The SQL OVER() clause – when and why is it useful?
USE AdventureWorks2008R2; GO SELECT SalesOrderID, ProductID, OrderQty ,SUM(OrderQty) OVER(PARTITION BY SalesOrderID) AS ‘Total’ ,AVG(OrderQty) OVER(PARTITION BY SalesOrderID) AS ‘Avg’ ,COUNT(OrderQty) OVER(PARTITION BY SalesOrderID) AS ‘Count’ ,MIN(OrderQty) OVER(PARTITION BY SalesOrderID) AS ‘Min’ ,MAX(OrderQty) OVER(PARTITION BY SalesOrderID) AS ‘Max’ FROM Sales.SalesOrderDetail WHERE SalesOrderID IN(43659,43664); I read about that clause and I don’t understand why I need it. … Read more
