autoexcrement (7/28/2014)
Even with the...
AND CTE1.item = CTE2.item...in the join?
It seemed to work okay. Did I screw something up?
Hrm, good point, my apologies. I read it too quickly. Habit on my part to make sure I don't screw up the partitioning versus the ordering, but it works both ways.
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