Unlock the power of SQL's NTILE function with our latest deep-dive article. Learn to segment your data effectively into quantiles for more nuanced analysis, discover common pitfalls and their solutions, and optimize your queries for peak performance.
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Sometimes, we need to find the first or last n% records from a dataset based on a particular column. For instance, a teacher wants to know which students are in the bottom 25% based on marks. Hence, in such situations, the SQL NTILE() function helps. We will leverage this tip to get first or last n% records using NTILE() in SQL Server.
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