How do I use ROW_NUMBER()?

Question

I want to use the ROW_NUMBER() to get...

1. To get the max(ROW_NUMBER()) --> Or i guess this would also be the count of all rows

Answer 1

You can use this for get first record where has clause

SELECT TOP(1) * , ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY UserId) AS rownum 
FROM     Users 
WHERE    UserName = 'Joe'
ORDER BY rownum ASC