Figuring out NSF payments

  • SQL Kiwi (5/31/2012)


    Lynn Pettis (5/31/2012)


    It happens to be the one that Paul found with his solution.

    Yes I highlighted that difference in my first post. I wonder if Greg missed it.

    Nope, I saw it, but got tied up with something. I hope my description of that record to Lynn will clarify things a bit. Thanks for the great links too.

    Greg
    _________________________________________________________________________________________________
    The glass is at one half capacity: nothing more, nothing less.

  • Set-based iteration solution:

    -- Important index

    CREATE UNIQUE INDEX

    [UQ dbo.PAYMENTS ID_CASH_TRAN, ACCT_NUM, TS_PMT (AT_PMT, CD_PMT_SRC)]

    ON dbo.PAYMENTS

    (ID_CASH_TRAN, ACCT_NUM, TS_PMT)

    INCLUDE (AT_PMT, CD_PMT_SRC);

    GO

    -- Set-based iteration holding table

    DECLARE @Results AS TABLE

    (

    RankID bigint NOT NULL,

    ACCT_NUM decimal(10,0) NOT NULL,

    TS_PMT datetime2(6) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0001-01-01',

    AT_PMT decimal(11,2) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0.00,

    CD_PMT_SRC char(2) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'XX',

    TS_NSF datetime2(6) NOT NULL,

    AT_NSF decimal(11,2) NOT NULL,

    CD_PMT_SRC_NSF char(2) NOT NULL,

    PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED (RankID, ACCT_NUM)

    );

    -- Add all NSF records

    INSERT @Results

    (

    RankID,

    ACCT_NUM,

    TS_NSF,

    AT_NSF,

    CD_PMT_SRC_NSF

    )

    SELECT

    RANK() OVER (

    PARTITION BY nsf.ACCT_NUM

    ORDER BY nsf.TS_PMT),

    nsf.ACCT_NUM,

    nsf.TS_PMT,

    nsf.AT_PMT,

    nsf.CD_PMT_SRC

    FROM dbo.PAYMENTS AS nsf

    WHERE

    nsf.ID_CASH_TRAN = '5008';

    -- Set-based iteration variable

    DECLARE

    @Rank bigint = 1;

    -- Find PMT for the first NSF

    -- for each account (rank 1)

    UPDATE r

    SET

    TS_PMT = pmt.TS_PMT,

    AT_PMT = pmt.AT_PMT,

    CD_PMT_SRC = pmt.CD_PMT_SRC

    FROM @Results AS r

    CROSS APPLY

    (

    -- Find the PMT

    SELECT TOP (1)

    pmt.TS_PMT,

    pmt.AT_PMT,

    pmt.CD_PMT_SRC

    FROM dbo.PAYMENTS AS pmt

    WHERE

    pmt.ID_CASH_TRAN = '5000'

    AND pmt.ACCT_NUM = r.ACCT_NUM

    AND pmt.AT_PMT = 0.0 - r.AT_NSF

    AND pmt.TS_PMT <= r.TS_NSF

    AND pmt.TS_PMT >= DATEADD(DAY,-60, r.TS_NSF)

    ORDER BY

    pmt.TS_PMT ASC

    ) AS pmt

    WHERE

    r.RankID = @Rank;

    -- Loop: fills in all PMTs

    -- for Rank 2, then Rank 3...

    -- Note all accounts at the same

    -- rank processed on each iteration

    WHILE 1 = 1

    BEGIN

    SET @Rank += 1;

    UPDATE r

    SET

    TS_PMT = pmt.TS_PMT,

    AT_PMT = pmt.AT_PMT,

    CD_PMT_SRC = pmt.CD_PMT_SRC

    FROM @Results AS r

    JOIN @Results AS prev ON

    prev.RankID = @Rank - 1

    AND prev.ACCT_NUM = r.ACCT_NUM

    CROSS APPLY

    (

    -- PMT associated with the NSF

    SELECT TOP (1)

    pmt.TS_PMT,

    pmt.AT_PMT,

    pmt.CD_PMT_SRC

    FROM dbo.PAYMENTS AS pmt

    WHERE

    pmt.ID_CASH_TRAN = '5000'

