• Sounds like the ol "Traveling Salesman" problem. It CAN be done using a recursive CTE (rCTE) with a "stop" in it. I'll see if I can find some old code for this but not tonight. It's 1:30AM and I've gotta take a nap before I get up for work tomorrow (today).

    --Jeff Moden


    RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
    First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
    ________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

    Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.


    Helpful Links:
    How to post code problems
    How to Post Performance Problems
    Create a Tally Function (fnTally)