Pure-SQL Technique for Auto-Numbering Rows in Result Set

Question

I\'m looking for a way to sequentially number rows in a result set (not a table). In essence, I\'m starting with a query like the following:

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Answer 1

In oracle the only database I know what you would want to do is do a sub select on the data

i.e.

select rownum, id , blah, blah
from  (
select id, name FROM people WHERE name = 'Spiewak'
)

the basic concept is that the rownum will be evaluated on the result set returned from the inner select.

I hope this might point you to a solution that you can use.