здесь, что-то вроде этого в SQL 2005/2008:
;WITH
Counts AS (
SELECT ClassName, Grade, COUNT(*) AS GradeFreq
FROM Scores
GROUP BY ClassName, Grade
)
, Ranked AS (
SELECT ClassName, Grade, GradeFreq
, Ranking = DENSE_RANK() OVER (PARTITION BY ClassName ORDER BY GradeFreq DESC)
FROM Counts
)
SELECT * FROM Ranked WHERE Ranking = 1
или, может быть, просто:
;WITH Ranked AS (
SELECT
ClassName, Grade
, GradeFreq = COUNT(*)
, Ranking = DENSE_RANK() OVER (PARTITION BY ClassName ORDER BY COUNT(*) DESC)
FROM Scores
GROUP BY ClassName, Grade
)
SELECT * FROM Ranked WHERE Ranking = 1