• Mark-101232 (7/5/2013)


    Mark - That's a pretty slick approach.

    ... uses your method here[/url]

    Flattery will get you everywhere! 🙂

    But, I actually saw the UNION ALL method the first time in the discussion thread for that article (Jeff Moden suggested it there as something that would work back to SQL 2000).

    I wanted to use CROSS APPLY VALUES here but alas was unable to because this is the SQL 2005 forum.


    My mantra: No loops! No CURSORs! No RBAR! Hoo-uh![/I]

    My thought question: Have you ever been told that your query runs too fast?

    My advice:
    INDEXing a poor-performing query is like putting sugar on cat food. Yeah, it probably tastes better but are you sure you want to eat it?
    The path of least resistance can be a slippery slope. Take care that fixing your fixes of fixes doesn't snowball and end up costing you more than fixing the root cause would have in the first place.

    Need to UNPIVOT? Why not CROSS APPLY VALUES instead?[/url]
    Since random numbers are too important to be left to chance, let's generate some![/url]
    Learn to understand recursive CTEs by example.[/url]
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