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

I know the OP is asking for a mysql answer but since I found the other answers not working for me,

• Most of them fail with order by
• Or they are simply very inefficient and make your query very slow for a fat table

So to save time for others like me, just index the row after retrieving them from database

example in PHP:

$users = UserRepository::loadAllUsersAndSortByScore();

foreach($users as $index=>&$user){
    $user['rank'] = $index+1;
}

example in PHP using offset and limit for paging:

$limit = 20; //page size
$offset = 3; //page number

$users = UserRepository::loadAllUsersAndSortByScore();

foreach($users as $index=>&$user){
    $user['rank'] = $index+1+($limit*($offset-1));
}