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SQL
75 Windowing
Functions

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1. WHAT IS A WINDOW
FUNCTION IN SQL?

A window function performs a

calculation across a set of table
rows related to the current row. It
is used mainly for analytical
purposes and operates within a
specified window of rows.

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2. HOW DO YOU
DEFINE A WINDOW IN
SQL?

A window is defined using the

OVER clause in SQL, which
specifies the partitioning and
ordering of rows.

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3. WHAT ARE THE
TYPES OF WINDOW
FUNCTIONS
SUPPORTED IN SQL
SERVER?

Aggregate functions, ranking

functions, statistical functions,
and offset functions.

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4. WHAT IS THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
A WINDOW FUNCTION
AND AN AGGREGATE
FUNCTION?
An aggregate function groups
rows and returns a single result
for each group, while a window
function returns a result for each
row within the specified window.

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5. HOW DO YOU USE
THE ROW_NUMBER()
FUNCTION?

ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION

BY column ORDER BY column)
assigns a unique sequential
integer to rows within the
partition of a result set.

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6. EXPLAIN THE RANK()
FUNCTION.

RANK() OVER (PARTITION BY

column ORDER BY column)
assigns a rank to each row within
the partition of a result set, with
gaps in the rank values if there
are ties.

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7. WHAT IS THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
RANK() AND
DENSE_RANK()?

DENSE_RANK() is similar to RANK()

but does not leave gaps in the
ranking values.

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8. DESCRIBE THE
NTILE() FUNCTION.

NTILE(n) OVER (PARTITION BY

column ORDER BY column)
distributes rows into a specified
number of roughly equal groups.

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9. WHAT DOES THE
LAG() FUNCTION DO?

LAG(column, offset, default) OVER

(PARTITION BY column ORDER BY
column) provides access to a row
at a specified physical offset
before the current row within the
partition.

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10. HOW DOES THE
LEAD() FUNCTION
DIFFER FROM LAG()?

LEAD(column, offset, default)

OVER (PARTITION BY column
ORDER BY column) provides
access to a row at a specified
physical offset after the current
row within the partition.

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11. EXPLAIN THE USE OF
FIRST_VALUE()
FUNCTION.

FIRST_VALUE(column) OVER
(PARTITION BY column ORDER BY
column) returns the first value in
an ordered set of values.

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12. WHAT IS THE
LAST_VALUE()
FUNCTION USED FOR?

LAST_VALUE(column) OVER
(PARTITION BY column ORDER BY
column) returns the last value in
an ordered set of values.

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13. HOW DO YOU
CALCULATE A MOVING
AVERAGE USING
WINDOW FUNCTIONS?
Use AVG(column) OVER
(PARTITION BY column ORDER BY
column ROWS BETWEEN n
PRECEDING AND CURRENT ROW) to
calculate a moving average.

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14. DESCRIBE THE
PERCENT_RANK()
FUNCTION.

PERCENT_RANK() OVER (PARTITION

BY column ORDER BY column)
calculates the relative rank of a
row within the partition as a
percentage.

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15. WHAT IS THE
CUME_DIST()
FUNCTION?

CUME_DIST() OVER (PARTITION BY

column ORDER BY column)
calculates the cumulative
distribution of a value within the
partition.

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16. EXPLAIN
PERCENTILE_CONT()
FUNCTION.

PERCENTILE_CONT(n) WITHIN
GROUP (ORDER BY column) OVER
(PARTITION BY column) computes
a percentile based on continuous
distribution.

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17. HOW DOES
PERCENTILE_DISC()
DIFFER FROM
PERCENTILE_CONT()?
PERCENTILE_DISC(n) WITHIN
GROUP (ORDER BY column) OVER
(PARTITION BY column) computes
a percentile based on discrete
distribution.

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18. WHAT IS A FRAME
IN THE CONTEXT OF
WINDOW FUNCTIONS?

A frame defines a subset of rows

within the partition to apply the
window function, specified using
ROWS or RANGE clauses.

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19. HOW DO YOU USE
THE ROWS BETWEEN
CLAUSE?

