SQL: get rank of a data set after sorting data?

If you're using SQL Server 2005 and newer, you can use the RANK() or DENSE_RANK() windowing functions.

If you're using SQL Server 2005 and newer, you can use the RANK() or DENSE_RANK() windowing functions: SELECT (your list of columns here), RANK() OVER(ORDER BY yourcolumnnamehere) FROM dbo. YourTable or: SELECT (your list of columns here), DENSE_RANK() OVER(ORDER BY yourcolumnnamehere) FROM dbo. YourTable See explanation of difference between RANK and DENSE_RANK here Other RDBMS (like Oracle) also seem to support those windowing functions.

1 You can add PostgreSQL 8.4+ to the list, window functions are awesome. – mu is too short 2 days ago.

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