Sql server separate a string and pivot the result - sql

I have a string that a get from a query, and separate by delimiter:
After that i need to put in columns instead of rows, this is what i'm doing from searching examples.
Declare #NomeAux varchar(255)
Declare #id int = 3059
select #NomeAux = des_auxiliar from WKF_ProcessoItem where Id_ProcessoItem = #id
SELECT #id as id,Split.a.value('.', 'NVARCHAR(MAX)') valores
into #temp
FROM
(
SELECT CAST('<X>'+REPLACE(#NomeAux, ';', '</X><X>')+'</X>' AS XML) AS String
) AS A
CROSS APPLY String.nodes('/X') AS Split(a);
SELECT
Id
, [GSE]
, [LOCAL]
, [SN]
, [Modelo]
, [Fechadura]
, [Vazio]
FROM #temp
PIVOT (
max(valores)
FOR valores IN ([GSE], [LOCAL], [SN],[Modelo],[Fechadura],[Vazio])
) AS PIVOTED
But I'm getting all values null like this:
I'm getting all values null
The result I need

This looks like a pretty strange way to store a EAV list (Entity-Attribute-Value), where the id marks the entity and the text is a name-value-pair. Try something along this:
DECLARE #tbl TABLE(id INT,valores VARCHAR(100));
INSERT INTO #tbl VALUES
(1,'[GSE] SAO')
,(1,'NOME DO LOCAL: CASH')
,(1,'SN:1111')
,(1,'MODELO: blah1')
,(1,'FECHADURA: 11')
,(2,'[GSE] SAO')
,(2,'NOME DO LOCAL: CREDIT')
,(2,'SN:2222')
,(2,'MODELO: blah2')
,(2,'FECHADURA: 22');
SELECT t.id
,MAX(CASE WHEN valoresXml.value('/x[1]/text()[1]','nvarchar(max)')='[GSE] SAO' THEN t.valores END) AS GSE
,MAX(CASE WHEN valoresXml.value('/x[1]/text()[1]','nvarchar(max)')='NOME DO LOCAL' THEN valoresXml.value('/x[2]/text()[1]','nvarchar(max)') END) AS NomeDoLocal
,MAX(CASE WHEN valoresXml.value('/x[1]/text()[1]','nvarchar(max)')='SN' THEN valoresXml.value('/x[2]/text()[1]','nvarchar(max)') END) AS SN
,MAX(CASE WHEN valoresXml.value('/x[1]/text()[1]','nvarchar(max)')='MODELO' THEN valoresXml.value('/x[2]/text()[1]','nvarchar(max)') END) AS Modelo
,MAX(CASE WHEN valoresXml.value('/x[1]/text()[1]','nvarchar(max)')='FECHADURA' THEN valoresXml.value('/x[2]/text()[1]','nvarchar(max)') END) AS Fechadura
FROM #tbl t
CROSS APPLY(SELECT CAST('<x>' + REPLACE(t.valores,':','</x><x>') + '</x>' AS XML)) A(valoresXML)
GROUP BY t.id;
The result
id GSE NomeDoLocal SN Modelo Fechadura
1 [GSE] SAO CASH 1111 blah1 11
2 [GSE] SAO CREDIT 2222 blah2 22
The idea in short:
This technique is called "conditional aggregation" (kind of old-fashioned pivot).
We use XML to divide the text at the :-character (What about [GSE] SAO?).
We return a grouped set with the values taken conditionally.

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How to SORT in order as entered in SQL Server?

I'm using SQL Server and I'm trying to find results but I would like to get the results in the same order as I had input the conditions.
My code:
SELECT
AccountNumber, EndDate
FROM
Accounts
WHERE
AccountNumber IN (212345, 312345, 145687, 658975, 256987, 365874, 568974, 124578, 125689) -- I would like the results to be in the same order as these numbers.
Here is an in-line approach
Example
Declare #List varchar(max)='212345, 312345, 145687, 658975, 256987, 365874, 568974, 124578, 125689'
Select A.AccountNumber
,A.EndDate
From Accounts A
Join (
Select RetSeq = Row_Number() over (Order By (Select null))
,RetVal = v.value('(./text())[1]', 'int')
From (values (convert(xml,'<x>' + replace(#List,',','</x><x>')+'</x>'))) x(n)
Cross Apply n.nodes('x') node(v)
) B on A.AccountNumber = B.RetVal
Order By B.RetSeq
EDIT - the subquery Returns
RetSeq RetVal
1 212345
2 312345
3 145687
4 658975
5 256987
6 365874
7 568974
8 124578
9 125689
You can replace IN with a JOIN, and set a field for ordering, like this:
SELECT AccountNumber , EndDate
FROM Accounts a
JOIN (
SELECT 212345 AS Number, 1 AS SeqOrder
UNION ALL
SELECT 312345 AS Number, 2 AS SeqOrder
UNION ALL
SELECT 145687 AS Number, 3 AS SeqOrder
UNION ALL
... -- and so on
) AS inlist ON inlist.Number = a.AccountNumber
ORDER BY inlist.SeqOrder
I will offer one more approach I just found out, but this needs v2016. Regrettfully the developers forgot to include the index into the resultset of STRING_SPLIT(), but this would work and is documented:
A solution via FROM OPENJSON():
DECLARE #str VARCHAR(100) = 'val1,val2,val3';
SELECT *
FROM OPENJSON('["' + REPLACE(#str,',','","') + '"]');
The result
key value type
0 val1 1
1 val2 1
2 val3 1
The documentation tells clearly:
When OPENJSON parses a JSON array, the function returns the indexes of the elements in the JSON text as keys.
This is not an answer, just some test-code to check John Cappelletti's approach.
