Combine consecutive date ranges

Question

Using SQL Server 2008 R2,

I\'m trying to combine date ranges into the maximum date range given that one end date is next to the following start date.

The da

Answer 1

SET NOCOUNT ON

DECLARE @T TABLE(ID INT,FromDate DATETIME, ToDate DATETIME)

INSERT INTO @T(ID,FromDate,ToDate)
SELECT 1,'20090801','20090803' UNION ALL
SELECT 2,'20090802','20090809' UNION ALL
SELECT 3,'20090805','20090806' UNION ALL
SELECT 4,'20090812','20090813' UNION ALL
SELECT 5,'20090811','20090812' UNION ALL
SELECT 6,'20090802','20090802'


SELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY s1.FromDate) AS ID,
       s1.FromDate, 
       MIN(t1.ToDate) AS ToDate 
FROM @T s1 
INNER JOIN @T t1 ON s1.FromDate <= t1.ToDate 
  AND NOT EXISTS(SELECT * FROM @T t2 
                 WHERE t1.ToDate >= t2.FromDate
                   AND t1.ToDate < t2.ToDate) 
WHERE NOT EXISTS(SELECT * FROM @T s2 
                 WHERE s1.FromDate > s2.FromDate
                   AND s1.FromDate <= s2.ToDate) 
GROUP BY s1.FromDate 
ORDER BY s1.FromDate