AW: AW: Another SQL Question

Hi,

With Row_Number you won't get duplicates, i.e. each row gets ist own
counter.
With Dense_Rank you can have several first "places", several second "places"
etc.
As far as I have understood, he wanted to have the same number for all rows
with the same fiscal year, group and source code. That's why I used
Dense_Rank instead of Row_Number.
But there is an other OLAP ranking function, RANK().
Like DENSE_RANK duplicates are allowed, but if there are 2 first places, the
next counter will be 3.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards

Birgitta Hauser

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Gesendet: Friday, May 02, 2008 18:27
An: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Betreff: Re: AW: Another SQL Question


BirgittaHauser wrote:

Hi,

If you are already on release V5R4, you may use the OLAP-Ranking
function DENSE_RANK.

Birgitta, what's the difference in layman's terms between ROW_NUMBER and
DENSE_RANK?