Question

I would like to rank my entries based on a total score column but I need to have ties if the scores are the same. The query below successfully ranks, but the rank goes up even if there is a tie.

Here is my current query:

SET @r=0; UPDATE table SET rank= @r:= (@r+1) WHERE `complete` = 1 ORDER BY score DESC;

I have been reading a ton of posts but haven’t found an explanation of doing this in an UPDATE.

+----+-----------+-------------+-------------+
| id | lName     | score       | rank        |
+----+-----------+-------------+-------------+
|  1 | Rosebrock |          50 |           5 |
|  2 | Kolley    |          58 |           3 |
|  3 | Bartley   |          11 |           6 |
|  4 | Bell      |          58 |           4 |
|  5 | Daugherty |          63 |           2 |
| 85 | Harp      |          78 |           1 |
+----+-----------+-------------+-------------+

Answer 1

create table scores (
  id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  score INT NOT NULL,
  rank INT NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
  PRIMARY KEY (id)
) ENGINE=InnoDB;

INSERT INTO scores (score) VALUES (1), (20), (10), (25), (10), (20);

SET @rank=0, @score=-100;

UPDATE scores 
SET rank=IF(@score=(@score:=score), @rank, @rank:=@rank+1)
ORDER BY score;

Same here: http://sqlfiddle.com/#!2/90c3b/2/0