• Since you already have the BorrowerOrder column I'm not sure why it would need to be so complicated...

    Wouldn't a simple BorrowerOrder < 2 be enough?

    SELECT

    *

    FROM

    #t AS t

    WHERE BorrowerOrder < 2



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