How can I generate a temporary table filled with dates in SQL Server 2000?

Question

I need to make a temporary table that holds of range of dates, as well as a couple of columns that hold placeholder values (0) for future use. The dates I need are the firs

Answer 1

Tested below and it works, though it's a bit convoluted.

I assigned arbitrary values to the dates for the test.

DECLARE @SD smalldatetime,
        @ED smalldatetime,
        @FD smalldatetime,
        @LD smalldatetime,
        @Mct int,
        @currct int = 0

SET @SD = '1/15/2011'
SET @ED = '2/02/2012'


SET @FD = (DATEADD(dd, -1*(Datepart(dd, @SD)-1), @sd))
SET @LD = (DATEADD(dd, -1*(Datepart(dd, @ED)-1), @ED))

SET @Mct = DATEDIFF(mm, @FD, @LD)

CREATE TABLE #MyTempTable (FoM smalldatetime, Trials int, Sales money)

WHILE @currct <= @Mct
BEGIN
    INSERT INTO #MyTempTable (FoM, Trials, Sales)
    VALUES
    (DATEADD(MM, @currct, @FD), 0, 0)
    SET @currct = @currct + 1
END


SELECT * FROM #MyTempTable

DROP TABLE #MyTempTable