• Drat... both of ours come up with a little problem when we have data like this...

    --===== This just creates demonstrable test data and is NOT part of the solution

    SET NOCOUNT ON

    DECLARE @TestData TABLE(String VARCHAR(10))

    INSERT INTO @TestData (String)

    SELECT 'A012' UNION ALL

    SELECT 'A12' UNION ALL

    SELECT '12' UNION ALL

    SELECT '1' UNION ALL

    SELECT 'AB12' UNION ALL

    SELECT 'AB2' UNION ALL

    SELECT 'A' UNION ALL

    SELECT ''

    --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)