• Tom, Brad, "tstaker", Randy and Jason: I'm glad you'll liked the article... and I hope you never need to reference it!

    @jason: plus, you get a point for doing so. 😉

    Wayne
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server 2008
    Author - SQL Server T-SQL Recipes


    If you can't explain to another person how the code that you're copying from the internet works, then DON'T USE IT on a production system! After all, you will be the one supporting it!
    Links:
    For better assistance in answering your questions
    Performance Problems
    Common date/time routines
    Understanding and Using APPLY Part 1 & Part 2