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Asked: 2026-05-31T05:35:56+00:00

I have a need to display a sequence number column in a table that

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I have a need to display a sequence number column in a table that lists the count of each record for a person in a Job history table. Each history record has a Job Start Date and the number should be listed in the chronological order of the dates.
This is how I want it to look-

EmployeeID SeqNo. JobStartDate
A0001        1     2006/02/02
A0001        2     2008/04/01
A0001        3     2009/03/01
A0002        1     2005/01/01
A0002        2     2005/04/01
A0003        1     2006/09/01
A0003        2     2007/01/01
A0003        3     2008/01/01
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  1. Editorial Team

    If you are using SQL Server 2005+ or any other version of SQL that supports ROW_NUMBER() and PARTITION then you can do something like this

    SELECT EmployeeID, 
    ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY EmployeeID ORDER BY JobStartDate) AS SeqNo,
    JobStartDate
FROM [TABLE]

    The row_number creates a unique row based on the partition (which acts like a GROUP BY) and the ORDER BY.

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