SQL how to convert row with date range to many rows with each date

Question

If I have a table that looks like this

begin date      end date        data
 2013-01-01     2013-01-04       7
 2013-01-05     2013-01-06       9
         


        

Answer 1

You can use recursive CTE to get all the dates between two dates. Another CTE is to get ROW_NUMBERs to help you with those missing EndDates.

DECLARE @startDate DATE
DECLARE @endDate DATE

SELECT @startDate = MIN(begindate) FROM Table1
SELECT @endDate = MAX(enddate) FROM Table1

;WITH CTE_Dates AS 
(
    SELECT @startDate AS DT
    UNION ALL
    SELECT DATEADD(DD, 1, DT)
    FROM CTE_Dates
    WHERE DATEADD(DD, 1, DT) <= @endDate
)
,CTE_Data AS 
(
    SELECT *, ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY BeginDate) AS RN FROM Table1

)
SELECT DT, t1.data FROM CTE_Dates d
LEFT JOIN CTE_Data t1 on d.DT 
BETWEEN t1.[BeginDate] AND COALESCE(t1.EndDate, 
        (SELECT DATEADD(DD,-1,t2.BeginDate) FROM CTE_Data t2 WHERE t1.RN + 1 = t2.RN))

SQLFiddle DEMO