generate sql temp table of sequential dates to left outer join to

Question

i have a table of data that i want to select out via stored proc such that users can connect a MS excel front end to it and use the raw data as a source to graph.

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Answer 1

One way would be with a CTE:

with cte_dates as (
  select cast('20110119' as datetime) as [date]
  union all
  select dateadd(dd, 1, [date])
      from cte_dates
      where dateadd(dd, 1, [date]) <= '20111231'
)
select [date], YourColumn
    from cte_dates
        left join YourTable
            on ...
option (maxrecursion 0);