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Asked: 2026-06-05T15:27:58+00:00

So I have this game database, where I have several users with fields, id,

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So I have this game database, where I have several users with fields, id, name, points

I need a rank table for a specific user where its position can be seen in relation to the amount of points, there is room for 8 positions in the table, so I was looking for a way to do the following:

if I do SELECT * FROM users WHERE id = {user_id} ORDER By points Select the 4 results before and the 3 results after this id. is there a query to do this? the result should look like:

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|id   |name  |points|
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| 52  |name1 | 10   |
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| 23  |name1 | 09   |
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| 93  |name1 | 08   |
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| 12  |name1 | 07   |
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| 43  |queried_name1 | 06   |
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| 67  |name1 | 05   |
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| 32  |name1 | 04   |
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| 91  |name1 | 03   |
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I was trying to make this by software but it is pretty slow to iterate trough all the results. Thanks for your help!

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  1. Editorial Team

    Like that, I would say, for the above results: 

    SELECT * FROM users WHERE points > (SELECT points FROM users WHERE id = {user_id}) ORDER By points ASC LIMIT 3;

    For the below results:

    SELECT * FROM users WHERE points < (SELECT points FROM users WHERE id = {user_id}) ORDER By points DESC LIMIT 4;

    So, with a big union, it would give: 

    SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM users WHERE points > (SELECT points FROM users WHERE id = {user_id}) ORDER By points ASC LIMIT 3 ) a 
UNION
SELECT * FROM users WHERE id = {user_id}
UNION
SELECT * FROM (    SELECT * FROM users WHERE points < (SELECT points FROM users WHERE id = {user_id}) ORDER By points DESC LIMIT 4 ) b
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