I have 2 tables as following:
CREATE TABLE public.test_employee
(
index int NOT NULL,
name varchar(100),
date_of_birth date,
address varchar(100),
id_dep int NOT NULL,
CONSTRAINT C_PRIMARY PRIMARY KEY (index) DISABLED
);
CREATE TABLE store.test_department
(
index int NOT NULL,
name varchar(100),
describe varchar(100),
CONSTRAINT C_PRIMARY PRIMARY KEY (index) DISABLED
);
I need to create a projection with many columns from the above two tables, My current code looks like this:
CREATE PROJECTION public.employee_department_super
(
idEmp,
idDep,
empName,
date_of_birth,
address,
depName,
describe
)
AS
SELECT e.index,
e.id_dep,
e.name,
e.date_of_birth,
e.address,
d.name,
d.describe
FROM
public.test_employee e
inner join store.test_department d
on e.id_dep=d.index
ORDER BY e.name
UNSEGMENTED ALL NODES;
But I received an error:
[Code: 9366, SQL State: 0A000] [Vertica][VJDBC](9366) ROLLBACK: Projections must select data from only one table
How can I solve this problem?
The answer is: you can't.
Join projections were a thing of a long gone past.
Vertica has begun to satisfy the need of reducing joins by the concept of the flattened table.
You add the two columns as flattened columns to your test_employee table, and they are automatically set whenever you insert new rows into the table.
ALTER TABLE public.test_employee
ADD depname VARCHAR(100)
DEFAULT(
SELECT name FROM store.test_department d WHERE d.index=id_dep
);
ALTER TABLE public.test_employee
ADD describe VARCHAR(100)
DEFAULT(
SELECT describe FROM store.test_department d WHERE d.index=id_dep
);
And the two flattened columns do not count against your license size.
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Goal: Insert all data into a table from staging table. Each piece of data in the staging table has 2 names which can be found in a separate table. By using the 2 two names, I want to find their respective IDs and insert them into the foreign keys of the main table.
Question: How do I insert the data from a staging table into a table while using data from the staging to query IDs from a separate table?
Example tables:
TABLE location:
id int PRIMARY KEY,
location varchar(255) NOT NULL,
person_oneID int FOREIGN KEY REFERENCES people(person_id),
person_twoID int FOREIGN KEY REFERENCES people(person_id)
TABLE staging_location:
id int PRIMARY KEY,
location varchar(255) NOT NULL,
p1_full_name varchar(255) NOT NULL,
p2_full_name varchar(255) NOT NULL
TABLE people:
person_id int PRIMARY KEY,
first_name varchar(255) NOT NULL,
last_name varchar(255) NOT NULL,
full_name varchar(255) NOT NULL,
This question was the closest example to what I have been looking for. Though I haven't been able to get the query to work. Here is what I've tried:
INSERT INTO location(id,location,person_oneID,person_twoID)
SELECT (l.id,l.location,p1.person_oneID,p2.person_twoID)
FROM staging_location AS l
INNER JOIN people p1 ON p1.full_name = l.p1_full_name
INNER JOIN people p2 ON p2.full_name = l.p2_full_name
Additional info: I would like to do this in the same insert statement without using an update because of the number of locations being inserted. I'm using staging tables as a result of importing data from csv files. The csv file with people didn't have an ID field, so I created one for each person by following steps similar to the first answer from this question. Please let me know if any additional information is required or if I can find the answer to my question somewhere I haven't seen.
Use this code even though I do not know what your data structure is and a duplicate field may be inserted
INSERT INTO location(id,location,person_oneID,person_twoID)
SELECT (l.id,l.location,p1.person_id as person_oneID,p2.person_id as person_twoID)
FROM staging_location AS l
INNER JOIN people p1 ON p1.full_name = l.p1_full_name
INNER JOIN people p2 ON p2.full_name = l.p2_full_name
I have Broadcasts, Agents and Advert tables:
CREATE TABLE Broadcasts (
Broadcast_code INT IDENTITY(1,1)PRIMARY KEY,
Minute_cost SMALLMONEY NOT NULL
);
CREATE TABLE Agents (
Agent_code INT IDENTITY(1,1)PRIMARY KEY,
Agent_percent FLOAT NOT NULL,
);
CREATE TABLE Advert (
Advert_code INT IDENTITY(1,1)PRIMARY KEY,
Agent_commission AS ((Minute_cost * Duration_in_minutes) / Agent_percent),
Broadcast_code INT FOREIGN KEY REFERENCES Broadcasts (Broadcast_code) NOT NULL,
Agent_code INT FOREIGN KEY REFERENCES Agents (Agent_code) NOT NULL
);
I want to calculate a computed column:
Agent_commission AS (((Minute_cost * Duration_in_minutes) / Agent_percent)
I tried to use VIEWS, TRIGGERS and UDF. But I can't do it.
I need the easiest way because this is a training project.
Thanks.
A computed column cannot directly reference columns in other tables. One option is to write a user-defined scalar function to calculate the commission.
You have two other options:
Use a view instead of a table.
Use a user-defined table function.
Which is best depends on how the commission will be used. I would advise you to start with a view with the logic you want. You may find that you want columns from several tables.
You can follow below steps
Create table
CREATE TABLE Advert (
Advert_code INT IDENTITY(1,1)PRIMARY KEY,
Agent_commission INT,
Broadcast_code INT FOREIGN KEY REFERENCES Broadcasts (Broadcast_code) NOT NULL,
Agent_code INT FOREIGN KEY REFERENCES Agents (Agent_code) NOT NULL
);
Select required columns
SELECT
NULL AS Advert_code,
((B.Minute_cost * Duration_in_minutes) / A.Agent_percent),
B.Broadcast_code,
A.Agent_code
FROM Broadcasts B
INNER JOIN Agents A
ON (B.Broadcast_code = A.Agent_code );
Using the select query, you can insert into new tables
INSERT INTO Advert
SELECT
NULL AS Advert_code,
((B.Minute_cost * Duration_in_minutes) / A.Agent_percent),
B.Broadcast_code,
A.Agent_code
FROM Broadcasts B
INNER JOIN Agents A
ON (B.Broadcast_code = A.Agent_code );
Little clarification,
* From where you are getting Duration_in_minutes
* What is Advert_code, right now am selecting null, if required you can use oracle sequence or select from another table.
You can also use same select query to create views
I have a view, and I have a function that returns records from this view.
Here is the view definition:
CREATE VIEW ctags(id, name, descr, freq) AS
SELECT tags.conc_id, expressions.name, concepts.descr, tags.freq
FROM tags, concepts, expressions
WHERE concepts.id = tags.conc_id
AND expressions.id = concepts.expr_id;
The column id references to the table tags, that, references to another table concepts, which, in turn, references to the table expressions.
Here are the table definitions:
CREATE TABLE expressions(
id serial PRIMARY KEY,
name text,
is_dropped bool DEFAULT FALSE,
rank float(53) DEFAULT 0,
state text DEFAULT 'never edited',
UNIQUE(name)
);
CREATE TABLE concepts(
id serial PRIMARY KEY,
expr_id int NOT NULL,
descr text NOT NULL,
source_id int,
equiv_p_id int,
equiv_r_id int,
equiv_len int,
weight int,
is_dropped bool DEFAULT FALSE,
FOREIGN KEY(expr_id) REFERENCES expressions,
FOREIGN KEY(source_id),
FOREIGN KEY(equiv_p_id) REFERENCES concepts,
FOREIGN KEY(equiv_r_id) REFERENCES concepts,
UNIQUE(id,equiv_p_id),
UNIQUE(id,equiv_r_id)
);
CREATE TABLE tags(
conc_id int NOT NULL,
freq int NOT NULL default 0,
UNIQUE(conc_id, freq)
);
The table expressions is also referenced from my view (ctags).
I want my function to combine rows of my view, that have equal values in the column name and that refer to rows of the table concepts with equal values of the column equiv_r_id so that these rows are combined only once, the combined row has one (doesn't matter which) of the ids, the value of the column descr is concatenated from the values of the rows being combined, and the row freq contains the sum of the values from the rows being combined. I have no idea how to do it, any help would be appreciated.
Basically, what you describe looks like this:
CREATE FUNCTION f_test()
RETURNS TABLE(min_id int, name text, all_descr text, sum_freq int) AS
$x$
SELECT min(t.conc_id) -- AS min_id
,e.name
,string_agg(c.descr, ', ') -- AS all_descr
,sum(t.freq) -- AS sum_freq
FROM tags t
JOIN concepts c USING (id)
JOIN expressions e ON e.id = c.expr_id;
-- WHERE e.name IS DISTINCT FROM
$x$
LANGUAGE sql;
Major points:
I ignored the view ctags altogether as it is not needed.
You could also write this as View so far, the function wrapper is not necessary.
You need PostgreSQL 9.0+ for string_agg(). Else you have to substitute with
array_to_string(array_agg(c.descr), ', ')
The only unclear part is this:
and that refer to rows of the table concepts with equal values of the column equiv_r_id so that these rows are combined only once
Waht column exactly refers to what column in table concepts?
concepts.equiv_r_id equals what exactly?
If you can clarify that part, I might be able to incorporate it into the solution.
I'm using SQL Server 2005 and wish to create a number address records, updating the contact records with the new Id's:
Take the following tables
create table contact(id int primary key identity, home_address_id int, work_address_id int)
create table address(id int primary key identity, street varchar(25), number int)
And foreign keys:
ALTER TABLE dbo.contact ADD CONSTRAINT FK_contact_address1 FOREIGN KEY (home_address_id) REFERENCES dbo.address(id)
ALTER TABLE dbo.contact ADD CONSTRAINT FK_contact_address2 FOREIGN KEY (work_address_id) REFERENCES dbo.address(id)
some dummy data
insert into contact default values
insert into contact default values
insert into contact default values
How can I insert a default empty address record for all contacts who have no home address, and update the home_address_id in one go?
