counting entries

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ok ive got myself in a small bind... how would i assign a number for each entry returned(example: #1, #2 #3, #4) without a page number withonly the perpage and which entry to start at:
here is where i am at:

PHP Code:

    function grabentries($cache, $sort = 'ASC', $order = 'entrydate', $startat = 0, $perpage = 15)
    {
        global $DB_site, $vboptions;
        
        $grabentries= $DB_site->query("SELECT journal_entries.entry_id, journal_entries.entrytitle, 
            journal_entries.entrytext, journal_entries.mood, journal_entries.entrydate, 
               journal_entries.entry_totalvotes, journal_moods.mood_name, journal_entries.ipaddress,journal_moods.mood_image, journal_entries.entry_totalrating, 
            COUNT(journal_comments.comment_text) AS comments 
            FROM ".TABLE_PREFIX."journal_entries AS journal_entries 
            LEFT JOIN ".TABLE_PREFIX."journal_comments AS journal_comments ON (journal_entries.entry_id=journal_comments.entry_id)
            LEFT JOIN ".TABLE_PREFIX."journal_moods AS journal_moods ON (journal_moods.mood_id=journal_entries.mood) 
            WHERE journal_entries.entry_id IN (".implode(',', $cache).") 
                AND entry_active='1'      
                GROUP BY journal_entries.entry_id
            ORDER BY ".$order." ".$sort." 
            LIMIT ".$startat.", ".$perpage."
        ");
        while($entry= $DB_site->fetch_array($getentries))
        {
        }
    }