DECLARE #tbl TABLE(ID INT IDENTITY,SomeGuid UNIQUEIDENTIFIER);
--Create more than 6 mio rows with an running number and a changing Guid
WITH tally AS (SELECT ROW_NUMBER()OVER(ORDER BY (SELECT NULL)) AS Nmbr
FROM master..spt_values v1
CROSS JOIN master..spt_values v2)
INSERT INTO #tbl
SELECT NEWID() from tally;
SELECT COUNT(*) FROM #tbl; --6.325.225 on my machine
--Create an XML with nothing more than a list of GUIDs in the order of the table's ID
DECLARE #xml XML=
(SELECT SomeGuid FRom #tbl ORDER BY ID FOR XML PATH(''),ROOT('root'),TYPE);
--Create one invalid entry
UPDATE #tbl SET SomeGuid = NEWID() WHERE ID=10000;
--Read all GUIDs out of the XML and number them
DECLARE #tbl2 TABLE(Position INT,TheGuid UNIQUEIDENTIFIER);
INSERT INTO #tbl2(Position,TheGuid)
SELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY (SELECT NULL))
,g.value(N'text()[1]',N'uniqueidentifier')
FROM #xml.nodes(N'/root/SomeGuid') AS A(g);
--then JOIN them via "Position" and check,
--if there are rows, where not the same values get into the same row.
SELECT *
FROM #tbl t
INNER JOIN #tbl2 t2 ON t2.Position=t.ID
WHERE t.SomeGuid<>t2.TheGuid;
At least in this simple case I always get exactly only the one record back which was invalidated...
Okay, after some re-thinking I'll offer the ultimative XML based type-safe and sort-safe splitter:
Declare #List varchar(max)='212345, 312345, 145687, 658975, 256987, 365874, 568974, 124578, 125689';
DECLARE #delimiter VARCHAR(10)=', ';
WITH Casted AS
(
SELECT (LEN(#List)-LEN(REPLACE(#List,#delimiter,'')))/LEN(REPLACE(#delimiter,' ','.')) + 1 AS ElementCount
,CAST('<x>' + REPLACE((SELECT #List AS [*] FOR XML PATH('')),#delimiter,'</x><x>')+'</x>' AS XML) AS ListXml
)
,Tally(Nmbr) As
(
SELECT TOP((SELECT ElementCount FROM Casted)) ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY (SELECT NULL)) FROM master..spt_values v1 CROSS JOIN master..spt_values v2
)
SELECT Tally.Nmbr AS Position
,(SELECT ListXml.value('(/x[sql:column("Tally.Nmbr")])[1]','int') FROM Casted) AS Item
FROM Tally;
The trick is to create a list of running numbers with the fitting number of element (a number's table was even better) and to pick the elements according to their position.
Hint: This is rather slow...
UPDATE: even better:
WITH Casted AS
(
SELECT (LEN(#List)-LEN(REPLACE(#List,#delimiter,'')))/LEN(REPLACE(#delimiter,' ','.')) + 1 AS ElementCount
,CAST('<x>' + REPLACE((SELECT #List AS [*] FOR XML PATH('')),#delimiter,'</x><x>')+'</x>' AS XML)
.query('
for $x in /x
return <x p="{count(/x[. << $x])}">{$x/text()[1]}</x>
') AS ListXml
)
SELECT x.value('#p','int') AS Position
,x.value('text()[1]','int') AS Item
FROM Casted
CROSS APPLY Casted.ListXml.nodes('/x') AS A(x);
Elements are create as
<x p="99">TheValue</x>
Regrettfully the XQuery function position() is not available to retrieve the value. But you can use the trick to count all elements before a given node. this is scaling badly, as this count must be performed over and over. The more elements the worse it goes...
UPDATE2: With a known count of elements one might use this (much better performance)
Use XQuery to iterate a literally given list:
WITH Casted AS
(
SELECT (LEN(#List)-LEN(REPLACE(#List,#delimiter,'')))/LEN(REPLACE(#delimiter,' ','.')) + 1 AS ElementCount
,CAST('<x>' + REPLACE((SELECT #List AS [*] FOR XML PATH('')),#delimiter,'</x><x>')+'</x>' AS XML)
.query('
for $i in (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9)
return <x p="{$i}">{/x[$i]/text()[1]}</x>
') AS ListXml
)
SELECT x.value('#p','int') AS Position
,x.value('text()[1]','int') AS Item
FROM Casted
CROSS APPLY Casted.ListXml.nodes('/x') AS A(x);
In Azure SQL, there is now extended version of STRING_SPLIT which also can return the order of items if the third optional argument enable_ordinal is set to 1.
Then this simple task is finally easy:
DECLARE #string AS varchar(200) = 'a/b/c/d/e'
DECLARE #position AS int = 3
SELECT value FROM STRING_SPLIT(#string, '/', 1) WHERE ordinal = #position
Unfortunately not available in SQL Server 2019, only in Azure for now, lets hope it will be in SQL Server 2022.

Split SQL server string that has Decimal points into multiple Columns

I have the following table
Col
=========================
1270.8/847.2/254.16/106.9
And I would like to be split into columns like so:
Col1 Col2 Col3 Col4
============================================
1270.8 847.2 254.16 106.9
I have the code below, but it doesn't take the decimal into consideration.
Declare #Sample Table
(MachineName varchar(max))
Insert into #Sample
values ('1270.8/847.2/254.16');
SELECT
Reverse(ParseName(Replace(Reverse(MachineName), '/', ''), 1)) As [M1]
, Reverse(ParseName(Replace(Reverse(MachineName), '/', ''), 2)) As [M2]
, Reverse(ParseName(Replace(Reverse(MachineName), '/', ''), 3)) As [M3]
FROM #Sample
In SQL Server 2016+ you can use string_split().
