Hi everyone
I don't know if this is a case of DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN, but this
conversation seems all so familiar
So much so that in the solution that Dennis has presented will only work to
a certain extent
For example
1
2
7
8
9
For the above table, using the solution from Dennis should give the
following results (I think)
3
10
Alan Shore
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Subject: Looking for gaps in a key sequence
Given a key sequence in a file, really just a series of numbers, does
anybody know of an algorithm, other than brute force, for finding gaps
in the sequence?
Here's an SQL solution:
SELECT A.myseq
FROM mytable A
WHERE myseq NOT IN (
SELECT myseq+1
FROM mytable
)
Hope that helps.
Dennis
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