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Column "C" is a flag indicator. I want to run a query where I can sum column "c" where it is not null. I would like 1 value for each group of column A.
For instance group "Test", would have a total of 1. Group chance has a total of 1. Group "Play" has a total of 0.
I would like a total number as a result. Please view my code below.
A
C
Test
apple
Test
orange
Test
Test
apple
Chance
Chance
apple
Chance
Play
Play
SELECT
sum(case when distinct A and C is not null then 1 else 0 end) as total
FROM table
If you want a flag per a if any c has a value, then you can use:
select a, (case when count(c) > 0 then 1 else 0 end) as has_c
from t
group by a;
You can actually simplify this using the sign() function:
select a, sign(count(c)) as has_c
from t
group by a;
If you want this per row, then use window functions:
select t.*,
(case when count(c) over (partition by a) > 0 then 1 else 0 end)
from t;
Obviously, if you just want to count the non-NULL values, you would use just count(c) without the case expression.
Try this if you just want 1 if exists:
SELECT DISTINCT
a,
1 exsts
FROM
aux
WHERE
c IS NOT NULL
If you want the actual count of occurrences, use:
SELECT
a,
SUM(
CASE
WHEN c IS NOT NULL THEN
1
END
) s
FROM
aux
GROUP BY
a
I want to do something like this:
select id,
count(*) as total,
FOR temp IN SELECT DISTINCT somerow FROM mytable ORDER BY somerow LOOP
sum(case when somerow = temp then 1 else 0 end) temp,
END LOOP;
from mytable
group by id
order by id
I created working select:
select id,
count(*) as total,
sum(case when somerow = 'a' then 1 else 0 end) somerow_a,
sum(case when somerow = 'b' then 1 else 0 end) somerow_b,
sum(case when somerow = 'c' then 1 else 0 end) somerow_c,
sum(case when somerow = 'd' then 1 else 0 end) somerow_d,
sum(case when somerow = 'e' then 1 else 0 end) somerow_e,
sum(case when somerow = 'f' then 1 else 0 end) somerow_f,
sum(case when somerow = 'g' then 1 else 0 end) somerow_g,
sum(case when somerow = 'h' then 1 else 0 end) somerow_h,
sum(case when somerow = 'i' then 1 else 0 end) somerow_i,
sum(case when somerow = 'j' then 1 else 0 end) somerow_j,
sum(case when somerow = 'k' then 1 else 0 end) somerow_k
from mytable
group by id
order by id
this works, but it is 'static' - if some new value will be added to 'somerow' I will have to change sql manually to get all the values from somerow column, and that is why I'm wondering if it is possible to do something with for loop.
So what I want to get is this:
id somerow_a somerow_b ....
0 3 2 ....
1 2 10 ....
2 19 3 ....
. ... ...
. ... ...
. ... ...
So what I'd like to do is to count all the rows which has some specific letter in it and group it by id (this id isn't primary key, but it is repeating - for id there are about 80 different values possible).
http://sqlfiddle.com/#!15/18feb/2
Are arrays good for you? (SQL Fiddle)
select
id,
sum(totalcol) as total,
array_agg(somecol) as somecol,
array_agg(totalcol) as totalcol
from (
select id, somecol, count(*) as totalcol
from mytable
group by id, somecol
) s
group by id
;
id | total | somecol | totalcol
----+-------+---------+----------
1 | 6 | {b,a,c} | {2,1,3}
2 | 5 | {d,f} | {2,3}
In 9.2 it is possible to have a set of JSON objects (Fiddle)
select row_to_json(s)
from (
select
id,
sum(totalcol) as total,
array_agg(somecol) as somecol,
array_agg(totalcol) as totalcol
from (
select id, somecol, count(*) as totalcol
from mytable
group by id, somecol
) s
group by id
) s
;
row_to_json
---------------------------------------------------------------
{"id":1,"total":6,"somecol":["b","a","c"],"totalcol":[2,1,3]}
{"id":2,"total":5,"somecol":["d","f"],"totalcol":[2,3]}
In 9.3, with the addition of lateral, a single object (Fiddle)
select to_json(format('{%s}', (string_agg(j, ','))))
from (
select format('%s:%s', to_json(id), to_json(c)) as j
from
(
select
id,
sum(totalcol) as total_sum,
array_agg(somecol) as somecol_array,
array_agg(totalcol) as totalcol_array
from (
select id, somecol, count(*) as totalcol
from mytable
group by id, somecol
) s
group by id
) s
cross join lateral
(
select
total_sum as total,
somecol_array as somecol,
totalcol_array as totalcol
) c
) s
;
to_json
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"{1:{\"total\":6,\"somecol\":[\"b\",\"a\",\"c\"],\"totalcol\":[2,1,3]},2:{\"total\":5,\"somecol\":[\"d\",\"f\"],\"totalcol\":[2,3]}}"
In 9.2 it is also possible to have a single object in a more convoluted way using subqueries in instead of lateral
SQL is very rigid about the return type. It demands to know what to return beforehand.
