In the image above which represents an SQL table I would like to search 1111 and retrieve its last replaced number which should be 4444 where 1111 is just a single number replaced by a single number 4444. then i would like to search 5555 which should return (6666,9999,8888). NB 9999 had replaced 7777.
so 1111 was a single part number replaced multiple times and 5555 was a group number with multiple parts breakdown with one replaced number within(7777>>9999).
What would be the fastest and most efficient method?
if possible a solution using SQL for efficiency.
if unable within SQL then from within PHP.
What I have tried:
1) while loop. but need to access database 1000 times for 1000 replaced numbers. ##too inefficient.
2)
SELECT C.RPLPART
FROM TABLE A
left join TABLE B on A.RPLPART=B.PART#
left join TABLE C on B.RPLPART=C.PART#
WHERE A.PART#='1111' ##Unable to know when last number is reached.
A recursive Common Table Expression (CTE) would seem to be the ticket.
Something like so...
with rcte (lvl, topPart, part#, rplpart) as
(select 1 as lvl, part#, part#, rplpart
from MYTABLE
union all
select p.lvl + 1, p.topPart, c.part#, c.rplpart
from rcte p, MYTABLE c
where p.rplpart = c.part#
)
select topPart, rplpart
from rcte
where toppart = 1111
order by lvl desc
fetch first row only;
You can do this using a recursive CTE that generates a complete replacement chain for a given starting part id, and then limit the result to just those that don't exist in the parts# column:
WITH cte(part) AS
(SELECT replpart FROM parts WHERE part# = 1111
UNION ALL
SELECT parts.replpart FROM parts, cte WHERE parts.part# = cte.part)
SELECT DISTINCT part
FROM cte
WHERE part NOT IN (SELECT part# FROM parts);
Fiddle example
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I've come across following T-SQL today:
select c from (select 1 union all select 1) as d(c)
that yields following result:
c
-----------
1
1
The part that got me confused was d(c)
While trying to understand what's going on I've modified T-SQL into:
select c, b from (select 1, 2 union all select 3, 4) m(c, b)
which yields following result:
c b
----------- -----------
1 2
3 4
It was clear that d & m are table reference while letters in brackets c & b are reference to columns.
I wasn't able to find relevant documentation on msdn, but curious if
You're aware of such syntax?
What would be useful use case scenario?
select c from (select 1 union all select 1) as d(c)
is the same as
select c from (select 1 as c union all select 1) as d
In the first query you did not name the column(s) in your subquery, but named them outside the subquery,
In the second query you name the column(s) inside the subquery
If you try it like this (without naming the column(s) in the subquery)
select c from (select 1 union all select 1) as d
You will get following error
No column name was specified for column 1 of 'd'
This is also in the Documentation
As for the usage, some like to write it the first method, some in the second, whatever you prefer. It's all the same
An observation: Using the table constructor values gives you no way of naming the columns, which makes it neccessary to use column naming after the table alias:
select * from
(values
(1,2) -- can't give a column name here
,(3,4)
) as tableName(column1,column2) -- gotta do it here
You've already had comments that point you to the documentation of how derived tables work, but not to answer you question regarding useful use cases for this functionality.
Personally I find this functionality to be useful whenever I want to create a set of addressable values that will be used extensively in your statement, or when I want to duplicate rows for whatever reason.
An example of addressable values would be a much more compelx version of the following, in which the calculated values in the v derived table can be used many times over via more sensible names, rather than repeated calculations that will be hard to follow:
select p.ProductName
,p.PackPricePlusVAT - v.PackCost as GrossRevenue
,etc
from dbo.Products as p
cross apply(values(p.UnitsPerPack * p.UnitCost
,p.UnitPrice * p.UnitsPerPack * 1.2
,etc
)
) as v(PackCost
,PackPricePlusVAT
,etc
)
and an example of being able to duplicate rows could be in creating an exception report for use in validating data, which will output one row for every DataError condition that the dbo.Product row satisfies:
select p.ProductName
,e.DataError
from dbo.Products as p
cross apply(values('Missing Units Per Pack'
,case when p.SoldInPacks = 1 and isnull(p.UnitsPerPack,0) < 1 then 1 end
)
,('Unusual Price'
,case when p.Price > (p.UnitsPerPack * p.UnitCost) * 2 then 1 end
)
,(etc)
) as e(DataError
,ErrorFlag
)
where e.ErrorFlag = 1
If you can understand what these two scripts are doing, you should find numerous examples of where being able to generate additional values or additional rows of data would be very helpful.
