With MySQL, how can I generate a column containing the record index in a table?

Question

Is there any way I can get the actual row number from a query?

I want to be able to order a table called league_girl by a field called score; and return the username

Answer 1

Here comes the structure of template I used:

  select
          /*this is a row number counter*/
          ( select @rownum := @rownum + 1 from ( select @rownum := 0 ) d2 ) 
          as rownumber,
          d3.*
  from 
  ( select d1.* from table_name d1 ) d3

And here is my working code:

select     
           ( select @rownum := @rownum + 1 from ( select @rownum := 0 ) d2 ) 
           as rownumber,
           d3.*
from
(   select     year( d1.date ), month( d1.date ), count( d1.id )
    from       maindatabase d1
    where      ( ( d1.date >= '2013-01-01' ) and ( d1.date <= '2014-12-31' ) )
    group by   YEAR( d1.date ), MONTH( d1.date ) ) d3