• Jeff Moden (2/26/2010)


    nathan 7372 (2/26/2010)


    Thank you for pointing out proper posting etiquette. I had not seen that article before and I apologize.

    Absolutely no problem and no need to apologize. You're new and I figured you needed a leg up to get a good answer. Looks like Chris jumped right in there as soon as you posted the data. Very well done.

    If I have time tonight after I get home from work, I'll try to show you a different way.

    Absolutely. Excellent description of the problem, easily-consumable data - what more could you ask for? 😎

    Jeff, apologies if you feel I was treading on your toes here - I figured you'd come up with a quirky update solution, so the OP will have choice. The obvious third alternative (correlated subquery/triangular join) will likely appear too - they're all yours, mate :Whistling:

    Cheers

    ChrisM


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