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 add row number per "group" for crosstab

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yvanvw
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Posted - 2005-08-24 : 08:14:11
Hi all,

I searched around for a while but I could not find the answer to my question: I would like to add a row number to a query, but the number should restart from 0 when the "group" changes, in order to have column name for crosstab. Here is an example:

My table stores servers and their connections to power outlets:

server outlet
------------------------
serverA outlet1
serverA outlet2
serverB outlet3
serverB outlet4
serverC outlet1
serverC outlet3
serverC outlet5

What I would like my query to return:

server outlet powersupply number
----------------------------------------------
serverA outlet1 1
serverA outlet2 2
serverB outlet3 1
serverB outlet4 2
serverC outlet1 1
serverC outlet3 2
serverC outlet5 3

Thanks to the powersupply number, I will be able to have such a crosstab:

server PowSup1 PowSup2 PowSup3
------------------------------------------
serverA outlet1 outlet2
serverB outlet3 outlet4
serverC outlet1 outlet3 outlet5

Thanks in advance for your help.
Yvan
   

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