011-03-18  00:00:00    siddiq  aslam
35  100 10  3344    nk-234  2333    2011-03-02  00:00:00    siddiq  aslam
5   1000    100 1234    wq1233  3344    2011-03-10  22:30:00    waqas   sami
6   2222    22  1234    wq1233  3344    2011-03-17  22:30:00    waqas   sami
24  a   a   4533    PSS-1234    7655    2011-03-02  00:00:00    salman  salam
42633   145175                          

I want to add another column before id which counts the number of

rows. It should start from 1 and increment by 1 for each row.

Answer by RichardTheKiwi

If you mean in a SELECT statement:

Say your select was

select * from tbl

It becomes

select @n := @n + 1 RowNumber, t.*
from (select @n:=0) initvars, tbl t

Notes:

  1. select @n:=0 is used to reset the global variable to 0
  2. @n := @n + 1 increases it by 1 for each row, starting from 1. This column is named “RowNumber”

Answer by Starx

I am not sure if i understand your question completely, but to add a column infront of id run this query

ALTER TABLE `yourtablename` ADD `yournewfield` VARCHAR( 50 ) NOT NULL BEFORE `id` 

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