Create Records for each date in a range

Question

I wish to create a report which will creat a record for every day between two dates:
Before:
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Name  Start Date     End Date      Car
Brown 01-10-2011   05-10-2011   Ford
Brown 06-10-2011   08-10-2011   Nissan
White  05-10-2011   09-10-2011   Kia
After:
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Brown 01-10-2011 Ford
Brown 02-10-2011 Ford
Brown 03-10-2011 Ford
Brown 04-10-2011 Ford
Brown 05-10-2011 Ford
Brown 06-10-2011 Nissan
Brown 07-10-2011 Nissan
Brown 08-10-2011 Nissan
White 05-10-2011 Kia
White 06-10-2011 Kia
White 07-10-2011 Kia
White 08-10-2011 Kia
White 09-10-2011 Kia
Please advise how I should go about this
many thanks
Cheers
David

Answer 1

here's a formula to help you get started...this will create a text output formula that will have the dates displayed...you'll have to modify it to include the other info that you need in your display.
1) create a new formula that will be Basic Syntax...change the "ship date" field in the syntax below to your date field.
dim thisdate2 as date
dim nextdate2 as date
dim output as string 'output is the text display
dim daysbetween2 as number
dim looptimes2 as number
looptimes2 = 0
daysbetween2 = 0
thisdate2 = {Ship Date.DE_Ship_Date} + 1
nextdate2 = nextvalue({Ship Date.DE_Ship_Date})
if nextdate2 - thisdate2 > 0 then daysbetween2 = nextdate2 - thisdate2 else daysbetween2 = 1
do
output = output + monthname(month(thisdate2),true) + "/" + totext(day(thisdate2),0,"") + chr(10)
looptimes2 = looptimes2 + 1
thisdate2 = thisdate2 + 1
if thisdate2 in nextdate2 to {Ship Date.DE_Ship_Date} then formula = output
loop until looptimes2 = daysbetween2
2) put this formula in a new details section that is formatted to Supress Blank Section
3) format the formula so that it is Can Grow