Rijpositie verkrijgen in MYSQL-query

SELECT id, name, rank FROM 
    (
    SELECT t.id, t.name,
        @rownum := @rownum + 1 AS rank
    FROM TABLE t, (SELECT @rownum := 0) r
    ORDER BY name ASC
    ) `selection` WHERE id=1

Aangepast vanuit dit antwoord>> ROW_NUMBER() in MySQL