How to get the first and the last record per group in SQL Server 2008?

Question

As the title suggests, I\'d like to select the first and last row of each set of rows grouped with a GROUP BY.

I\'ve this table with the following data

Answer 1

This is one way -

select  t.*
from    tbl t
join    (
        select [group],
               min(val) as val_1,
               max(val) as val_2
        from   tbl
        group by [group]
        ) v
     on t.[group] = v.[group]
    and (t.val = v.val_1
     or t.val = v.val_2);

Fiddle: http://sqlfiddle.com/#!3/c682f/1/0

Another approach:

select id, [group], val, [start], [end]
from(
select t.*,
       max(val) over(partition by [group]) as max_grp,
       min(val) over(partition by [group]) as min_grp
from tbl t
) x
where val in (max_grp,min_grp)