DB Software v7.8

NTILE

Ranking function. Divides the input into the specified number of buckets and returns the bucket number of the current row.

Syntax

NTILE ( bucket_count ) OVER (
    [PARTITION BY (col | expr), ...] 
    [ORDER BY (col | expr), ...]
)

Arguments

  • bucket_count: an integer.

Return Type

An integer

Examples

create table example (a int, b int);

insert into example values(1,2),(2,2),(3,3),(4,3);

insert into example values(3,2),(1,1),(3,1);

select a,b, ntile(3) over(order by a) from example;
+------+------+---------------------------+
| a    | b    | ntile(3) over(order by a) |
+------+------+---------------------------+
|    1 |    2 |                         1 |
|    1 |    1 |                         1 |
|    2 |    2 |                         1 |
|    3 |    3 |                         2 |
|    3 |    2 |                         2 |
|    3 |    1 |                         3 |
|    4 |    3 |                         3 |
+------+------+---------------------------+
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