Re: olympics ranking query

Tom Lane wrote:
>>Challenge question: is there a simpler way to do query #1 (without any 
>>PL, and if possible without sequences too?
> 
> Can't without sequences AFAIK, but you certainly can do it simpler:
> 
> select setval('seq1', 0);
> 
> select nextval('seq1'), * from
> (select count(*) as numranker,
>  gold, silver, bronze
>  from countrymedal
>  group by gold, silver, bronze
>  order by gold desc, silver desc, bronze desc) ss;

This is not quite the same. The ranks are sequential, but they skip, so 
as to match the number of participating countries.

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dave