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Collapse Logic in SQL

  • August 22, 2012 at 11:46 am

    #260980

    Source

    ABC 01/10/2010 01/10/2011

    ABC 01/10/2011 01/01/2012

    ABC 01/10/2012 01/01/9999

    BCD 01/10/2010 01/10/2011

    Bcd 01/20/2011 01/01/9999

    Target

    ABC 01/10/2010 01/01/9999

    BCD 01/10/2010 01/10/2011

    Bcd 01/20/2011 01/01/9999

    Show me the example in SQL

  • August 22, 2012 at 11:49 am

    #1528810

    looks like GROUP BY , and getting the MIN and MAX values;

    what have you tried so far?

    Lowell

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  • August 22, 2012 at 11:54 am

    #1528818

    Min and Max doesn work for the 2nd Example.

  • August 22, 2012 at 12:00 pm

    #1528827

    vp7986 (8/22/2012)

    Min and Max doesn work for the 2nd Example.

    Well, that's a collation issue. The default collation is case-insensitive, so BCD = bCd = BcD = Bcd... You can change the collation using the COLLATE keyword. Look it up.

    Jared
    CE - Microsoft

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