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Window Functions in MS SQL Server

Introduction
Ranking functions
Selecting n-th row
Summary

Instruction

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As we said, RANK() will always leave gaps in numbering when more than one row share has the same value. You can change this behavior by using DENSE_RANK():

SELECT
  Name,
  Platform,
  EditorRating,
  DENSE_RANK() OVER(ORDER BY EditorRating ASC) AS Ranking
FROM Game;

DENSE_RANK() gives a "dense" rank indeed – there are no gaps in the numbering.

Exercise

Click Run and check code to run the modified example.

We've now got three rows with rank 1, followed by a fourth row with rank 2. That's the difference between RANK() and DENSE_RANK() – the latter never leaves gaps.