In SQL Server pre-2016, using a CSV Splitter table valued function by Jeff Moden and conditional aggregation:
declare #Sample Table (id int not null identity(1,1), MachineName varchar(max));
insert into #Sample values ('1270.8/847.2/254.16'),('1270.8/847.2/254.16/106.9');
select
t.id
, m1 = max(case when s.ItemNumber = 1 then s.Item end)
, m2 = max(case when s.ItemNumber = 2 then s.Item end)
, m3 = max(case when s.ItemNumber = 3 then s.Item end)
, m4 = max(case when s.ItemNumber = 4 then s.Item end)
from #Sample t
cross apply dbo.delimitedsplit8K(MachineName,'/') s
group by id
rextester demo: http://rextester.com/WJVLB77682
returns:
+----+--------+-------+--------+-------+
| id | m1 | m2 | m3 | m4 |
+----+--------+-------+--------+-------+
| 1 | 1270.8 | 847.2 | 254.16 | NULL |
| 2 | 1270.8 | 847.2 | 254.16 | 106.9 |
+----+--------+-------+--------+-------+
splitting strings reference:
Tally OH! An Improved SQL 8K “CSV Splitter” Function - Jeff Moden
Splitting Strings : A Follow-Up - Aaron Bertrand
Split strings the right way – or the next best way - Aaron Bertrand
string_split() in SQL Server 2016 : Follow-Up #1 - Aaron Bertrand
Everyone should have a good split/parse function as illustrated by SQLZim (+1), but another option could be as follow:
Declare #YourTable table (ID int,Col varchar(max))
Insert Into #YourTable values
(1,'1270.8/847.2/254.16/106.9')
Select A.ID
,B.*
From #YourTable A
Cross Apply (
Select Col1 = xDim.value('/x[1]','float')
,Col2 = xDim.value('/x[2]','float')
,Col3 = xDim.value('/x[3]','float')
,Col4 = xDim.value('/x[4]','float')
From (Select Cast('<x>' + replace((Select replace(A.Col,'/','§§Split§§') as [*] For XML Path('')),'§§Split§§','</x><x>')+'</x>' as xml) as xDim) as A
) B
Returns
ID Col1 Col2 Col3 Col4
1 1270.8 847.2 254.16 106.9
EDIT - If 2012+, and just to be super-duper safe
Select A.ID
,B.*
From #YourTable A
Cross Apply (
Select Col1 = try_convert(float,xDim.value('/x[1]','varchar(100)'))
,Col2 = try_convert(float,xDim.value('/x[2]','varchar(100)'))
,Col3 = try_convert(float,xDim.value('/x[3]','varchar(100)'))
,Col4 = try_convert(float,xDim.value('/x[4]','varchar(100)'))
From (Select Cast('<x>' + replace((Select replace(A.Col,'/','§§Split§§') as [*] For XML Path('')),'§§Split§§','</x><x>')+'</x>' as xml) as xDim) as A
) B
If you are using SQL Server 2016, you can use String_Split()
;with cte as (
select RowN = row_number() over(order by (SELECT NULL)), * from string_split('1270.8/847.2/254.16/106.9','/')
) select * from cte
pivot (max(value) for RowN in ([1],[2],[3],[4])) p
If you are using less than SQL Server 2016 version then you might require to use custom split functions... Many ways to write custom split function one easier way is to write using xml
CREATE Function dbo.udf_split( #str varchar(max), #delimiter as varchar(5) )
RETURNS #retTable Table
( RowN int,
value varchar(max)
)
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE #xml as xml
SET #xml = cast(('<X>'+replace(#str,#delimiter ,'</X><X>')+'</X>') as xml)
INSERT INTO #retTable
SELECT RowN = Row_Number() over (order by (SELECT NULL)), N.value('.', 'varchar(MAX)') as value FROM #xml.nodes('X') as T(N)
RETURN
END
--Your query
;with cte as (
select * from udf_split('1270.8/847.2/254.16/106.9','/')
) select * from cte
pivot (max(value) for RowN in ([1],[2],[3],[4])) p
But mine is similar to John's solution... Just now only looking at that
If you are using in value in a table then you can use cross apply as below
create table #t (v varchar(50), i int)
insert into #t (v, i) values ('1270.8/847.2/254.16/106.9',1)
,('847.222/254.33/106.44',2)
select * from #t t cross apply string_split(t.v, '/')
create table #t (v varchar(50), i int)
insert into #t (v, i) values ('1270.8/847.2/254.16/106.9',1)
,('847.222/254.33/106.44',2)
--Just to get all the values
select * from #t t cross apply string_split(t.v, '/')
--Inorder to get into same row -pivoting the data
select * from (
select * from #t t cross apply (select RowN=Row_Number() over (Order by (SELECT NULL)), value from string_split(t.v, '/') ) d) src
pivot (max(value) for src.RowN in([1],[2],[3],[4])) p

UPDATE set FROM select [duplicate]

How do I get:
id Name Value
1 A 4
1 B 8
2 C 9
to
id Column
1 A:4, B:8
2 C:9
No CURSOR, WHILE loop, or User-Defined Function needed.
Just need to be creative with FOR XML and PATH.
[Note: This solution only works on SQL 2005 and later. Original question didn't specify the version in use.]
CREATE TABLE #YourTable ([ID] INT, [Name] CHAR(1), [Value] INT)
INSERT INTO #YourTable ([ID],[Name],[Value]) VALUES (1,'A',4)
INSERT INTO #YourTable ([ID],[Name],[Value]) VALUES (1,'B',8)
INSERT INTO #YourTable ([ID],[Name],[Value]) VALUES (2,'C',9)
SELECT
[ID],
STUFF((
SELECT ', ' + [Name] + ':' + CAST([Value] AS VARCHAR(MAX))
FROM #YourTable
WHERE (ID = Results.ID)
FOR XML PATH(''),TYPE).value('(./text())[1]','VARCHAR(MAX)')
,1,2,'') AS NameValues
FROM #YourTable Results
GROUP BY ID
DROP TABLE #YourTable
If it is SQL Server 2017 or SQL Server Vnext, SQL Azure you can use STRING_AGG as below:
SELECT id, STRING_AGG(CONCAT(name, ':', [value]), ', ')
FROM #YourTable
GROUP BY id
using XML path will not perfectly concatenate as you might expect... it will replace "&" with "&" and will also mess with <" and ">
...maybe a few other things, not sure...but you can try this
I came across a workaround for this... you need to replace:
FOR XML PATH('')
)
with:
FOR XML PATH(''),TYPE
).value('(./text())[1]','VARCHAR(MAX)')
...or NVARCHAR(MAX) if thats what youre using.
why the hell doesn't SQL have a concatenate aggregate function? this is a PITA.
