Question

Scenario: I have 1 columns in my select statement; Name which I want to repeat based on the value of a calculated field named Number calculated using a case statement like this

Case when number<0.95 then 0
when number>=1 then 10…. END AS Number.

Example Jim W has a Number value of 6 so I want the SQL statement to return 6 rows with the Name of Jim W.

Name
JIM W
JIM W
JIM W
JIM W
JIM W
JIM W

Other points to note is that it should group by a column named region and its SQL Server 2008.

Is this possible?

Thanks

Answer 1

try this:

The easiest way to do this in sql server is to join with the system table master..spt_values
provided your number of repetition for each name should be less than 2048

select T.Name from test12 T join master..spt_values M
on T.number>M.number
where type='p'

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