New Ranking tutorial
This is kinda cool. I currently do not have a need for it as my job does not require me to write new tsql code on a daily basis anymore. However, when I used to write ranking code it was always a LONG and TEDIOUS process not really because of the Ranking code, but mostly because of what it takes to get to the ranking code. ARG! My Ranking routine believe it or not consisted of a small segment of code with a CURSOR! This is an snippet of code from what I used to use and is actually still in production today declare tstcur CURSOR FOR SELECT id FROM @temp declare @rank as integer declare @tID as integer OPEN tstcur FETCH NEXT FROM tstcur INTO @tID WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0 BEGIN select @rank = count(*)+1 FROM @temp WHERE final_score > (select final_score from @temp where id = @tID) insert into @temp (id, Division, responses, max_points, total_points, final_score, rank) select id, Division, 0, max_points, total_points, final_score, 0 from @temp where id = @tID update @temp set...