我無法讓@Alex W的查詢工作。這不是標準的SQL，所以它需要很多重寫才能與SQL Server兼容（我可以測試）。但它給了我一些啓發，我已經擴展了。
找到不間斷等待每一段都開始點：
SELECT DISTINCT
t1.ID,
t1.d1 AS date,
-DATEDIFF(DAY, (SELECT MIN(d1) FROM Orders), t1.d1) AS n
FROM Orders t1
LEFT JOIN Orders t2 -- Join for any events occurring while this
ON t2.ID = t1.ID -- is starting. If this is a start point,
AND t2.d1 <> t1.d1 -- it won't match anything, which is what
AND t1.d1 BETWEEN t2.d1 AND t2.d2 -- we want.
GROUP BY t1.ID, t1.d1, t1.d2
HAVING COUNT(t2.ID) = 0
以及等效的終點：
SELECT DISTINCT
t1.ID,
t1.d2 AS date,
DATEDIFF(DAY, (SELECT MIN(d1) FROM Orders), t1.d2) AS n
FROM Orders t1
LEFT JOIN Orders t2
ON t2.ID = t1.ID
AND t2.d2 <> t1.d2
AND t1.d2 BETWEEN t2.d1 AND t2.d2
GROUP BY t1.ID, t1.d1, t1.d2
HAVING COUNT(t2.ID) = 0
n是因爲一些常見的天數時間點。起點具有負值，終點具有正值。這樣我們可以將它們加起來以獲得中間的天數。
span = end - start
span = end + (-start)
span1 + span2 = end1 + (-start1) + end2 + (-start2)
最後，我們只需要添加東西：
SELECT ID, SUM(n) AS hold_days
FROM (
SELECT DISTINCT
t1.id,
t1.d1 AS date,
-DATEDIFF(DAY, (SELECT MIN(d1) FROM Orders), t1.d1) AS n
FROM Orders t1
LEFT JOIN Orders t2
ON t2.ID = t1.ID
AND t2.d1 <> t1.d1
AND t1.d1 BETWEEN t2.d1 AND t2.d2
GROUP BY t1.ID, t1.d1, t1.d2
HAVING COUNT(t2.ID) = 0
UNION ALL
SELECT DISTINCT
t1.id,
t1.d2 AS date,
DATEDIFF(DAY, (SELECT MIN(d1) FROM Orders), t1.d2) AS n
FROM Orders t1
LEFT JOIN Orders t2
ON t2.ID = t1.ID
AND t2.d2 <> t1.d2
AND t1.d2 BETWEEN t2.d1 AND t2.d2
GROUP BY t1.ID, t1.d1, t1.d2
HAVING COUNT(t2.ID) = 0
ORDER BY ID, date
) s
GROUP BY ID;
輸入表（訂單）：
ID d1 d2
1 2011-08-01 2011-08-08
1 2011-08-02 2011-08-06
1 2011-08-03 2011-08-10
1 2011-08-12 2011-08-14
2 2011-08-01 2011-08-03
2 2011-08-02 2011-08-06
2 2011-08-05 2011-08-09
輸出：
ID hold_days
1 11
2 8
或者，您可以使用存儲過程執行此操作。
CREATE PROCEDURE CalculateHoldTimes
@ID int = 0
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE Events CURSOR FOR
SELECT *
FROM (
SELECT d1 AS date, 1 AS diff
FROM Orders
WHERE ID = @ID
UNION ALL
SELECT d2 AS date, -1 AS diff
FROM Orders
WHERE ID = @ID
) s
ORDER BY date;
DECLARE @Events_date date,
@Events_diff int,
@Period_start date,
@Period_accum int,
@Total_start date,
@Total_count int;
OPEN Events;
FETCH NEXT FROM Events
INTO @Events_date, @Events_diff;
SET @Period_start = @Events_date;
SET @Period_accum = 0;
SET @Total_start = @Events_date;
SET @Total_count = 0;
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
SET @Period_accum = @Period_accum + @Events_diff;
IF @Period_accum = 1 AND @Events_diff = 1
-- Start of period
SET @Period_start = @Events_date;
ELSE IF @Period_accum = 0 AND @Events_diff = -1
-- End of period
SET @Total_count = @Total_count +
DATEDIFF(day, @Period_start, @Events_date);
FETCH NEXT FROM Events
INTO @Events_date, @Events_diff;
END;
SELECT
@Total_start AS d1,
@Events_date AS d2,
@Total_count AS hold_time;
END;
與調用它：
EXEC CalculateHoldTimes 1;
雖然左輔助日曆表上的加入可能會有幫助。 –
可能的重複[什麼是一個很好的方法來查找一組datepans中的空白？]（http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4765495/what-is-a-good-way-to-find-gaps-in -a-set-dates-pans） –
@Brian，這個問題有很大的不同。 OP，你能添加一個視圖來協助查詢嗎？ –