Tava (9/3/2012)
excellent, I got it working, created the Function & in the subquery now getting the results i wanted... really appreciate your help on this... no way i would have solved it.
But do you UNDERSTAND it? It is great that you have it working but unless you understand it you are only half way done. You are the person getting the phone call at 3am when your production system is down. If you don't understand it then you need to go back and read that article over and over until you do.
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