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                                         kond.mohan 
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                                             Posted - 2015-02-11 : 22:50:50
                                            
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                                            | Hi ,i have data in below format.using below data to extract the fault cases.operator machine    fromdate              todate1491	QC03	2014-09-02 02:51:00.000	2014-09-02 06:10:00.0001427	QC03	2014-09-02 06:11:00.000	2014-09-02 07:17:00.0001491	QC03	2014-09-02 11:21:00.000	2014-09-02 14:50:00.0001595    QC03    2014-09-02 03:10:00.000 2014-09-02 08:25:00.000we need to fetch the falut cases from the above mentioned data.emp is working on different time on specified machines. In some cases multilple employuees working onspecifed Machines on Same time.In above Example case 1491,1595 operators working time is Overlapping.we need to check emp working same time on Same machine(Fault cases) | 
                                             
                                         
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                                     Vinnie881 
                                    Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker 
                                     
                                    
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                                            Posted - 2015-02-12 : 15:28:09
                                          
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                                          The query below will show the record, followed by 4 colums of the record that it is overlapping with.The information you submitted though has more records with overlapping time than you indicated, please clarify if I understood incorrectly.declare @tmp table (operator int,machine char(4),fromdate datetime,todate datetime)insert into @tmpvalues(1491,'QC03','2014-09-02 02:51:00.000','2014-09-02 06:10:00.000'),(1427,	'QC03',	'2014-09-02 06:11:00.000','2014-09-02 07:17:00.000'),(1491,	'QC03',	'2014-09-02 11:21:00.000','2014-09-02 14:50:00.000'),(1595, 'QC03', '2014-09-02 03:10:00.000', '2014-09-02 08:25:00.000')select * from @tmp across apply(select * from @tmp aa where not aa.operator = a.operator  and a.machine = aa.machine  and   (aa.fromdate between a.fromdate  and a.todate or aa.todate between a.fromdate  and a.todate or a.fromdate between aa.fromdate and aa.todate  or a.todate between aa.fromdate  and aa.todate )) b  Success is 10% Intelligence, 70% Determination, and 22% Stupidity.\_/ _/ _/\_/ _/\_/ _/ _/- 881  | 
                                         
                                        
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                                     kond.mohan 
                                    Posting Yak  Master 
                                     
                                    
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                                            Posted - 2015-02-16 : 00:57:15
                                          
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                                          | thanks for replying .but i could not reach the Required output in the above case.i have added one more column for reach the exact output.below cases 17,18,22 correct cases. remains Are overlapping casesQC05	1697	2014-08-01 00:04:00.000	2014-08-01 01:06:00.000	17QC05	2057	2014-08-01 01:07:00.000	2014-08-01 02:47:00.000	18QC05	1344	2014-08-01 01:28:00.000	2014-08-01 02:50:00.000	19QC05	1606	2014-08-01 01:34:00.000	2014-08-01 02:49:00.000	20QC05	1514	2014-08-01 01:43:00.000	2014-08-01 02:45:00.000	21QC05	1276	2014-08-01 02:51:00.000	2014-08-01 06:01:00.000	22QC05	1499	2014-08-01 02:51:00.000	2014-08-01 05:56:00.000	23QC05	1199	2014-08-01 02:52:00.000	2014-08-01 05:45:00.000	24pls guide on the same  | 
                                         
                                        
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                                     waterduck 
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                                            Posted - 2015-02-16 : 03:04:05
                                          
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                                          looks ugly...declare @table table(machine varchar(4), operator int, fromdate datetime, todate datetime, checkrow int)insert into @table select'QC05',	1697	,'2014-08-01 00:04:00.000','2014-08-01 01:06:00.000',17 union all select'QC05',	2057	,'2014-08-01 01:07:00.000','2014-08-01 02:47:00.000',18 union all select'QC05',	1276	,'2014-08-01 02:51:00.000','2014-08-01 06:01:00.000',22 union all select'QC05',	1344	,'2014-08-01 01:28:00.000','2014-08-01 02:50:00.000',19 union all select'QC05',	1606	,'2014-08-01 01:34:00.000','2014-08-01 02:49:00.000',20 union all select'QC05',	1514	,'2014-08-01 01:43:00.000','2014-08-01 02:45:00.000',21 union all select'QC05',	1499	,'2014-08-01 02:51:00.000','2014-08-01 05:56:00.000',23 union all select'QC05',	1199	,'2014-08-01 02:52:00.000','2014-08-01 05:45:00.000',24                 ;with cte as(	select *	, cast(1 as bigint) as rn	from @table a	where fromdate = (select min(fromdate)					from @table b					where a.machine = b.machine)	union all	select a.*	, ROW_NUMBER() over (order by a.fromdate)	from @table a	join cte b	on a.operator <> b.operator	and a.machine = b.machine	and a.fromdate >= b.todate)select distinct * from ctewhere rn = 1order by fromdate   | 
                                         
                                        
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