Question

If i was to have a table with an integer column containing n number of rows and wanted to check if they were consecutive, how could I do this?

DECLARE @Temp TABLE 
(
    IntegerValue INT,
    Processed BIT
)

I have a solution that works for 3 rows but this is infelxable, if the requirements change then so would the query (ignoring the fact that my sum wouldnt work in this case).

@SumOfValues = (@FirstValue * @NumOfValues) + @NumOfValues 

Answer 1

SELECT CASE
         WHEN COUNT(DISTINCT IntegerValue) /*Or COUNT(*) dependant on how
                                            duplicates should be treated */ 
                =  1 + MAX(IntegerValue) - MIN(IntegerValue) THEN 'Y'
         ELSE 'N'
       END
FROM   @Temp  

If you want to know where the gaps are you can use

;WITH T AS
(
SELECT *,
       DENSE_RANK() OVER (ORDER BY IntegerValue) - IntegerValue AS Grp
FROM @Temp
)
SELECT MIN(IntegerValue) AS RangeStart, 
       MAX(IntegerValue) AS RangeEnd
FROM T
GROUP BY Grp
ORDER BY MIN(IntegerValue)