Ken writes:
> Query question:
>
> Can anyone think of a way to accomplish this in a single query?:
>
> I have a table with elements that each have a date.
> For a given record, I want to get, in one query, the record just earlier than this
>record's date, and the record just later than this record's date.
Do it in two queries or be prepared to take a performance hit.
Honestly I can't even think of a way to do it with just one query,
but looking into using SQL variables might help. I'm not sure, though.
//C
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