Hello -
I'm really baffled as to how to get missing dates for each support ticket in my query. I did a search for this and found several CTE's however they only provide ways to find missing dates in a date table rather than missing dates for another column in a table. Let me explain a bit further here -
I have a query which has a list of support tickets for the month of January. Each support ticket is supposed to be updated daily by a support rep, however that isn't happening so the business wants to know for each ticket which dates have NOT been updated. So, for example, I might have support ticket 44BS which was updated on 2014-01-01, 2014-01-05, 2014-01-07. Each time the ticket is updated a new row is inserted into the table. I need a query which will return the missing dates per each support ticket.
I should also add that I DO NOT have any sort of admin nor write permissions to the database...none at all. My team has tried and they won't give 'em. So proposing a function or storable solution will not work. I'm stuck with doing everything in a query.
I'll try and provide some sample data as an example -
CREATE TABLE #Tickets ( TicketNo VARCHAR(4) ,DateUpdated DATE ) INSERT INTO #Tickets VALUES ('44BS', '2014-01-01') INSERT INTO #Tickets VALUES ('44BS', '2014-01-05') INSERT INTO #Tickets VALUES ('44BS', '2014-01-07') INSERT INTO #Tickets VALUES ('32VT', '2014-01-03') INSERT INTO #Tickets VALUES ('32VT', '2014-01-09') INSERT INTO #Tickets VALUES ('32VT', '2014-01-11')
So for ticket 44BS, I need to return the missing dates between January 1st and January 5th, again between January 5th and January 7th. A set-based solution would be best.
I'm sure this is easier than i'm making it. However, after playing around for a couple of hours my head hurts and I need sleep. If anyone can help, you'd be a job-saver :)
Thanks!!