• Phil Parkin (10/18/2016)


    ChrisM@Work (10/18/2016)


    mitzyturbo (10/18/2016)


    Sorry Chris, forgot to attach the indexes

    Happy enough to go with the TOP 1 in a CROSS APPLY

    Thanks anyway

    Here's the ROW_NUMBER version. I think the index I posted earlier would be good for any of these queries.

    Where?

    Thanks Phil, got interrupted twice whilst posting that!

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