Lukas Eder says, we have window functions at home:
One of MySQL 8’s biggest improvements is the support of window functions. As I always said in conferences, there’s SQL before window functions and SQL after window functions. Once you start using them, you’ll use them everywhere.
Some of you poor souls are unfortunate enough to be stuck on MySQL 5.7, either of your own choosing, or because you’re using a clone / fork that is still 5.7 compatible. While for most people, this blog post is just for your amusement, or nostalgia, for some of you this post will be quite useful.
If you are in a windowless world, read on to see how you can make life a little more manageable.