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

ROW_NUMBER() returns a unique number for each row starting with 1. You can easily use this by simply writing:

ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY 'Column_Name' DESC) as ROW_NUMBER