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Surprisingly all these functions behave similarly in Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle, at least at the high level, so if you have used them in MSSQL, you can also use it on Oracle 11g or other versions.īy the way, if you are new to Microsoft SQL Server and T-SQL then I also suggest you join a comprehensive course to learn SQL Server fundamentals and how to work with T-SQL. You can also see the Querying Microsoft SQL Server course on Udemy to learn more about how to rank and dense_rank break ties. The rank() and dense_rank() will give the same ranking to rows that cannot be distinguished by the order by clause, but dense_rank will always generate a contiguous sequence of ranks like (1,2,3.), whereas rank() will leave gaps after two or more rows with the same rank (think "Olympic Games": if two athletes win the gold medal, there is no second place, only third). if the ORDER BY clause cannot distinguish between two rows, it will still give them different rankings, though which record will come earlier or later is decided randomly like in our example two employees Shane and Rick have the same salary and has row number 4 and 5, this is random, if you run again, Shane might come 5th. The row_number() function always generates a unique ranking even with duplicate records i.e.
For example, if you are ranking employees by their salaries then what would be the rank of two employees of the same salaries? It depends on which ranking function you are using like row_number, rank, or dense_rank. Though all three are ranking functions in SQL, also known as a window function in Microsoft SQL Server, the difference between rank(), dense_rank(), and row_number() comes when you have ties on ranking i.e.
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