    AND pmt.ACCT_NUM = r.ACCT_NUM

    AND pmt.AT_PMT = 0.0 - r.AT_NSF

    AND pmt.TS_PMT > prev.TS_PMT

    AND pmt.TS_PMT <= r.TS_NSF

    AND pmt.TS_PMT >= DATEADD(DAY,-60, r.TS_NSF)

    ORDER BY

    pmt.TS_PMT ASC

    ) AS pmt

    WHERE

    r.RankID = @Rank;

    IF @@ROWCOUNT = 0 BREAK;

    END;

    SELECT

    r.ACCT_NUM,

    r.TS_PMT,

    r.AT_PMT,

    r.CD_PMT_SRC,

    r.TS_NSF,

    r.AT_NSF,

    r.CD_PMT_SRC_NSF

    FROM @Results AS r

    ORDER BY

    r.ACCT_NUM,

    r.TS_PMT;

    The logic here should be the same as the recursive CTE, but may be easier to understand. It is based on Hugo Kornelis' set-based iteration method shown in the original MVP Deep Dives book. It will be interesting to hear how it performs compared to the rCTE. Be sure not to have actual execution plan on when you run this!

    ACCT_NUM TS_PMT AT_PMT CD_PMT_SRC TS_NSF AT_NSF CD_PMT_SRC_NSF

    37172806 2010-12-23 20:21:44.728266 -500.00 CW 2010-12-28 18:50:45.769860 500.00 GC

    37172806 2010-12-23 20:21:44.809691 -500.00 CW 2011-01-04 18:18:20.206875 500.00 GC

    37172806 2010-12-23 20:21:44.816891 -500.00 CW 2011-01-04 18:18:20.990343 500.00 GC

    37172806 2010-12-23 20:21:44.823681 -3236.81 TP 2011-01-11 20:23:32.780891 3236.81 TP

    93299972 2011-09-22 20:22:23.081475 -250.00 CW 2011-09-26 18:14:24.812516 250.00 GC

    93299972 2011-11-04 20:24:28.590740 -500.00 CW 2011-11-09 18:12:13.357006 500.00 GC

    93299972 2011-11-04 20:24:28.872289 -500.00 CW 2011-11-09 18:12:13.843398 500.00 GC

    93299972 2011-11-04 20:24:28.886868 -142.00 CW 2011-11-09 18:12:13.884036 142.00 GC

    93299972 2011-12-01 20:22:07.649355 -500.00 CW 2011-12-05 18:16:01.951365 500.00 GC

    93299972 2011-12-01 20:22:07.818174 -500.00 CW 2011-12-05 18:16:02.528679 500.00 GC

    114739790 2011-04-11 20:22:56.769630 -379.25 CW 2011-04-15 18:14:55.295335 379.25 GC

    114739790 2011-04-13 20:22:27.659510 -500.00 CW 2011-04-20 18:16:57.222716 500.00 GC

    114739790 2011-04-13 20:22:27.885458 -500.00 CW 2011-04-20 18:16:57.795456 500.00 GC

    232412320 2011-10-24 20:23:16.712385 -600.00 CW 2011-11-02 18:18:20.336650 600.00 GC

    232412320 2011-10-24 20:23:16.809497 -600.00 CW 2011-11-02 18:18:21.192792 600.00 GC

    232412320 2011-10-24 20:23:16.818424 -381.00 CW 2011-11-02 18:18:21.295221 381.00 GC

    692809411 2010-12-17 18:22:02.569107 -190.00 CF 2010-12-28 19:01:05.482708 190.00 CF

    692809411 2011-03-11 18:26:00.625220 -190.00 CF 2011-03-21 18:27:31.321997 190.00 CF

    692809411 2011-07-01 18:24:40.453690 -190.00 CF 2011-07-12 18:33:10.543816 190.00 CF

    692809411 2011-07-29 18:29:23.825201 -190.00 CF 2011-08-08 18:27:35.606194 190.00 CF

  • Greg Snidow (5/31/2012)


    Lynn Pettis (5/31/2012)


    Greg,

    Last night while working n this I did find a problem with your solution. Based on your requirements, one of the records you return is incorrect. It happens to be the one that Paul found with his solution.

