SQL Server: how to imitate oracle keep dense_rank query?

Question

I have an Oracle query

select max(m.id),
       m.someId keep (DENSE_RANK FIRST ORDER BY m.UpdateDate desc) 
from MyTable m 
groupBy m.someId

Answer 1

I don't think that your particular query will run SQL Server. But you can achieve the same result doing this:

SELECT id, SomeId
FROM (  SELECT *, ROW_NUMBER() OVER(PARTITION BY someId ORDER BY UpdateDate DESC, id DESC) Corr
        FROM MyTable) A
WHERE Corr = 1