RE: Is there an joiner much like the 8kSplitter?

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July 27, 2012 at 2:11 am

anthony.green (7/27/2012)
John's solution just run again took 8mins 8 seconds
Lynn's solution as used in a iTVF took 18 minutes 26 seconds.

How many rows are you working with? It would be interesting to see how the cross-tab method compares.

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