Simple SQL Row_Number Example

Use ROW_NUMBER in a SQL query to add an incrementing value on each row return from a query. Once use for this would be to paginate the results.

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--order by last name
SELECT						
			Users.FirstName
			,Users.LastName			
			,ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY Users.LastName) AS RowId

FROM		Users


--order by last name DESC
SELECT						
			Users.FirstName
			,Users.LastName			
			,ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY Users.LastName DESC) AS RowId

FROM		Users