Outside of SQL it would be quite easy to number the rows returned from query, but to do so inside of the SQL is a bit more difficult. I recently wanted to be able to number the rows returned from a query in a stored procedure. I am using SQL Server 2000, so I cannot use row_number(). I was going to ask my go to SQL guy, Gregg Stark, how to do ...

Update (24 March 2008): Steve Smith found a more reliable solution to install the SQL Server Client Tools. Once in the tools folder open the setup folder and in there is a SqlRun_Tools.msi file. If you run that it should actually install SSMS. When I recently installed SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server Management Studio on my computer it did not ...