automated numbering

[zingbats]

I have a script that gets info from the data from a database and runs it in a loop, the query sorts the data DESC.

I have a column which is called "position" (not in the database but in the HTML). I need it to assign a number to each row (in the D😎 it finds. I don't want this to be database run, I just need a script that can count lol

Hope you understand;
Alex.

[matto]

you are already using a loop for printing the table rows, just use it to count up a variable which would be the row number, for instance:

$counter = 0;   // initialize counter variable

while(... retrieving data record ...)
{
   $counter++;  // this increments the counter by one in each loop
   // and now, you just print your table row <tr>...</tr>, including $counter in the "position" column:
   ...
   echo "<td>$counter</td>";
   ...
}

I hope that's it!

[zingbats]

ok, what is

while(... retrieving data record ...)

all about? What do I put in there?

I think you misunderstand me.

I have a loop that selects data from a DB and sorts DESC.

I have a column called position which I want to count what row in the loop it is. That way, they are numbered.

Cheers;
Alex.

[zingbats]

?