I have a simple inline view that contains 2 columns.
-----------------
rn | val
-----------------
0 | A
... | ...
25 | Z
I am trying to select a val by matching the rn randomly by using the dbms_random.value() method as in
with d (rn, val) as
(
select level-1, chr(64+level) from dual connect by level <= 26
)
select * from d
where rn = floor(dbms_random.value()*25)
;
My expectation is it should return one row only without failing.
But now and then I get multiple rows returned or no rows at all.
on the other hand,
>>select floor(dbms_random.value()*25) from dual connect by level <1000
returns a whole number for each row and I failed to see any abnormality.
What am I missing here?
The problem is that the random value is recalculated for each row. So, you might get two random values that match the value -- or go through all the values and never get a hit.
One way to get around this is:
select d.*
from (select d.*
from d
order by dbms_random.value()
) d
where rownum = 1;
There are more efficient ways to calculate a random number, but this is intended to be a simple modification to your existing query.
You also might want to ask another question. This question starts with a description of a table that is not used, and then the question is about a query that doesn't use the table. Ask another question, describing the table and the real problem you are having -- along with sample data and desired results.
I have a very very small database that I am needing to return a field from a specific row.
My table looks like this (simplified)
Material_Reading Table
pointID Material_Name
123 WoodFloor
456 Carpet
789 Drywall
111 Drywall
222 Carpet
I need to be able to group these together and see the different kinds (WoodFloor, Carpet, and Drywall) and need to be able to select which one I want and have that returned. So my select statement would put the various different types in a list and then I could have a variable which would select one of the rows - 1, 2, 3 for example.
I hope that makes sense, this is somewhat a non-standard implementation because its a filemaker database unfortunately, so itstead of one big SQL statement doing all I need I will have several that will each select an individual row that I indicate.
What I have tried so far:
SELECT DISTINCT Material_Name FROM MATERIAL_READING WHERE Room_KF = $roomVariable
This works and returns a list of all my material names which are in the room indicated by the room variable. But I cant get a specific one by supplying a row number.
I have tried using LIMIT 1 OFFSET 1. Possibly not supported by Filemaker or I am doing it wrong, I tried it like this - it gives an error:
SELECT DISTINCT Material_Name FROM MATERIAL_READING WHERE _Room_KF = $roomVariable ORDER BY Material_Name LIMIT 1 OFFSET 1
I am able to use ORDER BY like this:
SELECT DISTINCT Material_Name FROM MATERIAL_READING WHERE Room_KF = $roomVariable ORDER BY Material_Name
In MSSQL
SELECT DISTINCT Material_Name
FROM MATERIAL_READING
WHERE _Room_KF = 'roomVariable'
ORDER BY Material_Name
OFFSET N ROWS
FETCH NEXT 5 ROWS ONLY
where N->from which row does to start
X->no.of rows to retrieve which were started from (N+1 row)
I have a table follow:
ID | first | end
--------------------
a | 1 | 3
b | 3 | 8
c | 8 | 10
I want to select follow:
ID | first | end
---------------------
a-c | 1 | 10
But i can't do it. Please! help me. Thanks!
This works for me:
SELECT MIN(t.id)+'-'+MAX(t.id) AS ID,
MIN(t.[first]) AS first,
MAX(t.[end]) AS [end]
FROM dbo.YOUR_TABLE t
But please, do not use reserved words like "end" for column names.
I believe you can do this using a recursive Common Table Expression as follows, especially if you're not expecting very long chains of records:
WITH Ancestors AS
(
SELECT
InitRow.[ID] AS [Ancestor],
InitRow.[ID],
InitRow.[first],
InitRow.[end],
0 AS [level],
'00000' + InitRow.[ID] AS [hacky_level_plus_ID]
FROM
YOUR_TABLE AS InitRow
WHERE
NOT EXISTS
(
SELECT * FROM YOUR_TABLE AS PrevRow
WHERE PrevRow.[end] = InitRow.[first]
)
UNION ALL
SELECT
ParentRow.Ancestor,
ChildRow.[ID],
ChildRow.[first],
ChildRow.[end],
ParentRow.level + 1 AS [level],
-- Avoids having to build the recursive structure more than once.
-- We know we will not be over 5 digits since CTEs have a recursion
-- limit of 32767.
