Kevin Wilkie continues to build a sample:
In our last post, we went over one way to get a sample of data. In the end was it right? Heck, no – at least not if we wanted a percentage of rows returned. Now, SAMPLE does work fine if you want a specific number of random rows returned each time.
But, let’s face it – sometimes we will be asked for 10% of a table – especially in this world of Machine Learning. So let’s attempt to find a way to make this happen, shall we?
QUALIFY would be a nice clause to have. Instead, if you’re in the T-SQL world, you’re probably used to creating a common table expression or subquery and then applying a WHERE clause to the outputs of that CTE/subquery.