I have a column named sequence
. The data in this column looks like 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 15.
I need to find the missing sequence numbers from the table. What SQL query will find the missing sequence numbers from my table? I am expecting results like
Missing numbers
---------------
6
8
11
12
13
14
I am using only one table. I tried the query below, but am not getting the results I want.
select de.sequence + 1 as sequence from dataentry as de
left outer join dataentry as de1 on de.sequence + 1 = de1.sequence
where de1.sequence is null order by sequence asc;
How about something like:
select (select isnull(max(val)+1,1) from mydata where val < md.val) as [from],
md.val - 1 as [to]
from mydata md
where md.val != 1 and not exists (
select 1 from mydata md2 where md2.val = md.val - 1)
giving summarised results:
from to
----------- -----------
6 6
8 8
11 14