Counter Table (table of numbers) Setter-Upper for SQL Server 2005

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Counter Table (table of numbers) Setter-Upper for SQL Server 2005

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August 6, 2008 at 8:17 pm

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004302 More actions · Answer 1

I guess I just don't understand why you needed While Loops to do this.

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

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RBarryYoung SSC Guru Points: 143329 More actions · Answer 2

Agreed, Jeff. There are at least a half a dozen better ways to do this.

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004302 More actions · Answer 3

Or, in the words of a very well respected denizen of these forums... "There must be 15 ways to lose your cursor". 😛

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)