I ran into a couple of problems when I tried converting Kevin Fairchild's suggestion to work with strings containing spaces and special XML characters (&, <, >) which were encoded.
The final version of my code (which doesn't answer the original question but may be useful to someone) looks like this:
CREATE TABLE #YourTable ([ID] INT, [Name] VARCHAR(MAX), [Value] INT)
INSERT INTO #YourTable ([ID],[Name],[Value]) VALUES (1,'Oranges & Lemons',4)
INSERT INTO #YourTable ([ID],[Name],[Value]) VALUES (1,'1 < 2',8)
INSERT INTO #YourTable ([ID],[Name],[Value]) VALUES (2,'C',9)
SELECT [ID],
STUFF((
SELECT ', ' + CAST([Name] AS VARCHAR(MAX))
FROM #YourTable WHERE (ID = Results.ID)
FOR XML PATH(''),TYPE
/* Use .value to uncomment XML entities e.g. > < etc*/
).value('.','VARCHAR(MAX)')
,1,2,'') as NameValues
FROM #YourTable Results
GROUP BY ID
DROP TABLE #YourTable
Rather than using a space as a delimiter and replacing all the spaces with commas, it just pre-pends a comma and space to each value then uses STUFF to remove the first two characters.
The XML encoding is taken care of automatically by using the TYPE directive.
Another option using Sql Server 2005 and above
---- test data
declare #t table (OUTPUTID int, SCHME varchar(10), DESCR varchar(10))
insert #t select 1125439 ,'CKT','Approved'
insert #t select 1125439 ,'RENO','Approved'
insert #t select 1134691 ,'CKT','Approved'
insert #t select 1134691 ,'RENO','Approved'
insert #t select 1134691 ,'pn','Approved'
---- actual query
;with cte(outputid,combined,rn)
as
(
select outputid, SCHME + ' ('+DESCR+')', rn=ROW_NUMBER() over (PARTITION by outputid order by schme, descr)
from #t
)
,cte2(outputid,finalstatus,rn)
as
(
select OUTPUTID, convert(varchar(max),combined), 1 from cte where rn=1
union all
select cte2.outputid, convert(varchar(max),cte2.finalstatus+', '+cte.combined), cte2.rn+1
from cte2
inner join cte on cte.OUTPUTID = cte2.outputid and cte.rn=cte2.rn+1
)
select outputid, MAX(finalstatus) from cte2 group by outputid
Install the SQLCLR Aggregates from http://groupconcat.codeplex.com
Then you can write code like this to get the result you asked for:
CREATE TABLE foo
(
id INT,
name CHAR(1),
Value CHAR(1)
);
INSERT INTO dbo.foo
(id, name, Value)
VALUES (1, 'A', '4'),
(1, 'B', '8'),
(2, 'C', '9');
SELECT id,
dbo.GROUP_CONCAT(name + ':' + Value) AS [Column]
FROM dbo.foo
GROUP BY id;
Eight years later... Microsoft SQL Server vNext Database Engine has finally enhanced Transact-SQL to directly support grouped string concatenation. The Community Technical Preview version 1.0 added the STRING_AGG function and CTP 1.1 added the WITHIN GROUP clause for the STRING_AGG function.
Reference: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt775028.aspx
SQL Server 2005 and later allow you to create your own custom aggregate functions, including for things like concatenation- see the sample at the bottom of the linked article.
This is just an addition to Kevin Fairchild's post (very clever by the way). I would have added it as a comment, but I don't have enough points yet :)
I was using this idea for a view I was working on, however the items I was concatinating contained spaces. So I modified the code slightly to not use spaces as delimiters.
Again thanks for the cool workaround Kevin!
CREATE TABLE #YourTable ( [ID] INT, [Name] CHAR(1), [Value] INT )
INSERT INTO #YourTable ([ID], [Name], [Value]) VALUES (1, 'A', 4)
INSERT INTO #YourTable ([ID], [Name], [Value]) VALUES (1, 'B', 8)
INSERT INTO #YourTable ([ID], [Name], [Value]) VALUES (2, 'C', 9)
SELECT [ID],
REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(
(SELECT [Name] + ':' + CAST([Value] AS VARCHAR(MAX)) as A
FROM #YourTable
WHERE ( ID = Results.ID )
FOR XML PATH (''))
, '</A><A>', ', ')
,'<A>','')
,'</A>','') AS NameValues
FROM #YourTable Results
GROUP BY ID
DROP TABLE #YourTable
An example would be
In Oracle you can use LISTAGG aggregate function.
Original records
name type
------------
name1 type1
name2 type2
name2 type3
Sql
SELECT name, LISTAGG(type, '; ') WITHIN GROUP(ORDER BY name)
FROM table
GROUP BY name
Result in
name type
------------
name1 type1
name2 type2; type3
This kind of question is asked here very often, and the solution is going to depend a lot on the underlying requirements:
https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=sql+pivot
and
https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=sql+concatenate
Typically, there is no SQL-only way to do this without either dynamic sql, a user-defined function, or a cursor.
Just to add to what Cade said, this is usually a front-end display thing and should therefore be handled there. I know that sometimes it's easier to write something 100% in SQL for things like file export or other "SQL only" solutions, but most of the times this concatenation should be handled in your display layer.
Don't need a cursor... a while loop is sufficient.
------------------------------
-- Setup
------------------------------
DECLARE #Source TABLE
(
id int,
Name varchar(30),
Value int
)
DECLARE #Target TABLE
(
id int,
Result varchar(max)
)
INSERT INTO #Source(id, Name, Value) SELECT 1, 'A', 4
INSERT INTO #Source(id, Name, Value) SELECT 1, 'B', 8
INSERT INTO #Source(id, Name, Value) SELECT 2, 'C', 9
------------------------------
-- Technique
------------------------------
INSERT INTO #Target (id)
SELECT id
FROM #Source
GROUP BY id
DECLARE #id int, #Result varchar(max)
SET #id = (SELECT MIN(id) FROM #Target)
WHILE #id is not null
BEGIN
SET #Result = null
SELECT #Result =
CASE
WHEN #Result is null
THEN ''
ELSE #Result + ', '
END + s.Name + ':' + convert(varchar(30),s.Value)
FROM #Source s
WHERE id = #id
UPDATE #Target
SET Result = #Result
WHERE id = #id
SET #id = (SELECT MIN(id) FROM #Target WHERE #id < id)
END
SELECT *
FROM #Target
Let's get very simple:
SELECT stuff(
(
select ', ' + x from (SELECT 'xxx' x union select 'yyyy') tb
FOR XML PATH('')
)
, 1, 2, '')
Replace this line:
select ', ' + x from (SELECT 'xxx' x union select 'yyyy') tb
With your query.
