We encountered a case when DENSE_RANK() window function does not work correctly.
See the repro below and in the attached file.
CREATE TABLE student(course VARCHAR(10), mark int, name varchar(10), score int);
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INSERT INTO student VALUES
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('Maths', 60, 'Thulile', 1515),
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('Maths', 60, 'Pritha', 2000),
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('Maths', 70, 'Voitto', 2000),
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('Maths', 55, 'Chun', 1600),
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('Biology', 60, 'Bilal', 3000),
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('Biology', 70, 'Roger', 3000),
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(NULL, 80, 'Johnson', 2000);
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case 1 - Correct results:
SELECT course,
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DENSE_RANK() OVER (PARTITION BY course ORDER BY SUM(mark) DESC) AS dense_rank, mark, name, score
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FROM student GROUP BY course, score;
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+---------+------------+------+---------+-------+
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| course | dense_rank | mark | name | score |
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+---------+------------+------+---------+-------+
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| NULL | 1 | 80 | Johnson | 2000 |
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| Biology | 1 | 60 | Bilal | 3000 |
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| Maths | 2 | 60 | Thulile | 1515 |
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| Maths | 3 | 55 | Chun | 1600 |
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| Maths | 1 | 60 | Pritha | 2000 |
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+---------+------------+------+---------+-------+
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5 rows in set (0.001 sec)
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case 2 - Wrong results:
SELECT course,
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DENSE_RANK() OVER (PARTITION BY course ORDER BY (SUM(mark) * 2) DESC) AS dense_rank, mark, name, score
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FROM student GROUP BY course, score;
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+---------+------------+------+---------+-------+
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| course | dense_rank | mark | name | score |
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+---------+------------+------+---------+-------+
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| NULL | 1 | 80 | Johnson | 2000 |
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| Biology | 1 | 60 | Bilal | 3000 |
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| Maths | 1 | 60 | Thulile | 1515 |
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| Maths | 1 | 55 | Chun | 1600 |
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| Maths | 1 | 60 | Pritha | 2000 |
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+---------+------------+------+---------+-------+
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5 rows in set (0.000 sec)
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