• KoldCoffee (5/1/2013)


    Oh yeah! Nice. Thanks Chris.

    In the real world case I have several CTEs in each statement. ie. ct1, followed by ct2, followed by final select. Which CTE do I call out?

    I'd rather not guess - can you post what you've got?

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