You can improve performance significant the following way if group by contains mostly one item:
SELECT
[ID],
CASE WHEN MAX( [Name]) = MIN( [Name]) THEN
MAX( [Name]) NameValues
ELSE
STUFF((
SELECT ', ' + [Name] + ':' + CAST([Value] AS VARCHAR(MAX))
FROM #YourTable
WHERE (ID = Results.ID)
FOR XML PATH(''),TYPE).value('(./text())[1]','VARCHAR(MAX)')
,1,2,'') AS NameValues
END
FROM #YourTable Results
GROUP BY ID
didn't see any cross apply answers, also no need for xml extraction. Here is a slightly different version of what Kevin Fairchild wrote. It's faster and easier to use in more complex queries:
select T.ID
,MAX(X.cl) NameValues
from #YourTable T
CROSS APPLY
(select STUFF((
SELECT ', ' + [Name] + ':' + CAST([Value] AS VARCHAR(MAX))
FROM #YourTable
WHERE (ID = T.ID)
FOR XML PATH(''))
,1,2,'') [cl]) X
GROUP BY T.ID
Using the Stuff and for xml path operator to concatenate rows to string :Group By two columns -->
CREATE TABLE #YourTable ([ID] INT, [Name] CHAR(1), [Value] INT)
INSERT INTO #YourTable ([ID],[Name],[Value]) VALUES (1,'A',4)
INSERT INTO #YourTable ([ID],[Name],[Value]) VALUES (1,'B',8)
INSERT INTO #YourTable ([ID],[Name],[Value]) VALUES (1,'B',5)
INSERT INTO #YourTable ([ID],[Name],[Value]) VALUES (2,'C',9)
-- retrieve each unique id and name columns and concatonate the values into one column
SELECT
[ID],
STUFF((
SELECT ', ' + [Name] + ':' + CAST([Value] AS VARCHAR(MAX)) -- CONCATONATES EACH APPLICATION : VALUE SET
FROM #YourTable
WHERE (ID = Results.ID and Name = results.[name] )
FOR XML PATH(''),TYPE).value('(./text())[1]','VARCHAR(MAX)')
,1,2,'') AS NameValues
FROM #YourTable Results
GROUP BY ID
SELECT
[ID],[Name] , --these are acting as the group by clause
STUFF((
SELECT ', '+ CAST([Value] AS VARCHAR(MAX)) -- CONCATONATES THE VALUES FOR EACH ID NAME COMBINATION
FROM #YourTable
WHERE (ID = Results.ID and Name = results.[name] )
FOR XML PATH(''),TYPE).value('(./text())[1]','VARCHAR(MAX)')
,1,2,'') AS NameValues
FROM #YourTable Results
GROUP BY ID, name
DROP TABLE #YourTable
Using Replace Function and FOR JSON PATH
SELECT T3.DEPT, REPLACE(REPLACE(T3.ENAME,'{"ENAME":"',''),'"}','') AS ENAME_LIST
FROM (
SELECT DEPT, (SELECT ENAME AS [ENAME]
FROM EMPLOYEE T2
WHERE T2.DEPT=T1.DEPT
FOR JSON PATH,WITHOUT_ARRAY_WRAPPER) ENAME
FROM EMPLOYEE T1
GROUP BY DEPT) T3
For sample data and more ways click here
If you have clr enabled you could use the Group_Concat library from GitHub
Another example without the garbage: ",TYPE).value('(./text())[1]','VARCHAR(MAX)')"
WITH t AS (
SELECT 1 n, 1 g, 1 v
UNION ALL
SELECT 2 n, 1 g, 2 v
UNION ALL
SELECT 3 n, 2 g, 3 v
)
SELECT g
, STUFF (
(
SELECT ', ' + CAST(v AS VARCHAR(MAX))
FROM t sub_t
WHERE sub_t.g = main_t.g
FOR XML PATH('')
)
, 1, 2, ''
) cg
FROM t main_t
GROUP BY g
Input-output is
************************* -> *********************
* n * g * v * * g * cg *
* - * - * - * * - * - *
* 1 * 1 * 1 * * 1 * 1, 2 *
* 2 * 1 * 2 * * 2 * 3 *
* 3 * 2 * 3 * *********************
*************************
I used this approach which may be easier to grasp. Get a root element, then concat to choices any item with the same ID but not the 'official' name
Declare #IdxList as Table(id int, choices varchar(max),AisName varchar(255))
Insert into #IdxLIst(id,choices,AisName)
Select IdxId,''''+Max(Title)+'''',Max(Title) From [dbo].[dta_Alias]
where IdxId is not null group by IdxId
Update #IdxLIst
set choices=choices +','''+Title+''''
From #IdxLIst JOIN [dta_Alias] ON id=IdxId And Title <> AisName
where IdxId is not null
Select * from #IdxList where choices like '%,%'
For all my healthcare folks out there:
SELECT
s.NOTE_ID
,STUFF ((
SELECT
[note_text] + ' '
FROM
HNO_NOTE_TEXT s1
WHERE
(s1.NOTE_ID = s.NOTE_ID)
ORDER BY [line] ASC
FOR XML PATH(''),TYPE).value('(./text())[1]','VARCHAR(MAX)')
,
1,
2,
'') AS NOTE_TEXT_CONCATINATED
FROM
HNO_NOTE_TEXT s
GROUP BY NOTE_ID

Return Distinct Rows That Contain The Same Value/Character In SQL

I have a bit of a tricky situation. I have a column that contains a pipe delimited set of numbers in numerous rows in a table. For example:
Courses
-------------------
1|2
1|2|3
1|2|8
10
11
11|12
What I want to achieve is to return rows where the number only appears once in my output.
