Row number

Row numbers without partitions

Include a row number according to the order specified.

SELECT
  ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY Fname ASC) AS RowNumber,
  Fname,
  LName
FROM Employees

Row numbers with partitions

Uses a partition criteria to group the row numbering according to it.

SELECT
  ROW_NUMBER() OVER(PARTITION BY DepartmentId ORDER BY DepartmentId ASC) AS RowNumber,
  DepartmentId, Fname, LName
FROM Employees

Delete All But Last Record (1 to Many Table)

WITH cte AS (
  SELECT ProjectID,
         ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY ProjectID ORDER BY InsertDate DESC) AS rn
  FROM ProjectNotes
)
DELETE FROM cte WHERE rn > 1;

Syntax

• ROW_NUMBER ( )
• OVER ( [ PARTITION BY value_expression , … [ n ] ] order_by_clause )