Back in January 2007, SQL guru Itzik Ben-Gan posted a series of MS Connect enhancement requests concerning windowing function enhancements.  Those who have used the ROW_NUMBER(), RANK(), DENSE_RANK(), and NTILE() functions on SQL 2005 and 2008, you already know how useful they are.  They simplify code and can improve performance ...

During the XML Optimization presentation today I'll refer back to the sample code posted at http://www.apress.com/book/downloadfile/4021.  I'll also update this post with additional sample code by tomorrow. UPDATE: The PowerPoint presentation and sample code are attached to this post in the ZIP file. Jacob Sebastian's book ''The Art of ...