Can I get the position of a record in a SQL result table?

Question

If I do something like

SELECT * FROM mytable ORDER BY mycolumn ASC;

I get a result table in a specific order.

Is there a way in SQL

Answer 1

There's no way you can tell that without selecting an entire subset of records. If your PK is of integer type, you can

select count(*) from mytable 
    where id <= 10 -- Record with ID 10
    order by mycolumn asc