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Asked: 2026-05-24T15:36:54+00:00

so I’m trying to create a ranking system for my website, however as a

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so I’m trying to create a ranking system for my website, however as a lot of the records have same number of points, they all have same rank, is there a way to avoid this?

currently have 

$conn = $db->query("SELECT COUNT( * ) +1 AS 'position' FROM tv WHERE points > ( SELECT points FROM tv WHERE id ={$data['id']} )"); 
$d = $db->fetch_array($conn); 
echo $d['position'];

And DB structure 

  `id` int(11) NOT NULL,
  `name` varchar(150) NOT NULL,
  `points` int(11) NOT NULL,

Edited below,

What I’m doing right now is getting records by lets say 

SELECT * FROM tv WHERE type = 1

Now I run a while loop, and I need to make myself a function that will get the rank, but it would make sure that the ranks aren’t duplicate
How would I go about making a ranking system that doesn’t have same ranking for two records? lets say if the points count is the same, it would order them by ID and get their position? or something like that? Thank you!

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  1. Editorial Team

    If you are using MS SQL Server 2008R2, you can use the RANK function.

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms176102.aspx

    If you are using MySQL, you can look at one of the below options:

    http://thinkdiff.net/mysql/how-to-get-rank-using-mysql-query/

    http://www.fromdual.ch/ranking-mysql-results

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