Find the highest-rep users whose combined reputation is more than X% of the total user reputation. Let's make Pareto proud.
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-- Elite Users: Those who hold > X% of all Reputation -- Find the highest-rep users whose combined reputation -- is more than X% of the total user reputation. -- Let's make Pareto proud. declare @TotalReputation int select @TotalReputation = sum(Reputation) from Users declare user_cursor cursor for select id, displayname, reputation from users order by reputation desc open user_cursor declare @id bigint declare @DisplayName nvarchar(max) declare @Reputation int declare @RepSofar int set @RepSoFar = 0 declare @NumberOfUsers int set @NumberOfUsers = 0 fetch next from user_cursor into @ID, @DisplayName, @Reputation while @@fetch_status = 0 and @RepSoFar < @TotalReputation * (##Percent## / 100.0) begin set @RepSoFar = @RepSoFar + @Reputation set @NumberOfUsers = @NumberOfUsers + 1 fetch next from user_cursor into @ID, @DisplayName, @Reputation end close user_cursor deallocate user_cursor select @Reputation as CutoffReputation, @ID as CutoffID, @DisplayName as CutoffDisplayName, @TotalReputation as TotalReputation, @NumberOfUsers as NumberOfUsers -- This will list the actual users, but often exceeds the 2K row limit. -- Note that you can only have one result set, so comment out the above select -- before uncommenting this one -- select id, DisplayName, Reputation -- from users -- where Reputation >= @Reputation -- order by Reputation desc