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

Assuming MySQL supports it, you can easily do this with a standard SQL subquery:

select 
    (count(*) from league_girl l1 where l2.score > l1.score and l1.id <> l2.id) as position,
    username,
    score
from league_girl l2
order by score;

For large amounts of displayed results, this will be a bit slow and you will want to switch to a self join instead.