ROWS BETWEEN n PRECEDING AND

m FOLLOWING specifies a frame
of rows relative to the current row
for the window function.

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20. WHAT IS THE
RANGE CLAUSE USED
FOR IN WINDOW
FUNCTIONS?
The RANGE clause defines a
frame of rows based on the value
range of the rows, not their
physical positions.

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21. HOW CAN YOU
EMULATE IGNORE
NULLS IN SQL SERVER?

Use subqueries or conditional

aggregation to ignore nulls in
window functions since SQL
Server does not directly support
IGNORE NULLS.

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22. EXPLAIN THE
CONCEPT OF
WINDOWING IN SQL.

Windowing allows calculations

across a set of table rows related
to the current row using window
functions.

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23. WHAT ARE THE
BENEFITS OF USING
WINDOW FUNCTIONS?

Window functions simplify

complex queries, improve
readability, and often provide
better performance for analytical
queries.

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24. CAN WINDOW
FUNCTIONS BE USED IN
THE WHERE CLAUSE?

No, window functions cannot be

used in the WHERE clause directly.
They are used in the SELECT or
ORDER BY clauses.

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25. HOW DO WINDOW
FUNCTIONS IMPROVE
PERFORMANCE?

Window functions can perform

calculations without requiring
additional joins or subqueries,
reducing the complexity and
execution time.

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26. WHAT IS THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
PARTITION BY AND
ORDER BY IN WINDOW
FUNCTIONS?
PARTITION BY divides the result set
into partitions, and ORDER BY
specifies the order of rows within
each partition.

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27. HOW DO YOU
CALCULATE RUNNING
TOTALS USING
WINDOW FUNCTIONS?
Use SUM(column) OVER
(PARTITION BY column ORDER BY
column ROWS UNBOUNDED
PRECEDING) for running totals.

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28. DESCRIBE THE USE
OF COUNT() AS A
WINDOW FUNCTION.

COUNT(column) OVER (PARTITION

BY column ORDER BY column)
counts the number of rows within
the window frame.

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29. HOW CAN YOU
USE WINDOW
FUNCTIONS TO
IDENTIFY GAPS AND
ISLANDS IN DATA?

Use LAG() and LEAD() functions to

compare current and
previous/next row values to
identify gaps and islands.

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30. WHAT ARE
HYPOTHETICAL SET
FUNCTIONS?

Hypothetical set functions, like

PERCENTILE_CONT and
PERCENTILE_DISC, compute
percentiles and other statistical
measures based on hypothetical
distributions.

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31. EXPLAIN THE
STRING_AGG()
FUNCTION.

STRING_AGG(column, delimiter)
WITHIN GROUP (ORDER BY
column) OVER (PARTITION BY
column) concatenates values
into a single string within each
partition.

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32. HOW DOES GROUP
BY DIFFER FROM
PARTITION BY IN
WINDOW FUNCTIONS?
GROUP BY aggregates rows into
groups and reduces the result
set, while PARTITION BY defines
partitions for window functions
without reducing the result set.

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33. WHAT IS THE
SIGNIFICANCE OF
ROWS UNBOUNDED
PRECEDING?
ROWS UNBOUNDED PRECEDING
specifies the frame from the first
row in the partition to the current
row.

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34. HOW DO YOU
REMOVE DUPLICATES
USING WINDOW
FUNCTIONS?
Use ROW_NUMBER() OVER
(PARTITION BY column ORDER BY
column) to assign unique
numbers and then filter by the
row number to remove
duplicates.

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35. CAN WINDOW
FUNCTIONS BE
NESTED?

No, window functions cannot be

nested within each other in the
same query.

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36. HOW DO YOU
CALCULATE A MOVING
SUM USING WINDOW
FUNCTIONS?
Use SUM(column) OVER
(PARTITION BY column ORDER BY
column ROWS BETWEEN n
PRECEDING AND CURRENT ROW) to
calculate a moving sum.

