RE: UPDATE SQL Query Help ! – SQLServerCentral

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February 20, 2014 at 9:46 am

Luis Cazares (2/20/2014)
sqldba20 (2/20/2014)
Nevermind...I was able to figure out using the link posted by Luis. Came with this SQL and it works.
How on earth did you figure that out from the link I posted? :hehe:
This method might kill the performance as it will create more rows than needed.

Baffled me too, Luis.

rCTE's aren't the best choice for this - slower than FOR XML PATH, waaaaay overcomplicated.

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