Ideally, I want to try and carry this out using SQL rather than having to carry out checks at a web application level. Carrying out a DISTINCT does not achieve what I want.
The desired output would be:
Courses
-------------------
1
2
3
8
10
11
12
I would appreciated if anyone can guide me in the right direction.
Thanks.
Please try:
declare #tbl as table(Courses nvarchar(max))
insert into #tbl values
('1|2'),
('1|2|3'),
('1|2|8'),
('10'),
('11'),
('11|12')
select * from #tbl
SELECT
DISTINCT CAST(Split.a.value('.', 'VARCHAR(100)') AS INT) AS CVS
FROM
(
SELECT CAST ('<M>' + REPLACE(Courses, '|', '</M><M>') + '</M>' AS XML) AS CVS
FROM #tbl
) AS A CROSS APPLY CVS.nodes ('/M') AS Split(a)
ORDER BY 1
Try this one -
SET NOCOUNT ON;
DECLARE #temp TABLE
(
string VARCHAR(500)
)
DECLARE #Separator CHAR(1)
SELECT #Separator = '|'
INSERT INTO #temp (string)
VALUES
('1|2'),
('1|2|3'),
('1|2|8'),
('10'),
('11'),
('11|12')
-- 1. XML
SELECT p.value('(./s)[1]', 'VARCHAR(500)')
FROM (
SELECT field = CAST('<r><s>' + REPLACE(t.string, #Separator, '</s></r><r><s>') + '</s></r>' AS XML)
FROM #temp t
) d
CROSS APPLY field.nodes('/r') t(p)
-- 2. CTE
;WITH a AS
(
SELECT
start_pos = 1
, end_pos = CHARINDEX(#Separator, t.string)
, t.string
FROM #temp t
UNION ALL
SELECT
end_pos + 1
, CHARINDEX(#Separator, string, end_pos + 1)
, string
FROM a
WHERE end_pos > 0
)
SELECT d.name
FROM (
SELECT
name = SUBSTRING(
string
, start_pos
, ABS(end_pos - start_pos)
)
FROM a
) d
WHERE d.name != ''
Try this :
create table course (courses varchar(100))
insert into course values('1|2')
insert into course values('1|2|3')
insert into course values('1|2|8')
insert into course values('10')
insert into course values('11')
insert into course values('11|12')
Declare #col varchar(200)
SELECT
#col=(
SELECT DISTINCT c.courses + '|'
FROM course c
FOR XML PATH('')
);
select * from course
;with demo as(
select cast(substring(#col,1,charindex('|',#col,1)-1) AS INT) cou,charindex('|',#col,1) pos
union all
select cast(substring(#col,pos+1,charindex('|',#col,pos+1)-pos-1)AS INT) cou,charindex('|',#col,pos+1) pos
from demo where pos<LEN(#col))
select distinct cou from demo
Could not manage without recursion :( Something like this could do the trich?
WITH splitNum(num, r)
AS
(
SELECT
SUBSTRING(<field>,1, CHARINDEX('|', <field>)-1) num,
SUBSTRING(<field>,CHARINDEX('|', <field>)+1, len(<field>)) r
FROM <yourtable> as a
UNION ALL
SELECT
SUBSTRING(r,1, CHARINDEX('|', r)-1) num,
SUBSTRING(r,CHARINDEX('|', r)+1, len(r)) r
FROM <yourtable> b
WHERE CHARINDEX('|', r) > 0
inner join splitNum as c on <whatevertheprimarykeyis>
)
SELECT distinct num FROM splitNum
Didn't make it run, but it should do the trick, just replace the and with the correct info
One way would be to use a recursive CTE:
with cte as
(select cast(case charindex('|',courses) when 0 then courses
else left(courses,charindex('|',courses)-1) end as int) course,
case charindex('|',courses) when 0 then ''
else right(courses,len(courses)-charindex('|',courses)) end courses
from courses
union all
select cast(case charindex('|',courses) when 0 then courses
else left(courses,charindex('|',courses)-1) end as int) course,
case charindex('|',courses) when 0 then ''
else right(courses,len(courses)-charindex('|',courses)) end courses
from cte
where len(courses)>0)
select distinct course from cte
SQLFiddle here.

How to use GROUP BY to concatenate strings in SQL Server?

How do I get:
id Name Value
1 A 4
1 B 8
2 C 9
to
id Column
1 A:4, B:8
2 C:9
No CURSOR, WHILE loop, or User-Defined Function needed.
Just need to be creative with FOR XML and PATH.
[Note: This solution only works on SQL 2005 and later. Original question didn't specify the version in use.]
CREATE TABLE #YourTable ([ID] INT, [Name] CHAR(1), [Value] INT)
INSERT INTO #YourTable ([ID],[Name],[Value]) VALUES (1,'A',4)
INSERT INTO #YourTable ([ID],[Name],[Value]) VALUES (1,'B',8)
INSERT INTO #YourTable ([ID],[Name],[Value]) VALUES (2,'C',9)
SELECT
[ID],
STUFF((
SELECT ', ' + [Name] + ':' + CAST([Value] AS VARCHAR(MAX))
FROM #YourTable
WHERE (ID = Results.ID)
FOR XML PATH(''),TYPE).value('(./text())[1]','VARCHAR(MAX)')
,1,2,'') AS NameValues
FROM #YourTable Results
GROUP BY ID
DROP TABLE #YourTable
If it is SQL Server 2017 or SQL Server Vnext, SQL Azure you can use STRING_AGG as below:
SELECT id, STRING_AGG(CONCAT(name, ':', [value]), ', ')
FROM #YourTable
GROUP BY id
using XML path will not perfectly concatenate as you might expect... it will replace "&" with "&" and will also mess with <" and ">
...maybe a few other things, not sure...but you can try this
I came across a workaround for this... you need to replace:
FOR XML PATH('')
)
with:
FOR XML PATH(''),TYPE
).value('(./text())[1]','VARCHAR(MAX)')
...or NVARCHAR(MAX) if thats what youre using.
why the hell doesn't SQL have a concatenate aggregate function? this is a PITA.
