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Update a table column with a sequence number v3

Both Sachinvaishnav and Mark Chad have submitted scripts to populate a column with a sequence number. The first solution uses a cursor; the second uses the SQL 2005 ROW_NUMBER() function.v1:http://www.sqlservercentral.com/scripts/viewscript.asp?scriptid=1643v2:http://www.sqlservercentral.com/scripts/viewscript.asp?scriptid=1664Since neither script requires a specific order for the sequence number, the same result can be achieved with a single UPDATE statement.

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2006-04-26 (first published: )

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SELECT
  ( SELECT COUNT (*), MAX(soh.OrderDate) AS latestorder
    FROM Sales.SalesOrderHeader AS soh
    WHERE
      soh.OrderDate     > '01/01/2011'
      AND soh.OrderDate < '01/01/2012') AS OrdersIn2000
, ( SELECT COUNT (*), MAX(soh.OrderDate) AS latestorder
    FROM Sales.SalesOrderHeader AS soh
    WHERE
      soh.OrderDate     > '01/01/2012'
      AND soh.OrderDate < '01/01/2013') AS OrdersIn2001
, ( SELECT COUNT (*), MAX(soh.OrderDate) AS latestorder
    FROM Sales.SalesOrderHeader AS soh
    WHERE
      soh.OrderDate     > '01/01/2013'
      AND soh.OrderDate < '01/01/2014') AS OrdersIn2002;
GO

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