mysql - SQL: Repeat a result row multiple times, and number the rows

Question

I have a SQL query with a result like this:

value | count
------+------
foo   |     1
bar   |     3
baz   |     2

Now I want to expand this so that each row with a count larger than 1 occurs multiple times. I also need these rows to be numbered. So I would get:

value | count | index
------+-------+------
foo   |     1 |     1
bar   |     3 |     1
bar   |     3 |     2
bar   |     3 |     3
baz   |     2 |     1
baz   |     2 |     2

I have to make this work on all the major databases (Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and maybe more). So a solution that works across different databases would be ideal, but clever ways to make it work on any database are appreciated.

Answer 1

You could use a numbers table

SELECT value, count, number
FROM table
    JOIN Numbers 
        ON table.count >= Numbers.number

Here is a SQLFiddle using MSSQL