Subqueries - equivalence

[benmiltz]

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My code works ok, I just have a general question:

Here is my code:
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``` SELECT origin, id, (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM flights f WHERE f.id < flights.id AND f.origin = flights.origin) +1 AS flight_sequence_number FROM flights; ```

My question: is this equivalent to the code below?

SELECT origin, id, (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM flights f WHERE f.id <= flights.id AND f.origin = flights.origin) AS flight_sequence_number FROM flights;

Thanks.

[eigentensor]

No. They are not the same. The second will give you the same answer only if f.origin = flights.origin WHERE f.id = flights.id. Else flight_sequence_number will be equal to the first one -1