SQL Server/T-SQL/Analytical Functions/Row Number
Assigning Row Number Values to Rows
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1> create table employee( 2> ID int, 3> name nvarchar (10), 4> salary int, 5> start_date datetime, 6> city nvarchar (10), 7> region char (1)) 8> GO 1> 2> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 3> values (1, "Jason", 40420, "02/01/94", "New York", "W") 4> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (2, "Robert",14420, "01/02/95", "Vancouver","N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (3, "Celia", 24020, "12/03/96", "Toronto", "W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (4, "Linda", 40620, "11/04/97", "New York", "N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (5, "David", 80026, "10/05/98", "Vancouver","W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (6, "James", 70060, "09/06/99", "Toronto", "N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (7, "Alison",90620, "08/07/00", "New York", "W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (8, "Chris", 26020, "07/08/01", "Vancouver","N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (9, "Mary", 60020, "06/09/02", "Toronto", "W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> 2> select * from employee 3> GO ID name salary start_date city region
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1 Jason 40420 1994-02-01 00:00:00.000 New York W
2 Robert 14420 1995-01-02 00:00:00.000 Vancouver N
3 Celia 24020 1996-12-03 00:00:00.000 Toronto W
4 Linda 40620 1997-11-04 00:00:00.000 New York N
5 David 80026 1998-10-05 00:00:00.000 Vancouver W
6 James 70060 1999-09-06 00:00:00.000 Toronto N
7 Alison 90620 2000-08-07 00:00:00.000 New York W
8 Chris 26020 2001-07-08 00:00:00.000 Vancouver N
9 Mary 60020 2002-06-09 00:00:00.000 Toronto W
(9 rows affected) 1> 2> --Assigning Row Number Values to Rows 3> 4> SELECT name, ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY salary DESC) AS "RowNumber" 5> FROM Employee 6> GO name RowNumber
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Alison 1 David 2 James 3 Mary 4 Linda 5 Jason 6 Chris 7 Celia 8 Robert 9 (9 rows affected) 1> 2> drop table employee 3> GO 1>
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ROW_NUMBER(): returns an integer with a running incremental value based on an ORDER BY clause passed to this function
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1> create table employee( 2> ID int, 3> name nvarchar (10), 4> salary int, 5> start_date datetime, 6> city nvarchar (10), 7> region char (1)) 8> GO 1> 2> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 3> values (1, "Jason", 40420, "02/01/94", "New York", "W") 4> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (2, "Robert",14420, "01/02/95", "Vancouver","N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (3, "Celia", 24020, "12/03/96", "Toronto", "W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (4, "Linda", 40620, "11/04/97", "New York", "N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (5, "David", 80026, "10/05/98", "Vancouver","W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (6, "James", 70060, "09/06/99", "Toronto", "N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (7, "Alison",90620, "08/07/00", "New York", "W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (8, "Chris", 26020, "07/08/01", "Vancouver","N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (9, "Mary", 60020, "06/09/02", "Toronto", "W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> 2> select * from employee 3> GO ID name salary start_date city region
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1 Jason 40420 1994-02-01 00:00:00.000 New York W
2 Robert 14420 1995-01-02 00:00:00.000 Vancouver N
3 Celia 24020 1996-12-03 00:00:00.000 Toronto W
4 Linda 40620 1997-11-04 00:00:00.000 New York N
5 David 80026 1998-10-05 00:00:00.000 Vancouver W
6 James 70060 1999-09-06 00:00:00.000 Toronto N
7 Alison 90620 2000-08-07 00:00:00.000 New York W
8 Chris 26020 2001-07-08 00:00:00.000 Vancouver N
9 Mary 60020 2002-06-09 00:00:00.000 Toronto W
(9 rows affected) 1> 2> -- Ranking Functions 3> 4> --ROW_NUMBER(): returns an integer with a running incremental value based on an ORDER BY clause passed to this function. 5> 6> SELECT 7> ID 8> , Name 9> , ROW_NUMBER() Over (ORDER BY City) As RowNum 10> FROM Employee 11> ORDER BY CIty 12> 13> 14> 15> drop table employee 16> GO ID Name RowNum
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1 Jason 1
4 Linda 2
7 Alison 3
3 Celia 4
6 James 5
9 Mary 6
8 Chris 7
5 David 8
2 Robert 9
(9 rows affected) 1>
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When using a different ORDER BY clause in ROW_NUMBER()
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1> create table employee( 2> ID int, 3> name nvarchar (10), 4> salary int, 5> start_date datetime, 6> city nvarchar (10), 7> region char (1)) 8> GO 1> 2> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 3> values (1, "Jason", 40420, "02/01/94", "New York", "W") 4> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (2, "Robert",14420, "01/02/95", "Vancouver","N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (3, "Celia", 24020, "12/03/96", "Toronto", "W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (4, "Linda", 40620, "11/04/97", "New York", "N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (5, "David", 80026, "10/05/98", "Vancouver","W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (6, "James", 70060, "09/06/99", "Toronto", "N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (7, "Alison",90620, "08/07/00", "New York", "W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (8, "Chris", 26020, "07/08/01", "Vancouver","N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (9, "Mary", 60020, "06/09/02", "Toronto", "W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> 2> select * from employee 3> GO ID name salary start_date city region
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1 Jason 40420 1994-02-01 00:00:00.000 New York W
2 Robert 14420 1995-01-02 00:00:00.000 Vancouver N
3 Celia 24020 1996-12-03 00:00:00.000 Toronto W
4 Linda 40620 1997-11-04 00:00:00.000 New York N
5 David 80026 1998-10-05 00:00:00.000 Vancouver W
6 James 70060 1999-09-06 00:00:00.000 Toronto N
7 Alison 90620 2000-08-07 00:00:00.000 New York W
8 Chris 26020 2001-07-08 00:00:00.000 Vancouver N
9 Mary 60020 2002-06-09 00:00:00.000 Toronto W
(9 rows affected) 1> 2> -- When using a different ORDER BY clause in the function call, these values are not ordered. 3> 4> SELECT 5> ID 6> , Name 7> , ROW_NUMBER() Over (ORDER BY Name) As RowNum 8> FROM Employee 9> ORDER BY ID 10> GO ID Name RowNum
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1 Jason 6
2 Robert 9
3 Celia 2
4 Linda 7
5 David 4
6 James 5
7 Alison 1
8 Chris 3
9 Mary 8
(9 rows affected) 1> 2> 3> drop table employee 4> GO 1>
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