Add a numbered list column to a returned MySQL query

Question

I am trying to get a sequential number column returned with my sql query. I need this to be inside the SELECT statement because I want to nest this query in another, and the

Answer 1

You need to use MySQL user variables. Let us take a variable t1. Initialize it at 0. And increment it in every select value.

SET @t1=0;
SELECT @t1 := @t1+1 as row_number, my_awesome_table.* from my_awesome_table

This will do the trick.