I ran into a couple of problems when I tried converting Kevin Fairchild's suggestion to work with strings containing spaces and special XML characters (&, <, >) which were encoded.
The final version of my code (which doesn't answer the original question but may be useful to someone) looks like this:
CREATE TABLE #YourTable ([ID] INT, [Name] VARCHAR(MAX), [Value] INT)
INSERT INTO #YourTable ([ID],[Name],[Value]) VALUES (1,'Oranges & Lemons',4)
INSERT INTO #YourTable ([ID],[Name],[Value]) VALUES (1,'1 < 2',8)
INSERT INTO #YourTable ([ID],[Name],[Value]) VALUES (2,'C',9)
SELECT [ID],
STUFF((
SELECT ', ' + CAST([Name] AS VARCHAR(MAX))
FROM #YourTable WHERE (ID = Results.ID)
FOR XML PATH(''),TYPE
/* Use .value to uncomment XML entities e.g. > < etc*/
).value('.','VARCHAR(MAX)')
,1,2,'') as NameValues
FROM #YourTable Results
GROUP BY ID
DROP TABLE #YourTable
Rather than using a space as a delimiter and replacing all the spaces with commas, it just pre-pends a comma and space to each value then uses STUFF to remove the first two characters.
The XML encoding is taken care of automatically by using the TYPE directive.
Another option using Sql Server 2005 and above
---- test data
declare #t table (OUTPUTID int, SCHME varchar(10), DESCR varchar(10))
insert #t select 1125439 ,'CKT','Approved'
insert #t select 1125439 ,'RENO','Approved'
insert #t select 1134691 ,'CKT','Approved'
insert #t select 1134691 ,'RENO','Approved'
insert #t select 1134691 ,'pn','Approved'
---- actual query
;with cte(outputid,combined,rn)
as
(
select outputid, SCHME + ' ('+DESCR+')', rn=ROW_NUMBER() over (PARTITION by outputid order by schme, descr)
from #t
)
,cte2(outputid,finalstatus,rn)
as
(
select OUTPUTID, convert(varchar(max),combined), 1 from cte where rn=1
union all
select cte2.outputid, convert(varchar(max),cte2.finalstatus+', '+cte.combined), cte2.rn+1
from cte2
inner join cte on cte.OUTPUTID = cte2.outputid and cte.rn=cte2.rn+1
)
select outputid, MAX(finalstatus) from cte2 group by outputid
Install the SQLCLR Aggregates from http://groupconcat.codeplex.com
Then you can write code like this to get the result you asked for:
CREATE TABLE foo
(
id INT,
name CHAR(1),
Value CHAR(1)
);
INSERT INTO dbo.foo
(id, name, Value)
VALUES (1, 'A', '4'),
(1, 'B', '8'),
(2, 'C', '9');
SELECT id,
dbo.GROUP_CONCAT(name + ':' + Value) AS [Column]
FROM dbo.foo
GROUP BY id;
Eight years later... Microsoft SQL Server vNext Database Engine has finally enhanced Transact-SQL to directly support grouped string concatenation. The Community Technical Preview version 1.0 added the STRING_AGG function and CTP 1.1 added the WITHIN GROUP clause for the STRING_AGG function.
Reference: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt775028.aspx
SQL Server 2005 and later allow you to create your own custom aggregate functions, including for things like concatenation- see the sample at the bottom of the linked article.
This is just an addition to Kevin Fairchild's post (very clever by the way). I would have added it as a comment, but I don't have enough points yet :)
I was using this idea for a view I was working on, however the items I was concatinating contained spaces. So I modified the code slightly to not use spaces as delimiters.
Again thanks for the cool workaround Kevin!
CREATE TABLE #YourTable ( [ID] INT, [Name] CHAR(1), [Value] INT )
INSERT INTO #YourTable ([ID], [Name], [Value]) VALUES (1, 'A', 4)
INSERT INTO #YourTable ([ID], [Name], [Value]) VALUES (1, 'B', 8)
INSERT INTO #YourTable ([ID], [Name], [Value]) VALUES (2, 'C', 9)
SELECT [ID],
REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(
(SELECT [Name] + ':' + CAST([Value] AS VARCHAR(MAX)) as A
FROM #YourTable
WHERE ( ID = Results.ID )
FOR XML PATH (''))
, '</A><A>', ', ')
,'<A>','')
,'</A>','') AS NameValues
FROM #YourTable Results
GROUP BY ID
DROP TABLE #YourTable
An example would be
In Oracle you can use LISTAGG aggregate function.
Original records
name type
------------
name1 type1
name2 type2
name2 type3
Sql
SELECT name, LISTAGG(type, '; ') WITHIN GROUP(ORDER BY name)
FROM table
GROUP BY name
Result in
name type
------------
name1 type1
name2 type2; type3
This kind of question is asked here very often, and the solution is going to depend a lot on the underlying requirements:
https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=sql+pivot
and
https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=sql+concatenate
Typically, there is no SQL-only way to do this without either dynamic sql, a user-defined function, or a cursor.
Just to add to what Cade said, this is usually a front-end display thing and should therefore be handled there. I know that sometimes it's easier to write something 100% in SQL for things like file export or other "SQL only" solutions, but most of the times this concatenation should be handled in your display layer.
Don't need a cursor... a while loop is sufficient.
------------------------------
-- Setup
------------------------------
DECLARE #Source TABLE
(
id int,
Name varchar(30),
Value int
)
DECLARE #Target TABLE
(
id int,
Result varchar(max)
)
INSERT INTO #Source(id, Name, Value) SELECT 1, 'A', 4
INSERT INTO #Source(id, Name, Value) SELECT 1, 'B', 8
INSERT INTO #Source(id, Name, Value) SELECT 2, 'C', 9
------------------------------
-- Technique
------------------------------
INSERT INTO #Target (id)
SELECT id
FROM #Source
GROUP BY id
DECLARE #id int, #Result varchar(max)
SET #id = (SELECT MIN(id) FROM #Target)
WHILE #id is not null
BEGIN
SET #Result = null
SELECT #Result =
CASE
WHEN #Result is null
THEN ''
ELSE #Result + ', '
END + s.Name + ':' + convert(varchar(30),s.Value)
FROM #Source s
WHERE id = #id
UPDATE #Target
SET Result = #Result
WHERE id = #id
SET #id = (SELECT MIN(id) FROM #Target WHERE #id < id)
END
SELECT *
FROM #Target
Let's get very simple:
SELECT stuff(
(
select ', ' + x from (SELECT 'xxx' x union select 'yyyy') tb
FOR XML PATH('')
)
, 1, 2, '')
Replace this line:
select ', ' + x from (SELECT 'xxx' x union select 'yyyy') tb
With your query.
You can improve performance significant the following way if group by contains mostly one item:
SELECT
[ID],
CASE WHEN MAX( [Name]) = MIN( [Name]) THEN
MAX( [Name]) NameValues
ELSE
STUFF((
SELECT ', ' + [Name] + ':' + CAST([Value] AS VARCHAR(MAX))
FROM #YourTable
WHERE (ID = Results.ID)
FOR XML PATH(''),TYPE).value('(./text())[1]','VARCHAR(MAX)')
,1,2,'') AS NameValues
END
FROM #YourTable Results
GROUP BY ID
didn't see any cross apply answers, also no need for xml extraction. Here is a slightly different version of what Kevin Fairchild wrote. It's faster and easier to use in more complex queries:
select T.ID
,MAX(X.cl) NameValues
from #YourTable T
CROSS APPLY
(select STUFF((
SELECT ', ' + [Name] + ':' + CAST([Value] AS VARCHAR(MAX))
FROM #YourTable
WHERE (ID = T.ID)
FOR XML PATH(''))
,1,2,'') [cl]) X
GROUP BY T.ID
Using the Stuff and for xml path operator to concatenate rows to string :Group By two columns -->
CREATE TABLE #YourTable ([ID] INT, [Name] CHAR(1), [Value] INT)
INSERT INTO #YourTable ([ID],[Name],[Value]) VALUES (1,'A',4)
INSERT INTO #YourTable ([ID],[Name],[Value]) VALUES (1,'B',8)
INSERT INTO #YourTable ([ID],[Name],[Value]) VALUES (1,'B',5)
INSERT INTO #YourTable ([ID],[Name],[Value]) VALUES (2,'C',9)
-- retrieve each unique id and name columns and concatonate the values into one column
SELECT
[ID],
STUFF((
SELECT ', ' + [Name] + ':' + CAST([Value] AS VARCHAR(MAX)) -- CONCATONATES EACH APPLICATION : VALUE SET
FROM #YourTable
WHERE (ID = Results.ID and Name = results.[name] )
FOR XML PATH(''),TYPE).value('(./text())[1]','VARCHAR(MAX)')
,1,2,'') AS NameValues
FROM #YourTable Results
GROUP BY ID
SELECT
[ID],[Name] , --these are acting as the group by clause
STUFF((
SELECT ', '+ CAST([Value] AS VARCHAR(MAX)) -- CONCATONATES THE VALUES FOR EACH ID NAME COMBINATION
FROM #YourTable
WHERE (ID = Results.ID and Name = results.[name] )
FOR XML PATH(''),TYPE).value('(./text())[1]','VARCHAR(MAX)')
,1,2,'') AS NameValues
FROM #YourTable Results
GROUP BY ID, name
DROP TABLE #YourTable
Using Replace Function and FOR JSON PATH
SELECT T3.DEPT, REPLACE(REPLACE(T3.ENAME,'{"ENAME":"',''),'"}','') AS ENAME_LIST
FROM (
SELECT DEPT, (SELECT ENAME AS [ENAME]
FROM EMPLOYEE T2
WHERE T2.DEPT=T1.DEPT
FOR JSON PATH,WITHOUT_ARRAY_WRAPPER) ENAME
FROM EMPLOYEE T1
GROUP BY DEPT) T3
For sample data and more ways click here
If you have clr enabled you could use the Group_Concat library from GitHub
Another example without the garbage: ",TYPE).value('(./text())[1]','VARCHAR(MAX)')"
WITH t AS (
SELECT 1 n, 1 g, 1 v
UNION ALL
SELECT 2 n, 1 g, 2 v
UNION ALL
SELECT 3 n, 2 g, 3 v
)
SELECT g
, STUFF (
(
SELECT ', ' + CAST(v AS VARCHAR(MAX))
FROM t sub_t
WHERE sub_t.g = main_t.g
FOR XML PATH('')
)
, 1, 2, ''
) cg
FROM t main_t
GROUP BY g
Input-output is
************************* -> *********************
* n * g * v * * g * cg *
* - * - * - * * - * - *
* 1 * 1 * 1 * * 1 * 1, 2 *
* 2 * 1 * 2 * * 2 * 3 *
* 3 * 2 * 3 * *********************
*************************
I used this approach which may be easier to grasp. Get a root element, then concat to choices any item with the same ID but not the 'official' name
Declare #IdxList as Table(id int, choices varchar(max),AisName varchar(255))
Insert into #IdxLIst(id,choices,AisName)
Select IdxId,''''+Max(Title)+'''',Max(Title) From [dbo].[dta_Alias]
where IdxId is not null group by IdxId
Update #IdxLIst
set choices=choices +','''+Title+''''
From #IdxLIst JOIN [dta_Alias] ON id=IdxId And Title <> AisName
where IdxId is not null
Select * from #IdxList where choices like '%,%'
For all my healthcare folks out there:
SELECT
s.NOTE_ID
,STUFF ((
SELECT
[note_text] + ' '
FROM
HNO_NOTE_TEXT s1
WHERE
(s1.NOTE_ID = s.NOTE_ID)
ORDER BY [line] ASC
FOR XML PATH(''),TYPE).value('(./text())[1]','VARCHAR(MAX)')
,
1,
2,
'') AS NOTE_TEXT_CONCATINATED
FROM
HNO_NOTE_TEXT s
GROUP BY NOTE_ID