For a completely dynamic number of resulting values, you can only use arrays like #Clodoaldo posted. Effectively a static return type, you do not get individual columns for each value.
If you know the number of columns at call time ("semi-dynamic"), you can create a function taking (and returning) polymorphic parameters. Closely related answer with lots of details:
Dynamic alternative to pivot with CASE and GROUP BY
(You also find a related answer with arrays from #Clodoaldo there.)
Your remaining option is to use two round-trips to the server. The first to determine the the actual query with the actual return type. The second to execute the query based on the first call.
Else, you have to go with a static query. While doing that, I see two nicer options for what you have right now:
1. Simpler expression
select id
, count(*) AS total
, count(somecol = 'a' OR NULL) AS somerow_a
, count(somecol = 'b' OR NULL) AS somerow_b
, ...
from mytable
group by id
order by id;
How does it work?
Compute percents from SUM() in the same SELECT sql query
SQL Fiddle.
2. crosstab()
crosstab() is more complex at first, but written in C, optimized for the task and shorter for long lists. You need the additional module tablefunc installed. Read the basics here if you are not familiar:
PostgreSQL Crosstab Query
SELECT * FROM crosstab(
$$
SELECT id
, count(*) OVER (PARTITION BY id)::int AS total
, somecol
, count(*)::int AS ct -- casting to int, don't think you need bigint?
FROM mytable
GROUP BY 1,3
ORDER BY 1,3
$$
,
$$SELECT unnest('{a,b,c,d}'::text[])$$
) AS f (id int, total int, a int, b int, c int, d int);
I am writing data to a table and allocating a "group-id" for each batch of data that is written. To illustrate, consider the following table.
GroupId Value
------- -----
1 a
1 b
1 c
2 a
2 b
3 a
3 b
3 c
3 d
In this example, there are three groups of data, each with similar but varying values.
How do I query this table to find a group that contains a given set of values? For instance, if I query for (a,b,c) the result should be group 1. Similarly, a query for (b,a) should result in group 2, and a query for (a, b, c, e) should result in the empty set.
I can write a stored procedure that performs the following steps:
select distinct GroupId from Groups -- and store locally
for each distinct GroupId: perform a set-difference (except) between the input and table values (for the group), and vice versa
return the GroupId if both set-difference operations produced empty sets
This seems a bit excessive, and I hoping to leverage some other commands in SQL to simplify. Is there a simpler way to perform a set-comparison in this context, or to select the group ID that contains the exact input values for the query?
This is a set-within-sets query. I like to solve it using group by and having:
select groupid
from GroupValues gv
group by groupid
having sum(case when value = 'a' then 1 else 0 end) > 0 and
sum(case when value = 'b' then 1 else 0 end) > 0 and
sum(case when value = 'c' then 1 else 0 end) > 0 and
sum(case when value not in ('a', 'b', 'c') then 1 else - end) = 0;
The first three conditions in the having clause check that each elements exists. The last condition checks that there are no other values. This method is quite flexible, for various exclusions and inclusion conditions on the values you are looking for.
