SQL query for Figuring counts by month

Question

whats a good way to join 1-12 in a column to a bunch of counts by month?... in SQL

SELECT
    months???,
    count(whatever1) count1,
    count(whatever2) co         


        

Answer 1

basically where is a slick way to get my months list/table/whatever

You can use a recursive cte to build a list of months.

;with Months(MonthNum) as
(
  select 1 MonthNum
  union all
  select MonthNum+1
  from Months
  where MonthNum < 12 
)

-- Your query goes here
select * 
from Months