SQLServer SQL query with a row counter

Question

I have a SQL query, that returns a set of rows:

SELECT id, name FROM users where group = 2

I need to also include a column that has an incremen

Answer 1

Heres a different approach. If you have several tables of data that are not joinable, or you for some reason dont want to count all the rows at the same time but you still want them to be part off the same rowcount, you can create a table that does the job for you.

Example:

create table #test (
        rowcounter int identity,
        invoicenumber varchar(30)
        )

insert into #test(invoicenumber) select [column] from [Table1]

insert into #test(invoicenumber) select [column] from [Table2]

insert into #test(invoicenumber) select [column] from [Table3]

select * from #test

drop table #test