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                                         rickni 
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                                             Posted - 2012-12-18 : 19:08:08
                                            
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                                            | I need to write a query calculating time between this row's task and next row's task.datetime               task     description    timespent1/1/2012 00:50:12.5    Status    Work11/1/2012 00:54:13.4    Status    Break31/1/2012 01:07:29.5    Status    Work2 | 
                                             
                                         
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                                     nigelrivett 
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                                            Posted - 2012-12-19 : 03:53:59
                                          
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                                          | select *, datetime - (select min(datetime) from tbl t2 where t2.datetime > t.datetime)from tbl torder by datetime==========================================Cursors are useful if you don't know sql.SSIS can be used in a similar way.Beer is not cold and it isn't fizzy.  | 
                                         
                                        
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