• LiveSqlHelp (8/31/2013)


    I would avoid the loop, create a temp table named #temp and insert the values of the Years from 2000 to 2010.

    And you would do that without a loop ....

    Note there is no join in the second query, it works by FM (Freaking Magic)

    No magic, just a cartesian product.

    Gail Shaw
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