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                                    | daidaluusYak Posting Veteran
 
 
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                                            |  Posted - 2012-05-11 : 11:03:25 
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                                            | i have 2 tables with the following data:id1 value1--- ------1   10002   10003   10004   20005   2000andid2 value2--- -----101 1000102 1000103 2000104 2000105 2000now i need a query to return this result set:id1 value1 id2 value2--- -----  --- ------1   1000   101 1000 2   1000   102 10003   1000   NULL NULL4   2000   103  20005   2000   104  2000NULL NULL  105  2000 |  |  
                                    | jsmith8858Dr. Cross Join
 
 
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                                          |  Posted - 2012-05-11 : 11:05:48 
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                                          | Are you really using SQL Server 2000?  The answer is much simpler if you are on 2005 or newer.- Jeffhttp://weblogs.sqlteam.com/JeffS |  
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                                    | visakh16Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder
 
 
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                                          |  Posted - 2012-05-11 : 15:55:10 
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                                          | [code]SELECT id1, value1, id2, value2FROM(SELECT *,COALESCE((SELECT COUNT(*) FROM Table1 WHERE value1= t.value1 AND id1<t.id1),0) +1 AS RnFROM table1 t)t1FULL OUTER JOIN(SELECT *,COALESCE((SELECT COUNT(*) FROM Table2 WHERE value2= t.value2 AND id2<t.id2),0) +1 AS RnFROM table2 t)t2ON t2.Rn = t2.RnAND t2.value2 = t1.value1[/code]------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SQL Server MVPhttp://visakhm.blogspot.com/ |  
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