• OR... are you looking for things like why you might want to use Integer math, how to do things with dates and times, how to compare two differently partitioned ROW_NUMBER() results to identify overlapping events, the math behind quickly building high performance nested sets instead of using loops or recursion, why automatic conversions to decimal datatypes can suck, etc, etc?

    In other words, what the hell does "all" mean in your original post? 😉

    --Jeff Moden


    RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
    First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
    ________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

    Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.


    Helpful Links:
    How to post code problems
    How to Post Performance Problems
    Create a Tally Function (fnTally)