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Difference between RANK(), DENSE_RANK() and ROW_NUMBER().
Tests whether you know RANK() leaves gaps after ties (1,1,3), DENSE_RANK() doesn't (1,1,2), and ROW_NUMBER() ignores ties entirely, assigning a unique sequential number even to equal values -- a distinction that matters a lot for 'top N' queries with duplicate values.
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