Question

What’s the best way to get the rank of the rows in addition to the row data in MYSQL?

For instance, say I have a list of students and I want to rank on the GPA. I know I can order by the GPA, but what’s the quickest way to have MYSQL return the rank as well in the rowdata I get back?

Answer 1

This will return the rank as rownum

SELECT @rownum := @rownum + 1 rownum,         t.*    FROM (SELECT @rownum:=0) r,         (SELECT * FROM students ORDER BY gpa DESC) t;