How to add TOP 1 in query with left join in views? - sql

Question

I have 3 same product in ID=42, with 3 different images. I want to take the first image from the product ID, I try adding "TOP 1", error
This is my query
CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW UserOrdersView
AS
SELECT
u.[User_ID],
p.Product_Name,
p.Price,
o.Order_Price,
o.Order_ID,
i.[Image]
FROM Product p
LEFT JOIN Orders o ON o.Product_ID = p.Product_ID
INNER JOIN Users u ON u.[User_ID]= o.[User_ID]
LEFT JOIN Product_Images i ON i.Product_ID = p.Product_ID
WHERE o.[User_ID] = 42

Answer 1

You need to use OUTER APPLY to get top 1 image data from Product_image table based on Product ID.
Please check this Real life example, when to use OUTER / CROSS APPLY in SQL stackoverflow link for more knowledge.
Please check below updated view code for your answer.
CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW UserOrdersView
AS
BEGIN
SELECT
u.[User_ID],
p.Product_Name,
p.Price,
o.Order_Price,
o.Order_ID,
i.[Image]
FROM Product p
INNER JOIN Users u ON u.[User_ID]= o.[User_ID]
LEFT JOIN Orders o ON o.Product_ID = p.Product_ID
OUTER APPLY
(
SELECT TOP 1
T2.[Image]
FROM Product_Images T2
WHERE T2.Product_ID = p.Product_ID
) i
WHERE o.[User_ID] = 42
END
GO

Answer 2

WITH cte as (
SELECT
u.[User_ID],
p.Product_Name,
p.Price,
o.Order_Price,
o.Order_ID,
i.[Image],
ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY i.[Image] ORDER BY p.Product_Name) AS rn
FROM Product p
LEFT JOIN Orders o ON o.Product_ID = p.Product_ID
INNER JOIN Users u ON u.[User_ID]= o.[User_ID]
LEFT JOIN Product_Images i ON i.Product_ID = p.Product_ID
)
SELECT [User_ID],Product_Name,Price,Order_Price,Order_ID,[Image] FROM cte
WHERE rn=1
Put your all query inside a CTE with a new column that you will use to filter the results.
This new column is produced with ROW_NUMBER() function partitioned by Product_Name