EDIT:
If you want to pass in a list, you can use:
with thelist as (
select 'a' as value union all
select 'b' union all
select 'c'
)
select groupid
from GroupValues gv left outer join
thelist
on gv.value = thelist.value
group by groupid
having count(distinct gv.value) = (select count(*) from thelist) and
count(distinct (case when gv.value = thelist.value then gv.value end)) = count(distinct gv.value);
Here the having clause counts the number of matching values and makes sure that this is the same size as the list.
EDIT:
query compile failed because missing the table alias. updated with right table alias.
This is kind of ugly, but it works. On larger datasets I'm not sure what performance would look like, but the nested instances of #GroupValues key off GroupID in the main table so I think as long as you have a good index on GroupID it probably wouldn't be too horrible.
If Object_ID('tempdb..#GroupValues') Is Not Null Drop Table #GroupValues
Create Table #GroupValues (GroupID Int, Val Varchar(10));
Insert #GroupValues (GroupID, Val)
Values (1,'a'),(1,'b'),(1,'c'),(2,'a'),(2,'b'),(3,'a'),(3,'b'),(3,'c'),(3,'d');
If Object_ID('tempdb..#FindValues') Is Not Null Drop Table #FindValues
Create Table #FindValues (Val Varchar(10));
Insert #FindValues (Val)
Values ('a'),('b'),('c');
Select Distinct gv.GroupID
From (Select Distinct GroupID
From #GroupValues) gv
Where Not Exists (Select 1
From #FindValues fv2
Where Not Exists (Select 1
From #GroupValues gv2
Where gv.GroupID = gv2.GroupID
And fv2.Val = gv2.Val))
And Not Exists (Select 1
From #GroupValues gv3
Where gv3.GroupID = gv.GroupID
And Not Exists (Select 1
From #FindValues fv3
Where gv3.Val = fv3.Val))
I will keep this simple- I would like to know if there is a good way to select all the values in a column when it never has a null in another column. For example.
A B
----- -----
1 7
2 7
NULL 7
4 9
1 9
2 9
From the above set I would just want 9 from B and not 7 because 7 has a NULL in A. Obviously I could wrap this as a subquery and USE the IN clause etc. but this is already part of a pretty unique set and am looking to keep this efficient.
I should note that for my purposes this would only be a one-way comparison... I would only be returning values in B and examining A.
I imagine there is an easy way to do this that I am missing, but being in the thick of things I don't see it right now.
You can do something like this:
select *
from t
where t.b not in (select b from t where a is null);
If you want only distinct b values, then you can do:
select b
from t
group by b
having sum(case when a is null then 1 else 0 end) = 0;
And, finally, you could use window functions:
select a, b
from (select t.*,
sum(case when a is null then 1 else 0 end) over (partition by b) as NullCnt
from t
) t
where NullCnt = 0;
The query below will only output one column in the final result. The records are grouped by column B and test if the record is null or not. When the record is null, the value for the group will increment each time by 1. The HAVING clause filters only the group which has a value of 0.
SELECT B
FROM TableName
GROUP BY B
HAVING SUM(CASE WHEN A IS NULL THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) = 0
If you want to get all the rows from the records, you can use join.
SELECT a.*
FROM TableName a
INNER JOIN
(
SELECT B
FROM TableName
GROUP BY B
HAVING SUM(CASE WHEN A IS NULL THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) = 0
) b ON a.b = b.b
I have a table
create table us
(
a number
);
Now I have data like:
a
1
2
3
4
null
null
null
8
9
Now I need a single query to count null and not null values in column a
This works for Oracle and SQL Server (you might be able to get it to work on another RDBMS):
select sum(case when a is null then 1 else 0 end) count_nulls
, count(a) count_not_nulls
from us;
Or:
select count(*) - count(a), count(a) from us;
If I understood correctly you want to count all NULL and all NOT NULL in a column...
