If you have an index you can do this without the subselect.

You can use ignore index if you want the natural order, but the you can't currently create a descending index. 

create index registrants_lname_asc on registrants (lname ASC);

SET @rownum := 0
SELECT CONCAT(min(@rownum := @rownum + 1), '-',
              max(@rownum), ' (', 
              min(lname), '-', max(lname), ')')
  from registrants use index (registrants_lname_asc)
 group by floor(@rownum/100)

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In reply to Re^2: Can this be done entirely in MySQL? by gam3
in thread Can this be done entirely in MySQL? by Anonymous Monk

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