5.18.1 Ranking Functions
SQL Plus contains the ranking functions rank() and dense_rank() that can be use to rank tuples in an order determined by certain attributes or expres- sions. Both functions generate ranks in either ascending or descending order, but dense_rank() does not leave gaps in rank numbers when a tie occurs. The default order is, as usual, ascending order.
Example 5.18.1 To rank the grade records based on the grade obtained in any course we may write: