I am trying to create query, on below scenario.
with my skills I am able to join Table A,A1,B and A,A1,C and A,A1,D individually and union them.
Is there any better way to achieve same. I am using Oracle as Database.
It all depends on what they mean and if you need to know the columns the values are from.
This would get all the columns and you would have NULL values from the non-matching B, C, D tables:
SELECT *
FROM a1
INNER JOIN a ON a1.aid = a.id
LEFT OUTER JOIN b ON a.extid = b.extid
LEFT OUTER JOIN c ON a.extid = c.extid
LEFT OUTER JOIN d ON a.extid = d.extid
Or, this would get only the relevant values and give you the type they belong to in fewer columns:
SELECT *
FROM a1
INNER JOIN a ON a1.aid = a.id
INNER JOIN (
SELECT extid, 'B' AS type, pqr_col AS col1, qrs_col AS col2 FROM b
UNION ALL
SELECT extid, 'C', abc_col, bcd_col FROM c
UNION ALL
SELECT extid, 'D', xyz_col, yza_col FROM d
) bcd
ON a.extid = bcd.extid
Union was my first thought when I read your question. Though, for simplicity, you could first create a view and then join it to other table(s):
create view v_ext as
select b.extid, b.pqr_col, b.qrs_col from b
union all
select c.extid, c.abc_col, c.bcd_col from c
union all
select d.extid, d.xyz_col, d.yza_col from d;
select *
from a join a1 on a.id = a1.aid
join v_ext v on v.extid = a.extid;
you can try the query with 'with' clause. Something like below, I havent tested it though
with union_output as
( select b.extid, b.pqr_col, b.qrs_col from b
union
select c.extid, c.abc_col, c.bcd_col from c
union
select d.extid, d.xyz_col, d.yza_col from d)
select *
from a join a1 on a.id = a1.aid
join union_output uo on uo.extid = a.extid;
Select *from tableA A
Inner join tableA1 A1 on A1.A1ID=A.AID
Inner join tableB b on b.ExtID=A.ExtID
Inner join tableC c on c.ExtID=A.ExtID
Inner join tableD d on d.ExtID=A.ExtID
Related
I am kind of stuck at one problem at my job where I need to pull 2 cols from base table and 1 column from a series of joins.
Please note that, I can not provide real data so I am using dummy column/table names and there are 100s of columns in real project.
Select A.Name,B.Age, D.Sal
From A Left join B on A.iD=B.id and B.Date=CURRENT_DATE
(/* join A and B table and return distinct column which is B.XYZ)
inner join C on C.iD=B.XYZ
(/* join B and C take C.YYY column for next join */)
inner join D on D.id=C.YYY
(/* Take out the D.Sal column from this join */) where A.Dept='IT'
I have written this query but it is taking forever to run because B.XYZ column has a lot of duplicates. how can I get distinct of B.XYZ column from that join.
For Joining Table B, you first get a distinct table of the columns you need from B then join.
SELECT
A.Name,
B.Age,
D.Sal
From A
LEFT JOIN ( -- Instead of all cols (*), just id, Date, Age and xyz might do
SELECT DISTINCT * FROM B
) B ON A.iD = B.id AND B.Date = CURRENT_DATE
--(/* join A and B table and return distinct column which is B.XYZ */)
INNER JOIN C ON C.iD = B.XYZ
--(/*join B and C take C.YYY column for next join */)
INNER JOIN D ON D.id = C.YYY
--(/* Take out the D.Sal column from this join */)
WHERE A.Dept='IT'
You say you get the same rows multifold, because for a b.id, date and age you get the same xyz more than once, or so I understand it.
One option is to join with a subquery that gets the distinct data:
SELECT a.name, b.age, d.sal
FROM a
LEFT JOIN
(
SELECT DISTINCT id, date, age, xyz FROM b
) dist_b ON dist_b.id = a.id and dist_b.date = CURRENT_DATE
INNER JOIN c ON c.id = dist_b.xyz
INNER JOIN d ON d.id = c.yyy
WHERE a.dept = 'IT';
Of course you can even move the date condition inside the subquery:
SELECT a.name, b.age, d.sal
FROM a
LEFT JOIN
(
SELECT DISTINCT id, age, xyz FROM b WHERE date = CURRENT_DATE
) dist_b ON dist_b.id = a.id
INNER JOIN c ON c.id = dist_b.xyz
INNER JOIN d ON d.id = c.yyy
WHERE a.dept = 'IT';
Your LEFT OUTER JOIN doesn't work by the way. As you are inner joining the following tables, a match must exists, so your outer join becomes an inner join. For the outer join to work you would have to outer join the following tables, too.
Please I need your help.
Suppose that we have 3 tables A, B and C as shown in the image below:
I want to get lines in the table A that exist or not exist in table B, and lines in table C that exist or not exist in table B, using one sql request.
