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December 19, 2013 at 10:10 pm

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Ford Fairlane SSCertifiable Points: 7664 More actions · Answer 1

Nice question - thanks steve

Did a bit of digging...as another explanation

https://www.simple-talk.com/sql/learn-sql-server/window-functions-in-sql-server-part-2-the-frame/

Hope this helps...

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paul s-306273 SSChampion Points: 10730 More actions · Answer 2

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December 20, 2013 at 1:36 am

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Hey Steve - nice easy one to finish the week.

Cheers.

sestell1 SSChampion Points: 10230 More actions · Answer 3

LAG works for a fixed number of rows before the current row.

For all the rows prior to the current row, wouldn't you use something like ROWS BETWEEN UNBOUNDED PRECEDING AND CURRENT ROW in the OVER clause?

https://www.simple-talk.com/sql/learn-sql-server/window-functions-in-sql-server-part-2-the-frame/

http://sqlmag.com/sql-server-2012/how-use-microsoft-sql-server-2012s-window-functions-part-1

https://www.simple-talk.com/sql/t-sql-programming/sql-server-2012-window-function-basics/

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December 20, 2013 at 8:40 am

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Steve, very nice question. Thanks

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736212 More actions · Answer 5

You would use unbounded preceding for all the rows. The title did say all the rows, but the question did not.

sneumersky SSCertifiable Points: 7667 More actions · Answer 6

I am so glad SQL Server finally caught up to Oracle on making itself more ANSI-99 compliant in the area of "row based window frames". I always theorized MS intentionally did this to get customers to try SSAS. This, of course, is a baseless theory of mine that I could never prove. Does anyone know the REAL answer as to why it took so long?

I would also love to one day see a Modenar* regarding performance diffferences between native window framing in SQL 2012 vs pre-2012, more imaginative (sorta) solutions. As The Kimball Group once said "just because your RDBMS is ANSI compliant does NOT mean the RDBMS performs those operations well"!

Thanks, Steve!

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Thomas Abraham SSChampion Points: 10761 More actions · Answer 7

Nice question and good feature. Makes rolling calcs easier.

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December 20, 2013 at 9:54 am

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Nice, Steve, very nice - thanks!

BarbW SSCarpal Tunnel Points: 4759 More actions · Answer 9

That is a new piece of helpful information. Thanks! 😀

Hany Helmy SSChampion Points: 13921 More actions · Answer 10

sestell1 (12/20/2013)
LAG works for a fixed number of rows before the current row.
For all the rows prior to the current row, wouldn't you use something like ROWS BETWEEN UNBOUNDED PRECEDING AND CURRENT ROW in the OVER clause?
https://www.simple-talk.com/sql/learn-sql-server/window-functions-in-sql-server-part-2-the-frame/
http://sqlmag.com/sql-server-2012/how-use-microsoft-sql-server-2012s-window-functions-part-1
https://www.simple-talk.com/sql/t-sql-programming/sql-server-2012-window-function-basics/

+1 True.

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Hugo Kornelis SSC Guru Points: 64790 More actions · Answer 11

So how exactly does one "aggregate (...) those rows that had been processed BEFORE the current row" with LAG?

(I emphasized two important words in that quote from the question - rows is plural and aggregate suggests aggregating multiple rows into one result).

I picked PREVIOUS, thinking that the author had misspelled PRECEDING, which would have been the only correct answer to this question.

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Revenant SSC-Forever Points: 42467 More actions · Answer 12

Hugo Kornelis (12/21/2013)
So how exactly does one "aggregate (...) those rows that had been processed BEFORE the current row" with LAG? . . .

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh231256.aspx

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Revenant (12/21/2013)
Hugo Kornelis (12/21/2013)
So how exactly does one "aggregate (...) those rows that had been processed BEFORE the current row" with LAG? . . .
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh231256.aspx

Not sure why you post that link. I know what LAG is, and what it does.

It does not answer the question on how to aggregate rows (watch the plural) with a function that is designed to return the value from one of the preceding rows.

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Revenant SSC-Forever Points: 42467 More actions · Answer 14

Hugo Kornelis (12/21/2013)
Revenant (12/21/2013)
Hugo Kornelis (12/21/2013)
So how exactly does one "aggregate (...) those rows that had been processed BEFORE the current row" with LAG? . . .
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh231256.aspx
Not sure why you post that link. I know what LAG is, and what it does.
It does not answer the question on how to aggregate rows (watch the plural) with a function that is designed to return the value from one of the preceding rows.

Gotcha now. I will try to come up with an example of my own but it will have to wait until tomorrow - my pre-Christmas Saturday is rather busy.