MySQL SELECT increment counter

Question

Here is my MySQL query:

SELECT name FROM table;

How can I also select an increment counter alongside name? Expected output:

Answer 1

SELECT name,
      @rownum := @rownum + 1 as row_number
FROM your_table
   ,
   (select @rownum := 0) r

I prefer using a comma instead of CROSS JOIN as it performs faster. Using CROSS JOIN will add one extra step of adding a column to your table.