    Your Results:

    ACCT_NUM TS_PMT AT_PMT CD_PMT_SRC TS_NSF AT_NSF CD_PMT_SRC

    692809411 2010-12-20 18:20:41.767741 -190.00 CF 2010-12-28 19:01:05.482708 190.00 CF

    Your sample data:

    ACCT_NUM TS_PMT AT_PMT ID_CASH_TRAN CD_PMT_SRC RowNum

    692809411 2010-12-17 18:22:02.569107 -190.00 5000 CF 1 <-- Should return this

    692809411 2010-12-20 18:20:41.767741 -190.00 5000 CF 2 <-- You return this this

    692809411 2010-12-28 19:01:05.482708 190.00 5008 CF 1

    Ahh, and therein may lie the problem. By looking at the above, the customer made two $190 payments, one on 12/17, and one on 12/20, then had a NSF on 12/28. One of the assumptions is that a NSF must be tied to the most recent instance of a payment in that amount. So, sinced the payment of $190 on 12/20 is more recent than the one made on 12/17, the NSF must be matched to the payment made on 12/20. It is easy to be confused by the multiple payments in the same dollar amount, but we have many customers who are on a levelized payment plan, so they pay the exact same amount every month. We then have customers who take their monthly amount and break it into several equal parts they send in throughout the month, sometimes just days apart.

    Doesn't match with this from your original post:

    Also, the NSF transactions are assumed to occur in the same order as the payments. For example, if customer 1 has two $500 payments on the same day, then has two NSF records a week later, the first NSF is to be matched with the first payment, and the second NSF is to be matched with the second payment.

    Edit: Nevermind, the above says for payments made the same day. Sorry, just got out of the Dentists office and not thinking clearly.

  • SQL Kiwi (5/31/2012)


    Greg Snidow (5/31/2012)


    I don't get it Paul. I took 10 of the accounts that had records in my result set and not yours, and ran both of our code on only those accounts, and the results were identical.

    There will be a logical reason (or perhaps you have ghosts, can't say for sure from here). Did you persist your 60,114 rows and my 59,252 rows in a table? It ought to be possible to quickly find differences from those, and check manually whether the rows belong in the result set or not. I'm sure it's not as easy as that, though. Oh, and I agree lids are vital.

    Paul

    I did put the results into tables and compared the differences. It's very strange in that when I take some of the accounts missing from your results, then feed them through your solution separately, it works fine. In fact, I was going to load the data from some of them here for you to see for yourself, but then I thought I ought to try it first to see what happens, and indeed there was no problem with your output. I'm flumoxed, but should have more time later today or tomorrow. I'll have to completely break down you code to see if I can re-create it before I fully understand it. Like Dwain said, I'm very recursively challenged. I thought there might be a way with this one, but I did not really expect such great errort. Thank you all so much.

    Greg
    _________________________________________________________________________________________________
    The glass is at one half capacity: nothing more, nothing less.

  • Greg Snidow (5/31/2012)


    I'll have to completely break down you code to see if I can re-create it before I fully understand it. Like Dwain said, I'm very recursively challenged.

    Have a look at the set-based iteration alternative I just posted. The concepts are very similar, but you might find it easier to grok that before fully tackling the rCTE head-on.

  • Lynn Pettis (5/31/2012)


    Doesn't match with this from your original post:

    Also, the NSF transactions are assumed to occur in the same order as the payments. For example, if customer 1 has two $500 payments on the same day, then has two NSF records a week later, the first NSF is to be matched with the first payment, and the second NSF is to be matched with the second payment.

    Edit: Nevermind, the above says for payments made the same day. Sorry, just got out of the Dentists office and not thinking clearly.

    Yes, I realize now I could have been way more clear in my requirements. I hope now it is more clear. Thank you, and I apologize for the confusion.

    Greg
    _________________________________________________________________________________________________
    The glass is at one half capacity: nothing more, nothing less.

  • Greg Snidow (5/31/2012)


    Lynn Pettis (5/31/2012)


    Doesn't match with this from your original post:

    Also, the NSF transactions are assumed to occur in the same order as the payments. For example, if customer 1 has two $500 payments on the same day, then has two NSF records a week later, the first NSF is to be matched with the first payment, and the second NSF is to be matched with the second payment.

    Edit: Nevermind, the above says for payments made the same day. Sorry, just got out of the Dentists office and not thinking clearly.

    Yes, I realize now I could have been way more clear in my requirements. I hope now it is more clear. Thank you, and I apologize for the confusion.

    See, we aren't that much different from our users. :w00t: 😛

    By the way, not a problem.

