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Determine if table has data for all dates in a range using SQL Server 2000

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Zones: MS SQL Server, SQL Query Syntax

I have a weekly import process. Each run is suppose to have 7-days of data in it. The 'rule' is that the proc is run on Thursday. It contains data from the previous Wednesday to the current Tuesday (GETDATE() - 8 thru GETDATE() - 2.

Assuming I build a temp table with the days of data the table is suppose to contain, without a lot of overhead I want to ascertain as part of the process that
1) The table contains at least one record for each distinct date.
2) The table contains no data outside the rabnge.

So, if my temp table contained seven rows with the values of CheckDate = 6/18/2008; 6/19/2008' 6/20/2008; 6/21/2008; 6/22/2008; 6/23/2008; 6/24/2008
and my 'test' table contained 2000 rows of data and has a column named FileDate, what kind of test can I do to make sure the above criteria are met, and return meaningful data such as:
"The table is missing data for 06-23-2008" or "The table contains data for 06-15-2008, which is outside the current range"

I would suffice to report only one invalid contition (the first determined) if there were more than one.

For the sake of providing an example, lets call the temp table @CheckDates and the working table ActivationsImport. The code will be in a stored procedure, so an invalid condition will roll back my transactions and exit, raising an error, but I can handle that part.

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