I have tried this but doesn't work :
SELECT A.ATS0804, C.ATS0207, A.ATS0959, A.ATS0802, B.ATS0827
FROM
ISUT183.ENS0042 B
RIGHT JOIN ISUT183.ENS0038 A
ON B.ENS0038K = A.ATS0804
RIGHT JOIN ISUT183.EN00041 C
ON B.EN00041K = C.AT02812
WHERE ( C.ATS0207 = '0001757430'
AND B.ATS0823 = '9999-01-01'
AND A.ATS0803 = '9999-01-01'
AND A.ATS0959 = '61384352001'
AND A.ATS0802 ='01.01.2010'
) ;
you can do a cross join too:
with AB as (
select * from A left outer join B on A.ID1=B.ID1
),
AC as (
select * from C left outer join B on C.ID2=B.ID2
)
select * from AB CROSS JOIN AC
use where exists and where not exists clauses
If you test equality into table B in where clause, the left outer join or right outer join dont take null
You dont have join between A and C, then you can do a UNION ALL
but you must take columns of same type in selects clause (ID1 same type of ID2)
select * from (
select 'A-B' typejoin, A.ID1 as IDA_OR_C, B.ID1 as IDB from A left outer join B on A.ID1=B.ID1
union all
select 'A-C' typejoin, C.ID2 as IDA_OR_C, B.ID2 as IDB from C left outer join B on C.ID2=B.ID2
) tmp
where ....
I need to do the following (I am not really sure if it is possible to do using SQL)
Table A
col_a_1, col_a_2, col_a_3
Table B
col_a_1, col_b_1, col_b_2....
Table C
col_a_1, col_c_1, col_c_2....
were col_a_1 is unique in table A. I need to join tables A, B, C such that every entry in table A will appear multiple times but every entry in table B and C appears only once and against the same col_a_1 of table A.
I know how to do it using the code. Is it also possible to do with SQL alone?
Thanks in advance.
You either want to use an outer join of some sort. either left or full outer.
SELECT A.*, B.*, C.*
FROM Table_A A
LEFT JOIN Table_B B on A.col_A_1 = B.Col_A_1
LEFT JOIN table_C C on A.Col_A_1 = C.Col_A_1
SELECT A.*, B.*, C.*
FROM Table_A A
FULL OUTER JOIN Table_B B on A.col_A_1 = B.Col_A_1
FULL OUTER JOIN table_C C on A.Col_A_1 = C.Col_A_1
or possibly a union result... just depends on what you're after.
SELECT A.*, B.*
FROM Table_A A
INNER JOIN Table_B B on A.col_A_1 = B.Col_A_1
UNION
SELECT A.*, C.*
FROM Table_A A
INNER JOIN Table_C C on A.col_A_1 = C.Col_A_1
I have two tables
Table A
-------
ID
ProductName
Table B
-------
ID
ProductID
Size
I want to join these two tables
SELECT * FROM
(SELECT * FROM A)
LEFT JOIN
(SELECT * FROM B)
ON A.ID = B.ProductID
This is easy, I will get all rows from A multiplied by rows matched in B, and NULL fields if there is no match.
But here comes the tricky question, how can I get all rows from A with NULL fields for table B, even if there is a match, so I get an extra line with NULL values plus all the matches?
SELECT A.*
, B3.ID
, B3.ProductID
, B3.Size
FROM A
LEFT JOIN
(
SELECT ProductID as MatchID
, ID
, ProductID
, Size
FROM B
UNION ALL
SELECT ID
, null
, null
, null
FROM A A2
) B3
ON A.ID = B3.MatchID
Live example at SQL Fiddle.
Instead of using UNION ALL in a subquery as suggested by others, you could also (and I would) use UNION ALL at the outer level, which keeps the query simpler:
SELECT A.ID, A.ProductName, B.ID, B.Size
FROM A
INNER JOIN B
ON B.ProductID = A.ID
UNION ALL
SELECT A.ID, A.ProductName, NULL, NULL
FROM A
Since every join is going to be successful, we can switch to a full/inner join:
SELECT
*
FROM
A
INNER JOIN
(SELECT ID,ProductID,Size FROM B
UNION ALL
SELECT NULL,ID,NULL FROM A) B
ON
A.ID = B.ProductID
Now would be a very good time to switch to naming columns explicitly, rather than using SELECT *
Or, if, as per #Andomar's comment, you need all of the B columns to be NULL:
SELECT
A.ID,A.ProductName,
B.ID,B.ProductID,B.Size
FROM
A
INNER JOIN
(SELECT ID,ProductID,Size,ProductID as MatchID FROM B
UNION ALL
SELECT NULL,NULL,NULL,ID FROM A) B
ON
A.ID = B.MatchID
I need to simulate the left join effect without using the "left join" key.
