SQL to get list of dates as well as days before and after without duplicates

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Published on 2010-03-11T17:48:04Z Indexed on 2010/03/11 17:49 UTC
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I need to display a list of dates, which I have in a table

SELECT mydate AS MyDate, 1 AS DateType
FROM myTable
WHERE myTable.fkId = @MyFkId;

Jan 1, 2010 - 1
Jan 2, 2010 - 1
Jan 10, 2010 - 1

No problem. However, I now need to display the date before and the date after as well with a different DateType.

Dec 31, 2009 - 2
Jan 1, 2010 - 1
Jan 2, 2010 - 1
Jan 3, 2010 - 2
Jan 9, 2010 - 2
Jan 10, 2010 - 1
Jan 11, 2010 - 2

I thought I could use a union

SELECT MyDate, DateType
FROM (
    SELECT mydate - 1 AS MyDate, 2 AS DateType
    FROM myTable
    WHERE myTable.fkId = @MyFkId;

    UNION

    SELECT mydate + 1 AS MyDate, 2 AS DateType
    FROM myTable
    WHERE myTable.fkId = @MyFkId;

    UNION

    SELECT mydate AS MyDate, 1 AS DateType
    FROM myTable
    WHERE myTable.fkId = @MyFkId;
) AS myCombinedDateTable

This however includes duplicates of the original dates.

Dec 31, 2009 - 2
Jan 1, 2009 - 2
Jan 1, 2010 - 1
Jan 2, 2010 - 2
Jan 2, 2010 - 1
Jan 3, 2010 - 2
Jan 9, 2010 - 2
Jan 10, 2010 - 1
Jan 11, 2010 - 2

How can I best remove these duplicates? I am considering a temporary table, but am unsure if that is the best way to do it.

This also appears to me that it may provide performance issues as I am running the same query three separate times.

What would be the best way to handle this request?

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