PERCENTILE_DISC
Computes a specific percentile for sorted values in an entire rowset or within distinct partitions of a rowset. For a given percentile value P, PERCENTILE_DISC sorts the values of the expression in the ORDER BY clause and returns the value with the smallest CUME_DIST value (with respect to the same sort specification) that is greater than or equal to P. For example, PERCENTILE_DISC (0.5) will compute the 50th percentile (that is, the median) of an expression. PERCENTILE_DISC calculates the percentile based on a discrete distribution of the column values; the result is equal to a specific value in the column.
Syntax
PERCENTILE_DISC ( numeric_literal ) WITHIN GROUP ( ORDER BY order_by_expression [ ASC | DESC ] ) OVER ( [ <partition_by_clause> ] )
Arguments
numeric_literal
The percentile to compute. The value must range between 0.0 and 1.0.
Return types
The return type is determined by the order_by_expression type.
Examples
SELECT PERCENTILE_DISC(0.5) WITHIN GROUP (ORDER BY [IntColumn]) OVER() AS [ReturnValuePercentileDisc] FROM [IntTable]