  • Greg Snidow (5/31/2012)


    I hope my description of that record to Lynn will clarify things a bit.

    Aha, ok this is an easy tweak - we just need to traverse the records in the reverse order. Updated set-based iteration code below:

    -- Set-based iteration holding table

    DECLARE @Results AS TABLE

    (

    RankID bigint NOT NULL,

    ACCT_NUM decimal(10,0) NOT NULL,

    TS_PMT datetime2(6) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0001-01-01',

    AT_PMT decimal(11,2) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0.00,

    CD_PMT_SRC char(2) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'XX',

    TS_NSF datetime2(6) NOT NULL,

    AT_NSF decimal(11,2) NOT NULL,

    CD_PMT_SRC_NSF char(2) NOT NULL,

    PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED (RankID, ACCT_NUM)

    );

    -- Add all NSF records

    INSERT @Results

    (

    RankID,

    ACCT_NUM,

    TS_NSF,

    AT_NSF,

    CD_PMT_SRC_NSF

    )

    SELECT

    RANK() OVER (

    PARTITION BY nsf.ACCT_NUM

    ORDER BY nsf.TS_PMT DESC),

    nsf.ACCT_NUM,

    nsf.TS_PMT,

    nsf.AT_PMT,

    nsf.CD_PMT_SRC

    FROM dbo.PAYMENTS AS nsf

    WHERE

    nsf.ID_CASH_TRAN = '5008';

    -- Set-based iteration variable

    DECLARE

    @Rank bigint = 1;

    -- Find PMT for the last NSF

    -- for each account (rank 1)

    UPDATE r

    SET

    TS_PMT = pmt.TS_PMT,

    AT_PMT = pmt.AT_PMT,

    CD_PMT_SRC = pmt.CD_PMT_SRC

    FROM @Results AS r

    CROSS APPLY

    (

    -- Find the PMT

    SELECT TOP (1)

    pmt.TS_PMT,

    pmt.AT_PMT,

    pmt.CD_PMT_SRC

    FROM dbo.PAYMENTS AS pmt

    WHERE

    pmt.ID_CASH_TRAN = '5000'

    AND pmt.ACCT_NUM = r.ACCT_NUM

    AND pmt.AT_PMT = 0.0 - r.AT_NSF

    AND r.TS_NSF BETWEEN pmt.TS_PMT AND DATEADD(DAY,60, pmt.TS_PMT)

    ORDER BY

    pmt.TS_PMT DESC

    ) AS pmt

    WHERE

    r.RankID = @Rank;

    -- Loop: fills in all PMTs

    -- for Rank 2, then Rank 3...

    -- Note all accounts at the same

    -- rank processed on each iteration

    WHILE 1 = 1

    BEGIN

    SET @Rank += 1;

    UPDATE r

    SET

    TS_PMT = pmt.TS_PMT,

    AT_PMT = pmt.AT_PMT,

    CD_PMT_SRC = pmt.CD_PMT_SRC

    FROM @Results AS r

    JOIN @Results AS prev ON

    prev.RankID = @Rank - 1

    AND prev.ACCT_NUM = r.ACCT_NUM

    CROSS APPLY

    (

    -- PMT associated with the NSF

    SELECT TOP (1)

    pmt.TS_PMT,

    pmt.AT_PMT,

    pmt.CD_PMT_SRC

    FROM dbo.PAYMENTS AS pmt

    WHERE

    pmt.ID_CASH_TRAN = '5000'

    AND pmt.ACCT_NUM = r.ACCT_NUM

    AND pmt.AT_PMT = 0.0 - r.AT_NSF

    AND pmt.TS_PMT < prev.TS_PMT

    AND r.TS_NSF BETWEEN pmt.TS_PMT AND DATEADD(DAY,60, pmt.TS_PMT)

    ORDER BY

    pmt.TS_PMT DESC

    ) AS pmt

    WHERE

    r.RankID = @Rank;

    IF @@ROWCOUNT = 0 BREAK;

    END;

    SELECT

    r.ACCT_NUM,

    r.TS_PMT,

    r.AT_PMT,

    r.CD_PMT_SRC,

    r.TS_NSF,

    r.AT_NSF,

    r.CD_PMT_SRC_NSF

    FROM @Results AS r

    ORDER BY

    r.ACCT_NUM,

    r.TS_PMT;