I have two tables, A and B, both with id and name columns. I would like to select all the dbids on both tables, where the name in A equals the name in B.
I use this to make a synchronization, so at the beginning B is empty (so I will have couples with id from A with a value and id from B is null). Later I will have a mix of couples with value - value and value - null.
Normally it would be:
SELECT A.id, B.id
FROM A left join B
ON A.name = B.name
The problem is that I can't use the left join and wanted to know if/how it is possible to do the same thing.
you can use this approach, but you must be sure that the inner select only returns one row.
SELECT A.id,
(select B.id from B where A.name = B.name) as B_ID
FROM A
Just reverse the tables and use a right join instead.
SELECT A.id,
B.id
FROM B
RIGHT JOIN A
ON A.name = B.name
I'm not familiar with java/jpa. Using pure SQL, here's one approach:
SELECT A.id AS A_id, B.id AS B_id
FROM A INNER JOIN B
ON A.name = B.name
UNION
SELECT id AS A_id, NULL AS B_id
FROM A
WHERE name NOT IN ( SELECT name FROM B );
In SQL Server, for example, You can use the *= operator to make a left join:
select A.id, B.id
from A, B
where A.name *= B.name
Other databases might have a slightly different syntax, if such an operator exists at all.
This is the old syntax, used before the join keyword was introduced. You should of course use the join keyword instead if possible. The old syntax might not even work in newer versions of the database.
I can only think of two ways that haven't been given so far. My last three ideas have already been given (boohoo) but I put them here for posterity. I DID think of them without cheating. :-p
Calculate whether B has a match, then provide an extra UNIONed row for the B set to supply the NULL when there is no match.
SELECT A.Id, A.Something, B.Id, B.Whatever, B.SomethingElse
FROM
(
SELECT
A.*,
CASE
WHEN EXISTS (SELECT * FROM B WHERE A.Id = B.Id) THEN 1
ELSE 0
END Which
FROM A
) A
INNER JOIN (
SELECT 1 Which, B.* FROM B
UNION ALL SELECT 0, B* FROM B WHERE 1 = 0
) B ON A.Which = B.Which
AND (
A.Which = 0
OR (
A.Which = 1
AND A.Id = b.Id
)
)
A slightly different take on that same query:
SELECT A.Id, B.Id
FROM
(
SELECT
A.*,
CASE
WHEN EXISTS (SELECT * FROM B WHERE A.Id = B.Id) THEN A.Id
ELSE -1 // a value that does not exist in B
END PseudoId
FROM A
) A
INNER JOIN (
SELECT B.Id PseudoId, B.Id FROM B
UNION ALL SELECT -1, NULL
) B ON A.Which = B.Which
AND A.PseudoId = B.PseudoId
Only for SQL Server specifically. I know, it's really a left join, but it doesn't SAY LEFT in there!
SELECT A.Id, B.Id
FROM
A
OUTER APPLY (
SELECT *
FROM B
WHERE A.Id = B.Id
) B
Get the inner join then UNION the outer join:
SELECT A.Id, B.Id
FROM
A
INNER JOIN B ON A.name = B.name
UNION ALL
SELECT A.Id, NULL
FROM A
WHERE NOT EXISTS (
SELECT *
FROM B
WHERE A.Id = B.Id
)
Use RIGHT JOIN. That's not a LEFT JOIN!
SELECT A.Id, B.Id
FROM
B
RIGHT JOIN A ON B.name = A.name
Just select the B value in a subquery expression (let's hope there's only one B per A). Multiple columns from B can be their own expressions (YUCKO!):
SELECT A.Id, (SELECT TOP 1 B.Id FROM B WHERE A.Id = B.Id) Bid
FROM A
Anyone using Oracle may need some FROM DUAL clauses in any SELECTs that have no FROM.
You could use subqueries, something like:
select a.id
, nvl((select b.id from b where b.name = a.name), "") as bId
from a
you can use oracle + operator for left join :-
SELECT A.id, B.id
FROM A , B
ON A.name = B.name (+)
Find link :-
Oracle "(+)" Operator
SELECT A.id, B.id
FROM A full outer join B
ON A.name = B.name
where A.name is not null
I'm not sure if you just can't use a LEFT JOIN or if you're restricted from using any JOINS at all. But as far as I understand your requirements, an INNER JOIN should work:
SELECT A.id, B.id
FROM A
INNER JOIN B ON A.name = B.name
Simulating left join using pure simple sql:
SELECT A.name
FROM A
where (select count(B.name) from B where A.id = B.id)<1;
In left join there are no lines in B referring A so 0 names in B will refer to the lines in A that dont have a match
+ or A.id = B.id in where clause to simulate the inner join