If that is correct:
SELECT count(*) FROM us WHERE a IS NULL
UNION ALL
SELECT count(*) FROM us WHERE a IS NOT NULL
Edited to have the full query, after reading the comments :]
SELECT COUNT(*), 'null_tally' AS narrative
FROM us
WHERE a IS NULL
UNION
SELECT COUNT(*), 'not_null_tally' AS narrative
FROM us
WHERE a IS NOT NULL;
Here is a quick and dirty version that works on Oracle :
select sum(case a when null then 1 else 0) "Null values",
sum(case a when null then 0 else 1) "Non-null values"
from us
for non nulls
select count(a)
from us
for nulls
select count(*)
from us
minus
select count(a)
from us
Hence
SELECT COUNT(A) NOT_NULLS
FROM US
UNION
SELECT COUNT(*) - COUNT(A) NULLS
FROM US
ought to do the job
Better in that the column titles come out correct.
SELECT COUNT(A) NOT_NULL, COUNT(*) - COUNT(A) NULLS
FROM US
In some testing on my system, it costs a full table scan.
As i understood your query, You just run this script and get Total Null,Total NotNull rows,
select count(*) - count(a) as 'Null', count(a) as 'Not Null' from us;
usually i use this trick
select sum(case when a is null then 0 else 1 end) as count_notnull,
sum(case when a is null then 1 else 0 end) as count_null
from tab
group by a
Just to provide yet another alternative, Postgres 9.4+ allows applying a FILTER to aggregates:
SELECT
COUNT(*) FILTER (WHERE a IS NULL) count_nulls,
COUNT(*) FILTER (WHERE a IS NOT NULL) count_not_nulls
FROM us;
SQLFiddle: http://sqlfiddle.com/#!17/80a24/5
This is little tricky. Assume the table has just one column, then the Count(1) and Count(*) will give different values.
set nocount on
declare #table1 table (empid int)
insert #table1 values (1),(2),(3),(4),(5),(6),(7),(8),(9),(10),(NULL),(11),(12),(NULL),(13),(14);
select * from #table1
select COUNT(1) as "COUNT(1)" from #table1
select COUNT(empid) "Count(empid)" from #table1
Query Results
As you can see in the image, The first result shows the table has 16 rows. out of which two rows are NULL. So when we use Count(*) the query engine counts the number of rows, So we got count result as 16. But in case of Count(empid) it counted the non-NULL-values in the column empid. So we got the result as 14.
so whenever we are using COUNT(Column) make sure we take care of NULL values as shown below.
select COUNT(isnull(empid,1)) from #table1
will count both NULL and Non-NULL values.
Note: Same thing applies even when the table is made up of more than one column. Count(1) will give total number of rows irrespective of NULL/Non-NULL values. Only when the column values are counted using Count(Column) we need to take care of NULL values.
I had a similar issue: to count all distinct values, counting null values as 1, too. A simple count doesn't work in this case, as it does not take null values into account.
Here's a snippet that works on SQL and does not involve selection of new values.
Basically, once performed the distinct, also return the row number in a new column (n) using the row_number() function, then perform a count on that column:
SELECT COUNT(n)
FROM (
SELECT *, row_number() OVER (ORDER BY [MyColumn] ASC) n
FROM (
SELECT DISTINCT [MyColumn]
FROM [MyTable]
) items
) distinctItems
Try this..
SELECT CASE
WHEN a IS NULL THEN 'Null'
ELSE 'Not Null'
END a,
Count(1)
FROM us
GROUP BY CASE
WHEN a IS NULL THEN 'Null'
ELSE 'Not Null'
END
Here are two solutions:
Select count(columnname) as countofNotNulls, count(isnull(columnname,1))-count(columnname) AS Countofnulls from table name
OR
Select count(columnname) as countofNotNulls, count(*)-count(columnname) AS Countofnulls from table name
Try
SELECT
SUM(ISNULL(a)) AS all_null,
SUM(!ISNULL(a)) AS all_not_null
FROM us;
Simple!
If you're using MS Sql Server...
SELECT COUNT(0) AS 'Null_ColumnA_Records',
(
SELECT COUNT(0)
FROM your_table
WHERE ColumnA IS NOT NULL
) AS 'NOT_Null_ColumnA_Records'
FROM your_table
WHERE ColumnA IS NULL;
I don't recomend you doing this... but here you have it (in the same table as result)
use ISNULL embedded function.
