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  • In a table, I have value like this:

    1A

    2A

    I want data like this:

    1C

    1D

    2C

    2D

    that is for each value of A in table, i want two records with C and D.

  • sqlnaive (1/17/2013)


    In a table, I have value like this:

    1A

    2A

    I want data like this:

    1C

    1D

    2C

    2D

    that is for each value of A in table, i want two records with C and D.

    SELECT newColumn

    FROM yourTable as yt

    CROSS APPLY (

    SELECT LEFT(yt.yourColumn,1)+'C'

    UNION ALL

    SELECT LEFT(yt.yourColumn,1)+'D'

    ) AS new(newColumn)

    Without table definitions and sample data, this is just a sample showing how CROSS APPLY can be used to expand 1 row to many...

    MM



    select geometry::STGeomFromWKB(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  • Cool. Thanks. I was trying this by creating temp table and then making CROSS JOIN. But definitely it's better. 🙂

  • This should also work:

    SELECT newColumn

    FROM yourTable as yt

    CROSS APPLY (

    VALUES (LEFT(yt.yourColumn,1)+'C')

    ,(LEFT(yt.yourColumn,1)+'D') new (newColumn)


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