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Old 10-29-09, 11:30
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Originally Posted by dwill View Post
I think i need a recursive update to do this (to avoid cursors)
Cursors are not to be avoided blindly. In fact, they are less 'evil' than recursion in SQL and may actually be the best method to resolve your particular issue.
Recursion is NOT the method I would have chosen for this.
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