All the answers are either wrong or extremely out of date.
The simple and correct way of doing this query is using COUNT_IF function.
SELECT
COUNT_IF(a IS NULL) AS nulls,
COUNT_IF(a IS NOT NULL) AS not_nulls
FROM
us
SELECT SUM(NULLs) AS 'NULLS', SUM(NOTNULLs) AS 'NOTNULLs' FROM
(select count(*) AS 'NULLs', 0 as 'NOTNULLs' FROM us WHERE a is null
UNION select 0 as 'NULLs', count(*) AS 'NOTNULLs' FROM us WHERE a is not null) AS x
It's fugly, but it will return a single record with 2 cols indicating the count of nulls vs non nulls.
This works in T-SQL. If you're just counting the number of something and you want to include the nulls, use COALESCE instead of case.
IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#us') IS NOT NULL
DROP TABLE #us
CREATE TABLE #us
(
a INT NULL
);
INSERT INTO #us VALUES (1),(2),(3),(4),(NULL),(NULL),(NULL),(8),(9)
SELECT * FROM #us
SELECT CASE WHEN a IS NULL THEN 'NULL' ELSE 'NON-NULL' END AS 'NULL?',
COUNT(CASE WHEN a IS NULL THEN 'NULL' ELSE 'NON-NULL' END) AS 'Count'
FROM #us
GROUP BY CASE WHEN a IS NULL THEN 'NULL' ELSE 'NON-NULL' END
SELECT COALESCE(CAST(a AS NVARCHAR),'NULL') AS a,
COUNT(COALESCE(CAST(a AS NVARCHAR),'NULL')) AS 'Count'
FROM #us
GROUP BY COALESCE(CAST(a AS NVARCHAR),'NULL')
Building off of Alberto, I added the rollup.
SELECT [Narrative] = CASE
WHEN [Narrative] IS NULL THEN 'count_total' ELSE [Narrative] END
,[Count]=SUM([Count]) FROM (SELECT COUNT(*) [Count], 'count_nulls' AS [Narrative]
FROM [CrmDW].[CRM].[User]
WHERE [EmployeeID] IS NULL
UNION
SELECT COUNT(*), 'count_not_nulls ' AS narrative
FROM [CrmDW].[CRM].[User]
WHERE [EmployeeID] IS NOT NULL) S
GROUP BY [Narrative] WITH CUBE;
SELECT
ALL_VALUES
,COUNT(ALL_VALUES)
FROM(
SELECT
NVL2(A,'NOT NULL','NULL') AS ALL_VALUES
,NVL(A,0)
FROM US
)
GROUP BY ALL_VALUES
select count(isnull(NullableColumn,-1))
if its mysql, you can try something like this.
select
(select count(*) from TABLENAME WHERE a = 'null') as total_null,
(select count(*) from TABLENAME WHERE a != 'null') as total_not_null
FROM TABLENAME
Just in case you wanted it in a single record:
select
(select count(*) from tbl where colName is null) Nulls,
(select count(*) from tbl where colName is not null) NonNulls
;-)
for counting not null values
select count(*) from us where a is not null;
for counting null values
select count(*) from us where a is null;
I created the table in postgres 10 and both of the following worked:
select count(*) from us
and
select count(a is null) from us
In my case I wanted the "null distribution" amongst multiple columns:
SELECT
(CASE WHEN a IS NULL THEN 'NULL' ELSE 'NOT-NULL' END) AS a_null,
(CASE WHEN b IS NULL THEN 'NULL' ELSE 'NOT-NULL' END) AS b_null,
(CASE WHEN c IS NULL THEN 'NULL' ELSE 'NOT-NULL' END) AS c_null,
...
count(*)
FROM us
GROUP BY 1, 2, 3,...
ORDER BY 1, 2, 3,...
As per the '...' it is easily extendable to more columns, as many as needed
Number of elements where a is null:
select count(a) from us where a is null;
Number of elements where a is not null:
select count(a) from us where a is not null;