row_number() over example
Example 1: ms sql row_number over partition
USE AdventureWorks2012;
GO
SELECT FirstName, LastName, TerritoryName, ROUND(SalesYTD,2,1) AS SalesYTD,
ROW_NUMBER() OVER(PARTITION BY TerritoryName ORDER BY SalesYTD DESC)
AS Row
FROM Sales.vSalesPerson
WHERE TerritoryName IS NOT NULL AND SalesYTD <> 0
ORDER BY TerritoryName;
Example 2: how to use row number function in sql server
SELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY SUM(SalesAmountQuota) DESC)
AS RowNumber,
FirstName, LastName,
CONVERT(varchar(13), SUM(SalesAmountQuota),1) AS SalesQuota
FROM dbo.DimEmployee AS e
INNER JOIN dbo.FactSalesQuota AS sq
ON e.EmployeeKey = sq.EmployeeKey
WHERE e.SalesPersonFlag = 1
GROUP BY LastName, FirstName;