How to get the nTH row in ordered result set? I have the follwoing result set from the table PUNCHREPORT

EMPLID   Name    PUNCHDATE    PUNCHTIME             DEVICETYPE
..................................................................

70       GT     2014-05-28    07:46:53.0000000      IN          
70       GT     2014-05-28    07:46:58.0000000      IN  
70       GT     2014-05-28    07:47:50.0000000      IN          
70       GT     2014-05-28    12:16:19.0000000      OUT   
70       GT     2014-05-28    12:17:55.0000000      OUT         
70       GT     2014-05-28    12:24:27.0000000      IN          
70       GT     2014-05-28    16:32:57.0000000      OUT
70       GT     2014-05-28    16:33:57.0000000      OUT
70       GT     2014-05-28    16:33:59.0000000      OUT
72       MS     2014-05-28    07:47:50.0000000      IN          
72       MS     2014-05-28    12:16:19.0000000      OUT 
88       ZE     2014-05-28    07:47:50.0000000      IN          
88       ZE     2014-05-28    07:48:40.0000000      IN          
88       ZE     2014-05-28    12:16:19.0000000      OUT 


I need the above should be result as follow:

EMPLID   Name    PUNCHDATE    PUNCHTIME             DEVICETYPE
..................................................................

70       GT     2014-05-28    07:47:50.0000000      IN          
70       GT     2014-05-28    12:17:55.0000000      OUT         
70       GT     2014-05-28    12:24:27.0000000      IN          
70       GT     2014-05-28    16:33:59.0000000      OUT
72       MS     2014-05-28    07:47:50.0000000      IN          
72       MS     2014-05-28    12:16:19.0000000      OUT         
88       ZE     2014-05-28    07:48:40.0000000      IN          
88       ZE     2014-05-28    12:16:19.0000000      OUT 


Means for the every occurence of DEVICETYPE the latest row will be taken
To get that every row need to know the value of the next one, but the LEAD function is not in SQLServer 2008, so an auto-join is used in his stead

With I AS (
  SELECT EMPLID, Name, PUNCHDATE, PUNCHTIME, DEVICETYPE
       , ID = Row_Number() OVER (PARTITION BY EMPLID 
                                 ORDER BY EMPLID, PUNCHDATE DESC, PUNCHTIME DESC)
  FROM   Table1
)
Select a.EMPLID, a.Name, a.PUNCHDATE, a.PUNCHTIME, a.DEVICETYPE
FROM   I a
       LEFT  JOIN I b ON a.EmplID = b.EmplID And b.ID = a.ID - 1
WHERE  a.DeviceType &lt;&gt; b.DeviceType 
   OR  a.ID = 1
ORDER BY a.EMPLID, a.PUNCHDATE, a.PUNCHTIME


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The Row_Number is used to simplify the JOIN condition.