SQL query to find Missing sequence numbers

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How about something like:

  select (select isnull(max(val)+1,1) from mydata where val < md.val) as [from],
     md.val - 1 as [to]
  from mydata md
  where md.val != 1 and not exists (
        select 1 from mydata md2 where md2.val = md.val - 1)

giving summarised results:

from        to
----------- -----------
6           6
8           8
11          14

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