RIGHT('00000' + CAST(ParentRow.level + 1 AS varchar(4)), 5)
+ ChildRow.[ID] AS [hacky_level_plus_ID]
FROM
Ancestors AS ParentRow
INNER JOIN YOUR_TABLE AS ChildRow
ON ChildRow.[first] = ParentRow.[end]
)
SELECT
Ancestors.Ancestor + '-' + SUBSTRING(MAX([hacky_level_plus_ID]),6,10) AS [IDs],
-- Without the [hacky_level_plus_ID] column, you need to do it this way:
-- Ancestors.Ancestor + '-' +
-- (SELECT TOP 1 Children.ID FROM Ancestors AS Children
-- WHERE Children.[Ancestor] = Ancestors.[Ancestor]
-- ORDER BY Children.[level] DESC) AS [IDs],
MIN(Ancestors.[first]) AS [first],
MAX(Ancestors.[end]) AS [end]
FROM
Ancestors
GROUP BY
Ancestors.Ancestor
-- If needed, add OPTION (MAXRECURSION 32767)
A quick explanation of what each part does:
The WITH Ancestors AS (...) clause creates a Common Table Expression (basically a subquery) with the name Ancestors. The first SELECT in that expression establishes a baseline: all the rows that have no matching entry prior to it.
Then, the second SELECT is where the recursion kicks in. Since it references Ancestors as part of the query, it uses the rows it has already added to the table and then performs a join with new ones from YOUR_TABLE. This will recursively find more and more rows to add to the end of each chain.
The last clause is the SELECT that uses this recursive table we've built up. It does a simple GROUP BY since we've saved off the original ID in the Ancestor column, so the start and end are a simple MIN and MAX.
The tricky part is figuring out the ID of the last row in the chain. There are two ways to do it, both illustrated in the query. You can either join back with the recursive table, in which case it will build the recursive table all over again, or you can attempt to keep track of the last item as you go. (If building the recursive list of chained records is expensive, you definitely want to minimize the number of times you need to do that.)
The way it keeps track as it goes is to keep track of its position in the chain (the level column -- notice how we add 1 each time we recurse), zero-pad it, and then stick the ID at the end. Then, getting the item with the max level is simply a MAX followed by stripping the level data out.
If the CTE has to recurse too much, it will generate an error, but I believe you can tweak that using the MAXRECURSION option. The default is 100. If you have to set it higher than that, you may want to consider not using a recursive CTE to do this.
This also doesn't handle malformed data very well. If you have two records with the same first or a record where first == end, then this won't work right and you may have to tweak the join conditions inside the CTE or go with another approach.
This isn't the only way to do it. I believe it would be easier to follow if you built a custom procedure and did all the steps manually. But this has the advantage of operating in a single statement.
I need to show more than one result from each field in a table. I need to do this with only one SQL sentence, I don´t want to use a Cursor.
This seems silly, but the number of rows may vary for each item. I need this to print afterwards this information as a Crystal Report detail.
Suppose I have this table:
idItem Cantidad <more fields>
-------- -----------
1000 3
2000 2
3000 5
4000 1
I need this result, using one only SQL Sentence:
1000
1000
1000
2000
2000
3000
3000
3000
3000
3000
4000
where each idItem has Cantidad rows.
Any ideas?
It seems like something that should be handled in the UI (or the report). I don't know Crystal Reports well enough to make a suggestion there. If you really, truly need to do it in SQL, then you can use a Numbers table (or something similar):
SELECT
idItem
FROM
Some_Table ST
INNER JOIN Numbers N ON
N.number > 0 AND
N.number <= ST.cantidad
You can replace the Numbers table with a subquery or function or whatever other method you want to generate a result set of numbers that is at least large enough to cover your largest cantidad.
Check out UNPIVOT (MSDN)
Another example
If you use a "numbers" table that is useful for this and many similar purposes, you can use the following SQL:
select t.idItem
from myTable t
join numbers n on n.num between 1 and t.Cantidad
order by t.idTtem
The numbers table should just contain all integer numbers from 0 or 1 up to a number big enough so that Cantidad never exceeds it.
As others have said, you need a Numbers or Tally table which is just a sequential list of integers. However, if you knew that Cantidad was never going to be larger than five for example, you can do something like:
Select idItem
From Table
Join (
Select 1 As Value
Union All Select 2
Union All Select 3
Union All Select 4
Union All Select 5
) As Numbers
On Numbers.Value <= Table.Cantidad
If you are using SQL Server 2005, you can use a CTE to do:
With Numbers As
(
Select 1 As Value
Union All
Select N.Value + 1
From Numbers As N
)
Select idItem
From Table
Join Numbers As N
On N.Value <= Table.Cantidad
Option (MaxRecursion 0);