The first part is simple:
insert into address(street) select null from contact where home_address_id is null
I can even get the newly create address id's:
declare #addressTable table(id int)
insert into address(street)
OUTPUT INSERTED.Id INTO #addressTable
select null from contact where home_address_id is null
Here's the new id's
select * from #addressTable
But how to update the contact table with these new Id's?
If possible, I would suggest normalizing your database by adding a Contact_Addresses table:
CREATE TABLE Contact_Addresses
(
contact_id INT NOT NULL,
address_id INT NOT NULL,
address_type VARCHAR(10) NOT NULL,
CONSTRAINT PK_Contact_Addresses PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED (contact_id, address_id, address_type),
CONSTRAINT FK_ContactAddresses_Contacts (contact_id) REFERENCES Contacts (id),
CONSTRAINT FK_ContactAddresses_Addresses (address_id) REFERENCES Addresses (id),
CONSTRAINT CK_ContactAddresses_address_type CHECK address_type IN ('HOME', 'WORK')
)
Next, I would suggest not putting "dummy" records in your database. It's going to end up causing headaches down the road. The database should contain an accurate record of the data in your system. If you want to display some value by default when no address exists in the system for a contact then handle that in your UI.
If you really must though, then the following code should do the trick:
;WITH C_CTE AS
(
SELECT
id,
home_address_id,
ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY id) AS seq
FROM
Contacts
),
(
SELECT
id,
ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY id) AS seq
FROM
Addresses
)
UPDATE
C_CTE
SET
home_address_id = A.id
FROM
C_CTE C
INNER JOIN A_CTE A ON A.seq = C.seq
I would do it from the moment you get a new contact, thusly:
[receive contact information]
//prior to inserting contact
declare #homeAddress int, #workAddress int
[insert home address here (real or default based on input)]
set #homeAddress = ##Identity
[insert work address here (real or default)]
set #workAddress = ##Identity
[insert contact here referencing #homeAddress & #workAddress]
For the stuff already in your table, you're going to have to associate all of your null value ids to a contact id. Or, you could clear out your null value addresses, and modify the above statement to an update somehow (brain's not working at the moment, so all I'm coming up with is a cursor, and cursors are evil).
I have a table with a column that I want to extract out and put into a separate table.
For example, lets say I have a table named Contacts. Contacts has a column named Name which stores a string. Now I want to pull out the names into another table named Name and link the Contact.Name column to the Id of the Name table.
I can only use SQL to do this. Any ideas on the best way to go about this?
Let me know if I can clarify anything, thanks!
[edit]
One problem is that different contacts can be tied to the same name. So when different contacts have the same name and it gets exported the Name table would only have one unique row for that name and all the contacts would point to that row. I guess this wouldn't make sense if I were actually working on a contact book, but I'm just using it to illustrate my problem.
CREATE TABLE Name (NameID int IDENTITY(1, 1), [Name] varchar(50))
INSERT INTO Name ([Name])
SELECT DISTINCT [Name]
FROM Contact
ALTER TABLE Contact
ADD COLUMN NameID int
UPDATE Contact
SET NameID = [Name].NameID
FROM Contact
INNER JOIN [Name]
ON Contact.[Name] = [Name].[Name]
ALTER TABLE Contact
DROP COLUMN [Name]
Then add foreign key constraint, etc.
Create the new table with a Foreign key that points back to the contact table. Then insert the names and contactids from the contact table into this new table. After that you can drop the "name" column from the contact table.
CREATE TABLE Name
(
ContactId int,
Name nvarchar(100)
);
INSERT Name(Name)
SELECT ContactId, Name From Contact;
ALTER TABLE Contact
DROP Column name;
EDIT: Since you have edited the question to mention that one name can be associated with multiple contacts, this changes things in the opposite way.
CREATE TABLE Name
(
NameId int IDENTITY,
Name nvarchar(100)
);
INSERT Name(Name)
SELECT DISTINCT Name From Contact;
ALTER TABLE Contact
ADD NameId int;
UPDATE c
SET c.NameId = n.NameId
FROM Contact c
JOIN Name n on n.Name = c.Name;
ALTER Table Contact
Drop Column Name;
NOTE: Make sure that you create the appropiate foreign key between the Contact and Name tables using the NameId on the Contact table and also create a UNIQUE constraint on the "name" column in the Name table.
insert into another_table( contact_id, name )
select id, name
from contacts;
insert into new_table (contact_id, name)
select min(id), name
from contacts
group by name;
This is one way of ensuring only one row per name - you can substitute other functions for min (like, for eg max).
I'm not too sure why you would want to do this, though. No matter what, you will end up with some contacts that don't have a name linked to them...
ALTER TABLE `Contacts` ADD `name_id` INT( 12 ) NOT NULL
ALTER TABLE `Name` ADD `Name` VARCHAR( 200 ) NOT NULL
INSERT INTO Name (id, name) SELECT id, Name FROM Contacts
ALTER TABLE `Contacts` DROP `Name`
The problem is the name_id field, which is filles with "0" and should be have the same value as the id in the Contacts-Table. Here you can use the LOOP or ITERATE statement (if you using MySQL).