Hi Manfred,
Sometimes the solution is right in front of you, but the cloud is to thick.
Thanks a lot, it worked like a charm. The reason I want this, is to have a
new type of index, so speed is not a issue and data file not big (just about
15000 records). I know, it's sounds silly.
Greetings Sjors
> >now I want to have this:
> >
> >id name data rank
> >1 sully 567 2
> >2 sully 789 1
> >3 sully 456 3
> >4 denan 890 1
> >5 denan 678 2
>
> SELECT id, name, data, (SELECT count(*) + 1
> FROM tbl AS tmp
> WHERE tmp.name = tbl.name
> AND tmp.data > tbl.data) AS rank
> FROM tbl;
>
> should get you going but might perform horribly without an index on
> name ...
>
> Servus
> Manfred
>