    ACCT_NUM TS_PMT AT_PMT CD_PMT_SRC TS_NSF AT_NSF CD_PMT_SRC_NSF

    37172806 2010-12-23 20:21:44.728266 -500.00 CW 2010-12-28 18:50:45.769860 500.00 GC

    37172806 2010-12-23 20:21:44.809691 -500.00 CW 2011-01-04 18:18:20.206875 500.00 GC

    37172806 2010-12-23 20:21:44.816891 -500.00 CW 2011-01-04 18:18:20.990343 500.00 GC

    37172806 2010-12-23 20:21:44.823681 -3236.81 TP 2011-01-11 20:23:32.780891 3236.81 TP

    93299972 2011-09-22 20:22:23.081475 -250.00 CW 2011-09-26 18:14:24.812516 250.00 GC

    93299972 2011-11-04 20:24:28.590740 -500.00 CW 2011-11-09 18:12:13.357006 500.00 GC

    93299972 2011-11-04 20:24:28.872289 -500.00 CW 2011-11-09 18:12:13.843398 500.00 GC

    93299972 2011-11-04 20:24:28.886868 -142.00 CW 2011-11-09 18:12:13.884036 142.00 GC

    93299972 2011-12-01 20:22:07.649355 -500.00 CW 2011-12-05 18:16:01.951365 500.00 GC

    93299972 2011-12-01 20:22:07.818174 -500.00 CW 2011-12-05 18:16:02.528679 500.00 GC

    114739790 2011-04-11 20:22:56.769630 -379.25 CW 2011-04-15 18:14:55.295335 379.25 GC

    114739790 2011-04-13 20:22:27.659510 -500.00 CW 2011-04-20 18:16:57.222716 500.00 GC

    114739790 2011-04-13 20:22:27.885458 -500.00 CW 2011-04-20 18:16:57.795456 500.00 GC

    232412320 2011-10-24 20:23:16.712385 -600.00 CW 2011-11-02 18:18:20.336650 600.00 GC

    232412320 2011-10-24 20:23:16.809497 -600.00 CW 2011-11-02 18:18:21.192792 600.00 GC

    232412320 2011-10-24 20:23:16.818424 -381.00 CW 2011-11-02 18:18:21.295221 381.00 GC

    692809411 2010-12-20 18:20:41.767741 -190.00 CF 2010-12-28 19:01:05.482708 190.00 CF *** fixed! ***

    692809411 2011-03-11 18:26:00.625220 -190.00 CF 2011-03-21 18:27:31.321997 190.00 CF

    692809411 2011-07-01 18:24:40.453690 -190.00 CF 2011-07-12 18:33:10.543816 190.00 CF

    692809411 2011-07-29 18:29:23.825201 -190.00 CF 2011-08-08 18:27:35.606194 190.00 CF

    It's late/early. I'll fix up the rCTE tomorrow.

  • SQL Kiwi (5/31/2012)


    Greg Snidow (5/31/2012)


    I hope my description of that record to Lynn will clarify things a bit.

    Aha, ok this is an easy tweak - we just need to traverse the records in the reverse order. Updated set-based iteration code below:

    Thank you Paul. That is why in my ROW_NUMBER() I ordered by TS_PMT DESC. When I did it ASC I got screwy results. I'll let you know how it comes out a little later. Thank you for sticking with it. I don't know what I would do if it were not for SSC and all the good folks here willing to help with other's issues.

    Greg
    _________________________________________________________________________________________________
    The glass is at one half capacity: nothing more, nothing less.

  • Updated recursive solution:

    WITH LastNSF AS

    (

    -- Last NSF per account

    SELECT

    nsf.ACCT_NUM,

    nsf.AT_PMT,

    nsf.TS_PMT,

    nsf.CD_PMT_SRC

    FROM dbo.PAYMENTS AS nsf

    WHERE

    nsf.ID_CASH_TRAN = '5008'

    AND nsf.TS_PMT =

    (

    SELECT

    MAX(nsf2.TS_PMT)

    FROM dbo.PAYMENTS AS nsf2

    WHERE

    nsf2.ID_CASH_TRAN = nsf.ID_CASH_TRAN

    AND nsf2.ACCT_NUM = nsf.ACCT_NUM

    )

