Oh dave, how naive i have been.. the bug-pressure banded to me to do some astronimical calculations...thanks man.. thanks a lot..i did not even think in that line..

Dave, i guess the sample data made confusion.. the cost can be anything, say 1, 4, 7, 11, 13, 12, 22,27, 75,43 etc etc any integer number..

for your second...

Your code seems to work.. u missed out on the apostrophes at the end.. here is the working version (same ur code with slight modification)..

SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER OFF

DECLARE @TABLE AS TABLE...

Post ur table structure in form of Create Table, and sample data in form of insert into scripts , image/visual representation of ur desired result, we will provide u a...

Mate, i guess u got my name wrong..i am ColdCoffee and SSC-Enthusiastic is the category what SqlServerCentral.com has assigned me to..

and for the function, it worked as ur...

Lowell, ur code works fine.. but i think u missed one part in mark's question..

Mark says that if there is match between the values present in the columns, then...

That function probably is not the best-perfomant, rather a clean-working one..

here is a table where i used taht function as computed column, it worked fine for me

create table testings

(

...

HI mark, here is your function

Sample table and data

if object_id('tempdb..#test') is not null

drop table #test

create table #test

(

A smallint,

B smallint,

C smallint,

D smallint,

E smallint

)

INSERT INTO #test

SELECT 1,2,3,5,4

UNION...

hi mark, can u pls post some visual examples of your table which has the count and your expected result.. i actually semi-understood ur question :(.. any help in this...

Please provide table structure, sample data, ur input , and YOUR DESIRED OUTPUT.. even if sentences in your post fail to educate us with ur requirement, the desired output part...

I appreciate your time for going thro the article and posting a table structure. Thanks 🙂

Whilst you were editing your post i was creating the table structure and sample data.

Table...

Please post ur table structure, sample data...

Go thro the following article to see how to post them

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537/

Welcome Mate... and thanks for going thro the...

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Paul, i have a doubt here.. did i answer to OP's question.. i understood it in a way and i have provided the link.. do u think i have given...