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37. EXPLAIN THE
CONCEPT OF FRAMING
IN WINDOW
FUNCTIONS.
Framing specifies the subset of
rows within a partition for the
window function, defined by
ROWS or RANGE clauses.

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38. HOW DO YOU USE
THE OVER CLAUSE
WITH PARTITION BY
AND ORDER BY?
OVER (PARTITION BY column
ORDER BY column) defines the
window frame by partitioning and
ordering the rows.

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39. WHAT IS THE
PURPOSE OF NTILE() IN
WINDOW FUNCTIONS?

NTILE() divides the result set into a

specified number of
approximately equal groups.

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40. HOW DO WINDOW
FUNCTIONS HANDLE
TIES IN RANKING?

Functions like RANK() leave gaps

for ties, while DENSE_RANK() does
not leave gaps.

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41. DESCRIBE HOW TO
CALCULATE THE
MEDIAN USING
WINDOW FUNCTIONS.
Use PERCENTILE_CONT(0.5)
WITHIN GROUP (ORDER BY
column) OVER (PARTITION BY
column) to calculate the median.

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42. WHAT ARE THE
LIMITATIONS OF
WINDOW FUNCTIONS
IN SQL SERVER?
Limitations include the inability to
use window functions in WHERE,
HAVING, and GROUP BY clauses,
and lack of support for some
standard features like IGNORE
NULLS.

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43. HOW DO YOU
HANDLE NULL VALUES
IN WINDOW
FUNCTIONS?
Use conditional expressions or
subqueries to handle NULL values,
as window functions do not
directly support IGNORE NULLS.

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44. WHAT IS THE
WINDOW CLAUSE
USED FOR?

The WINDOW clause allows you to

reuse window definitions within
the same query, improving
readability and maintainability.

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45. HOW DO YOU
IMPLEMENT PAGING
USING WINDOW
FUNCTIONS?
Use ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER
BY column) to assign row
numbers and then filter by the
desired page range.

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46. WHAT ARE
STATISTICAL WINDOW
FUNCTIONS?

Statistical window functions

include PERCENTILE_CONT,
PERCENTILE_DISC, PERCENT_RANK,
and CUME_DIST, used for
statistical calculations.

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47. EXPLAIN THE
CONCEPT OF ROW
PATTERN
RECOGNITION IN SQL.
Row pattern recognition allows
the detection of patterns within
sequences of rows, a feature not
yet fully supported in SQL Server.

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48. HOW CAN
WINDOW FUNCTIONS
BE OPTIMIZED IN SQL
SERVER?
Optimization techniques include
indexing, parallelism
improvements, and batch-mode
processing for better
performance.

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49. DESCRIBE THE USE
OF FIRST_VALUE AND
LAST_VALUE IN
WINDOW FUNCTIONS.
FIRST_VALUE and LAST_VALUE
return the first and last values in
the window frame, respectively,
based on the specified ordering.

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50. HOW DO YOU
PERFORM
CONDITIONAL
AGGREGATION USING
WINDOW FUNCTIONS?
Use CASE expressions within
aggregate functions to perform
conditional aggregation, e.g.,
SUM(CASE WHEN condition THEN
column ELSE 0 END) OVER
(PARTITION BY column).

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51. HOW DO YOU CALCULATE
A CUMULATIVE SUM USING
WINDOW FUNCTIONS?

Example:
SELECT orderid, val, SUM(val)
OVER (ORDER BY orderid) AS
cumulative_sum
FROM Sales.OrderValues;

This query calculates the

cumulative sum of the val
column ordered by orderid.

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52. EXPLAIN THE
ROW_NUMBER() FUNCTION
WITH AN EXAMPLE.

Example:
SELECT orderid, val, ROW_NUMBER()
OVER (ORDER BY val DESC) AS
row_num
FROM Sales.OrderValues;

This query assigns a unique

sequential integer to rows
ordered by val in descending
order.

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53. HOW DO YOU USE LAG()
TO FIND THE PREVIOUS
ROW'S VALUE?

Example:
SELECT orderid, val, LAG(val, 1) OVER
(ORDER BY orderid) AS prev_val
FROM Sales.OrderValues;

This query returns the previous

row's val value for each row.

