How to show row numbers in PostgreSQL query?

by 
select   row_number() over (order by <field> nulls last) as rownum, *
from     foo_tbl
order by <field>

If order is not necessary, this answer may also be simplified:

select row_number() over(), *  -- notice: no fields are needed
from   foo_tbl

SQL Fiddle Proof of Concept

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