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Window Functions in MS SQL Server

Introduction
LEAD() and LAG()
FIRST_VALUE(), LAST_VALUE()
Summary
23. Summary

Instruction

Excellent! That's all we wanted to teach you today. Let's review what we've learned:

  • LEAD(x) and LAG(x) give you the next/previous value in the column x, respectively.
  • LEAD(x, y) and LAG(x, y) give you the value in the column x of the row which is y rows after/before the current row, respectively.
  • LEAD(x, y, z) and LAG(x, y, z) give you the value in the column x of the row which is y rows after/before the current row, respectively. If there are no rows (i.e. near the ending/beginning of the table) the function returns z instead of NULL.
  • FIRST_VALUE(x) and LAST_VALUE(x) give you the first and last value in the column x, respectively.
  • LAST_VALUE() usually requires the window frame to be set to 
    ROWS BETWEEN UNBOUNDED PRECEDING AND UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING

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Exercise

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