To give the example of LEAD() as proposed by LinksUp.
SELECT categoryID,
EffectiveDate AS StartDate,
DATEADD( dd, -1, LEAD(EffectiveDate) OVER( PARTITION BY categoryID ORDER BY EffectiveDate) ) AS EndDate,
CategoryValue
FROM cattimelines
Luis C.
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