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54. PROVIDE AN EXAMPLE OF
USING LEAD() TO FIND THE
NEXT ROW'S VALUE.

Example:
SELECT orderid, val, LEAD(val, 1) OVER
(ORDER BY orderid) AS next_val
FROM Sales.OrderValues;

This query returns the next row's

val value for each row.

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55. HOW DO YOU
CALCULATE A MOVING
AVERAGE USING WINDOW
FUNCTIONS?
Example:
SELECT orderid, val,
AVG(val) OVER (ORDER BY orderid
ROWS BETWEEN 2 PRECEDING AND
CURRENT ROW) AS moving_avg
FROM Sales.OrderValues;

This query calculates a moving

average over the current and two
preceding rows.
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56. EXPLAIN HOW TO RANK
ROWS USING RANK().

Example:
SELECT orderid, val,
RANK() OVER (ORDER BY val DESC)
AS rnk
FROM Sales.OrderValues;

This query ranks rows based on

val in descending order.

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57. HOW DO YOU USE
DENSE_RANK() TO RANK
ROWS WITHOUT GAPS?

Example:
SELECT orderid, val, DENSE_RANK()
OVER (ORDER BY val DESC) AS
dense_rnk
FROM Sales.OrderValues;

This query ranks rows based on

val in descending order without
gaps in the rank values.

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58. DESCRIBE THE NTILE()
FUNCTION WITH AN
EXAMPLE.

Example:
SELECT orderid, val, NTILE(4) OVER
(ORDER BY val) AS quartile
FROM Sales.OrderValues;

This query divides the result set

into four approximately equal
groups.

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59. HOW DO YOU USE
FIRST_VALUE() TO GET THE
FIRST VALUE IN A WINDOW?

Example:
SELECT orderid, val, FIRST_VALUE(val)
OVER (ORDER BY orderid) AS first_val
FROM Sales.OrderValues;

This query returns the first val

value based on orderid ordering.

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60. PROVIDE AN EXAMPLE
OF USING LAST_VALUE()
TO GET THE LAST VALUE IN
A WINDOW.

Example:
SELECT orderid, val, LAST_VALUE(val)
OVER (ORDER BY orderid ROWS
BETWEEN UNBOUNDED PRECEDING AND
UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING) AS last_val
FROM Sales.OrderValues;

This query returns the last val

value based on orderid ordering.

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61. HOW DO YOU CALCULATE
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
CURRENT AND PREVIOUS
ROW VALUES USING LAG()?

Example:
SELECT orderid, val,
val - LAG(val, 1) OVER (ORDER BY
orderid) AS diff
FROM Sales.OrderValues;

This query calculates the

difference between the current
and previous row's val.
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62. EXPLAIN THE USE OF
PERCENT_RANK() WITH AN
EXAMPLE.

Example:
SELECT orderid, val,
PERCENT_RANK() OVER (ORDER BY
val) AS percent_rank
FROM Sales.OrderValues;

This query calculates the relative

rank of each row as a percentage
of the total rows.

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63. HOW DO YOU
CALCULATE THE CUMULATIVE
DISTRIBUTION USING
CUME_DIST()?

Example:
SELECT orderid, val,
CUME_DIST() OVER (ORDER BY val) AS
cumulative_dist
FROM Sales.OrderValues;

This query calculates the

cumulative distribution of each
row's val.
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64. PROVIDE AN EXAMPLE OF
USING PERCENTILE_CONT()
TO CALCULATE A
PERCENTILE.

Example:
SELECT orderid, val,
PERCENTILE_CONT(0.5) WITHIN GROUP
(ORDER BY val) OVER () AS median
FROM Sales.OrderValues;

This query calculates the median

val.

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65. EXPLAIN HOW TO USE
PERCENTILE_DISC() TO
CALCULATE A PERCENTILE.

Example:
SELECT orderid, val,
PERCENTILE_DISC(0.5) WITHIN
GROUP (ORDER BY val) OVER () AS
median
FROM Sales.OrderValues;

This query calculates the median

val based on discrete distribution.