    ), rCTE AS

    (

    -- Anchor: last NSF and matching PMT per account

    SELECT

    pmt.ACCT_NUM,

    pmt.TS_PMT,

    pmt.AT_PMT,

    pmt.CD_PMT_SRC,

    TS_NSF = LastNSF.TS_PMT,

    AT_NSF = LastNSF.AT_PMT,

    CD_PMT_SRC_NSF = LastNSF.CD_PMT_SRC

    FROM LastNSF

    CROSS APPLY

    (

    -- PMT associated with the first NSF

    SELECT TOP (1)

    pmt.ACCT_NUM,

    pmt.TS_PMT,

    pmt.AT_PMT,

    pmt.CD_PMT_SRC

    FROM dbo.PAYMENTS AS pmt

    WHERE

    pmt.ID_CASH_TRAN = '5000'

    AND pmt.ACCT_NUM = LastNSF.ACCT_NUM

    AND pmt.AT_PMT = 0.0 - LastNSF.AT_PMT

    AND LastNSF.TS_PMT BETWEEN pmt.TS_PMT AND DATEADD(DAY, 60, pmt.TS_PMT)

    ORDER BY

    pmt.TS_PMT DESC

    ) AS pmt

    UNION ALL

    -- Recusrive bit

    SELECT

    PMT.ACCT_NUM,

    PMT.TS_PMT,

    PMT.AT_PMT,

    PMT.CD_PMT_SRC,

    TS_NSF = PreviousNSF.TS_PMT,

    AT_NSF = PreviousNSF.AT_PMT,

    CD_PMT_SRC_NSF = PreviousNSF.CD_PMT_SRC

    FROM

    (

    -- Previous NSF in sequence

    SELECT * FROM

    (

    SELECT

    PreviousNSF.ACCT_NUM,

    AT_PMT = PreviousNSF.AT_PMT,

    PreviousNSF.CD_PMT_SRC,

    PreviousNSF.TS_PMT,

    Recusrive_TS_PMT = rCTE.TS_PMT,

    PNSF60 = DATEADD(DAY, -60, PreviousNSF.TS_PMT),

    rn = ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY PreviousNSF.TS_PMT DESC)

    FROM dbo.PAYMENTS AS PreviousNSF

    JOIN rCTE ON

    rCTE.ACCT_NUM = PreviousNSF.ACCT_NUM

    AND PreviousNSF.TS_PMT < rCTE.TS_NSF

    WHERE

    PreviousNSF.ID_CASH_TRAN = '5008'

    ) AS PreviousNSF

    WHERE

    PreviousNSF.rn = 1

    ) AS PreviousNSF

    CROSS APPLY

    (

    -- PMT associated with the current NSF

    SELECT *

    FROM

    (

    SELECT

    PMT.ACCT_NUM,

    PMT.TS_PMT,

    PMT.AT_PMT,

    PMT.CD_PMT_SRC,

    rn = ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY PMT.TS_PMT DESC)

    FROM dbo.PAYMENTS AS PMT

    WHERE

    PMT.ID_CASH_TRAN = '5000'

    AND PMT.ACCT_NUM = PreviousNSF.ACCT_NUM

    AND PMT.AT_PMT = 0.0 - PreviousNSF.AT_PMT

    AND PMT.TS_PMT < PreviousNSF.Recusrive_TS_PMT

    AND PMT.TS_PMT <= PreviousNSF.TS_PMT

    AND PMT.TS_PMT >= PreviousNSF.PNSF60

    ) AS PMT

    WHERE

    PMT.rn = 1

    ) AS PMT

    )

    SELECT

    ACCT_NUM,

    TS_PMT,

    AT_PMT,

    CD_PMT_SRC,

    TS_NSF,

    AT_NSF,

    CD_PMT_SRC_NSF

    FROM rCTE

    ORDER BY

    ACCT_NUM,

    TS_PMT

    OPTION (MAXRECURSION 0);

  • SQL Kiwi (6/1/2012)


    Updated recursive solution:

    Thank you so much Paul. I get everything down to the recursive bit. It's going to take me some time to digest the rest. I'm still trying to wrap my head around APPLY. Last night I messed around with using it in some simple queries a bit, and I can see it will require a whole new way of thinking. Thank you for introducing this to me.

    Greg
    _________________________________________________________________________________________________
    The glass is at one half capacity: nothing more, nothing less.

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