how to return blank rows from stored procedure in sqlserver

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how to return blank rows from stored procedure in sqlserver.

That means, i always need say 10 records even if the result set has only 5.

Posted 30-May-12 22:37pm

Pratika05

Updated 31-May-12 17:21pm

Liju Sankar

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db7uk 31-May-12 4:41am

what have you tried? what is your sql query? Does your table have null values or default values?

Pratika05 31-May-12 5:38am

SELECT * FROM Table1
But My table has only 5 records but I want to show 10 out of which 5 rows are blank

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ZurdoDev · Answer 1 · 2012-05-31T07:29:00

Solution 1

SQL

SELECT field1, field2, field3, field4 
FROM table 1
UNION ALL
SELECT '', '', '', ''
UNION ALL
SELECT '', '', '', ''

Posted 31-May-12 7:29am

ZurdoDev

Liju Sankar · Answer 2 · 2012-05-31T17:22:00

Solution 2

By design, all SQL statements are optimized to avoid blank result. it is better to handle this scenario in you UI, instead of digging more in to DB procedures.

Posted 31-May-12 17:22pm

Liju Sankar