Structured Query Language (SQL) was created to shield the database programmer from understanding the specifics of how data is physically stored in each database management system and also to provide a universal foundation for updating, creating and extracting data from database systems that support an SQL interface. Select TOP (aka Top Values/Top Values) is explained in an example page:Select Top 10 Records, but we will review it here combined with the PERCENT option: Select Top 10 Last_Name from Employees Order By Age desc. Using the Top 10 example tells the query engine to return 10 records, in this case it will be the 10 oldest employees. Here is the ... Window Function Examples for SQL Server Window (or Windowing) functions are a great way to get different perspectives on a set of data without having to make repeat calls to the server for that data. For example, we can gather the sum of a column and display it side-by-side with the detail-level data, such that “SalesAmount”...