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66. HOW DO YOU
CALCULATE A RUNNING
TOTAL USING WINDOW
FUNCTIONS?

Example:
SELECT orderid, val, SUM(val) OVER
(ORDER BY orderid ROWS BETWEEN
UNBOUNDED PRECEDING AND CURRENT
ROW) AS running_total
FROM Sales.OrderValues;

This query calculates a running

total of val.

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67. DESCRIBE THE USE OF THE
RANGE CLAUSE WITH AN
EXAMPLE.
Example:
SELECT orderid, val, SUM(val) OVER
(ORDER BY orderid RANGE BETWEEN
INTERVAL '1' DAY PRECEDING AND
CURRENT ROW) AS range_sum
FROM Sales.OrderValues;

This query calculates the sum of

val for rows within the specified
range of days.

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68. HOW DO YOU
IMPLEMENT A SLIDING
WINDOW CALCULATION?

Example:
SELECT orderid, val, AVG(val) OVER
(ORDER BY orderid ROWS BETWEEN 2
PRECEDING AND 2 FOLLOWING) AS
sliding_avg
FROM Sales.OrderValues;

This query calculates a sliding

average over a window of five
rows centered on the current row.

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69. PROVIDE AN EXAMPLE
OF USING LAG() AND LEAD()
TOGETHER.
Example:
SELECT orderid, val, LAG(val, 1) OVER
(ORDER BY orderid) AS prev_val,
LEAD(val, 1) OVER (ORDER BY orderid)
AS next_val FROM Sales.OrderValues;

This query returns the previous

and next val values for each row.

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70. EXPLAIN HOW TO
PARTITION DATA USING
WINDOW FUNCTIONS.

Example:
SELECT orderid, customerid, val,
SUM(val) OVER (PARTITION BY
customerid ORDER BY orderid) AS
customer_total
FROM Sales.OrderValues;

This query calculates the running

total of val for each customerid.

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71. HOW DO YOU USE
WINDOW FUNCTIONS TO
CALCULATE THE
PERCENTAGE OF A TOTAL?

Example:
SELECT orderid, val, val * 100.0 /
SUM(val) OVER () AS
percent_of_total
FROM Sales.OrderValues;

This query calculates the

percentage of each val of the
total sum of val.
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72. PROVIDE AN EXAMPLE
OF USING NTILE() TO CREATE
DECILES.

Example:
SELECT orderid, val, NTILE(10) OVER
(ORDER BY val) AS decile
FROM Sales.OrderValues;

This query divides the result set

into ten approximately equal
groups (deciles).

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73. HOW DO YOU USE
WINDOW FUNCTIONS TO FIND
THE TOP N ROWS PER GROUP?
Example:
WITH RankedOrders
AS (SELECT orderid, customerid, val,
ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY
customerid ORDER BY val DESC) AS rank
FROM Sales.OrderValues)
SELECT * FROM RankedOrders
WHERE rank <= 3;

This query returns the top 3 orders by

value for each customer.

DATA ENGINEERING - SQL

WINDOW FUNCTIONS
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74. EXPLAIN HOW TO USE
WINDOW FUNCTIONS FOR
DATA DE-DUPLICATION.

Example:
WITH CTE AS
(SELECT orderid, val,
ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY
val ORDER BY orderid) AS rn
FROM Sales.OrderValues)
DELETE FROM CTE WHERE rn > 1;

This query deletes duplicate rows

based on the val column.

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WINDOW FUNCTIONS
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75. HOW DO YOU PERFORM
CUMULATIVE AGGREGATION
USING WINDOW
FUNCTIONS?
Example:
SELECT orderid, val, SUM(val) OVER
(ORDER BY orderid ROWS BETWEEN
UNBOUNDED PRECEDING AND CURRENT
ROW) AS cumulative_sum
FROM Sales.OrderValues;
This query calculates the
cumulative sum of val for all
preceding rows including the
current row.
DATA ENGINEERING - SQL
WINDOW FUNCTIONS