MySQL update statement to store ranking positions

Question

I\'m trying to get my head around a query and I just can\'t figure it out. I would appreciate if someone give me a pointer. As a simple example of what I\'m trying to achiev

Answer 1

i'm showing you my way of doing it [for interval sql update functions]

select:

set @currentRank = 0,
    @lastRating = null,
    @rowNumber = 1;
select
    *,
    @currentRank := if(@lastRating = `score`, @currentRank, @rowNumber) `rank`,
    @rowNumber := @rowNumber + if(@lastRating = `score`, 0, 1) `rowNumber`,
    @lastRating := `score`
from `table`
order by `score` desc

update:

set @currentRank = 0,
    @lastRating = null,
    @rowNumber = 1;
update 
    `table` r
    inner join (
        select
            `primaryID`,
            @currentRank := if(@lastRating = `score`, @currentRank, @rowNumber) `rank`,
            @rowNumber := @rowNumber + if(@lastRating = `score`, 0, 1) `rowNumber`,
            @lastRating := `score`
        from `table`
        order by `score` desc
    ) var on
        var.`primaryID` = r.`primaryID`
set
    r.`rank` = var.`rank`

i did not make any performance checks on this one except for testing that it works