Changing SQL Server query to pure ANSI SQL query - ansi-sql

Question

I am working on a database system that uses SQL syntax. However I am unable to use the cross apply in the code below. Is there a way to rewrite this without applies?
declare #rsBuildDetails table(dt datetime, build varchar(255), val varchar(255));
insert into #rsBuildDetails (dt, build, val)
values ('20100101', '1', 'pass')
,('20100102', '2', 'fail')
,('20100103', '3', 'pass')
,('20100104', '4', 'fail')
,('20100105', '5', 'fail')
,('20100106', '6', 'fail')
,('20100107', '7', 'pass')
,('20100108', '8', 'pass')
,('20100109', '9', 'pass')
,('20100110', '10', 'fail');
with passed as
(
select *
from #rsBuildDetails
where val='pass'
)
select distinct
preFail.dt AS FailedDt,
postFail.dt AS SecondFailedDt
from
passed
cross apply
(select top 1
pre.*
from
#rsBuildDetails as pre
where
pre.dt < passed.dt
and pre.val = 'fail'
order by
pre.dt desc) as preFail
cross apply
(select top 1
post.*
from
#rsBuildDetails as post
where
post.dt > passed.dt
and post.val = 'fail'
order by
post.dt asc) as postFail

Answer 1

You might try to transfer the CTE and all applies to inlined sub-selects:
declare #rsBuildDetails table(dt datetime, build varchar(255), val varchar(255));
insert into #rsBuildDetails (dt, build, val) values
('20100101', '1', 'pass')
,('20100102', '2', 'fail')
,('20100103', '3', 'pass')
,('20100104', '4', 'fail')
,('20100105', '5', 'fail')
,('20100106', '6', 'fail')
,('20100107', '7', 'pass')
,('20100108', '8', 'pass')
,('20100109', '9', 'pass')
,('20100110', '10', 'fail');
select *
from
(
select distinct
(
select top 1 pre.Dt
from #rsBuildDetails as pre
where pre.dt<passed.dt
and pre.val='fail'
order by pre.dt desc
) as FailedDt
,(
select top 1 post.Dt
from #rsBuildDetails as post
where post.dt>passed.dt
and post.val='fail'
order by post.dt asc
) AS SecondFailedDt
from
(
select *
from #rsBuildDetails
where val='pass'
) AS passed
) AS tbl
where tbl.FailedDt IS NOT NULL
AND tbl.SecondFailedDt IS NOT NULL