Retrieving the row number of a specific record from the results of a MySQL query

Question

I want to create a MySQL query that will return a list of
records, and then retrieve the row number of a record with a
specific ID. How can I do this?
*server-side script: PHP

Answer 1

<?php
$i = 0;
do {
$i++;
} while (mysql_fetch_assoc($rsWhatever) &&
$row_rsWhatever['ID'] !=57);
echo "TADA -" . $i;
?>
(assuming that ID is numeric, and that the test value
actually exists in the
database)
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"AngryCloud" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>I will use this scenario for an example:
>
> I want to know how far down the list I will find the ID,
'57'.
>
> So I manually look at the list of results and see it is
the 25th record
> down
> on the list.
>
> How do I get my PHP script to get this number (25)
automatically?
>