I want to exclude people who have joined a specific group. For example, if some students signed up for an Orchestra club, and I want to retrieve a list of students who did NOT sign up for orchestra, how do I do so?
I am unable to simply do a Group By clause because some students may have joined multiple clubs, and would bypass the Where condition and still show up in the query,
as shown here.
I am thinking about using a CASE statement in the SELECT clause to flag the person as '1' if they have joined Orchestra, and '0' if they have not, but I'm struggling to write an aggregate CASE function, which would cause issues from the GROUP BY clause.
Any thoughts on how to flag people with a certain row value?
Apparently my table didn't get saved onto SQLFiddle so you can paste the code below on your own screen:
CREATE TABLE activity ( PersonId, Club) as
select 1, 'Soccer' from dual union
select 1, 'Orchestra' from dual union
select 2, 'Soccer' from dual union
select 2, 'Chess' from dual union
select 2, 'Bball' from dual union
select 3, 'Orchestra' from dual union
select 3, 'Chess' from dual union
select 3, 'Bball' from dual union
select 4, 'Soccer' from dual union
select 4, 'Bball' from dual union
select 4, 'Chess' from dual;
Use the HAVING clause instead of using WHERE, with case expression :
HAVING max(case when column = ‘string’ then 1 else 0 end) = 0
Add this after your group by .
How about selecting a list of user ids from the activity table and excluding it:
SELECT * FROM users WHERE id NOT IN
(SELECT PersonId FROM activity WHERE Club = 'Orchestra');
You could use a subquery to return a list of people to exclude.
-- Returns person 2 and 4.
SELECT
PersonId
FROM
activity
WHERE
PersonId NOT IN
(
-- People to exclude.
SELECT
PersonId
FROM
activity
WHERE
Club = 'Orchestra'
)
GROUP BY
PersonId
;
EDIT Removed superfluous distinct in subquery - thanks #mathguy.
select * from
(
select a.*, case when Club ='Orchestra' then 1 else 0 end flag
from activity a
) where flag =1; --> get some students signed up for an Orchestra club
select * from
(
select a.*, case when Club ='Orchestra' then 1 else 0 end flag
from activity a
) where flag =0; --> get students not signed up for an Orchestra club
Related
Let's say I have a table Category with columns
id, childCategory, hasParts
Let's say I want to group by id and check if any value in hasParts has value true.
How to do this efficiently?
this has got to be the most vague post that i've seen on here but i'll take a stab at it. based on my own imagination and the 3 sentences provided, here we go:
create table category (id int, childcategory nvarchar(25), hasparts bit)
insert category
select 1, 'stroller', 1
union all
select 1, 'rocker', 1
union all
select 2, 'car', 0
union all
select 2, 'doll', 0
union all
select 3, 'nasal sprayer', 0
union all
select 3, 'thermometer', 1
select *,
case when exists (select 1 from category b where a.id = b.id and b.hasparts = 1) then 'has true value' end as truecheck
from
(
select id, count(*) as inventory
from category
group by id
) a
drop table category
this should theoretically get you want you want. adjust as needed.
Can some one please help me in writing a sql query that should do a oracle min function based on the following conditions.
For eg for column values
0,0,0,0 then output should be 0
0,null,0,null then output should be o
0,2,4,5,6 then output should be 2 (Note that we are excluding Zero here)
0,2,null,4,5 then output should be 2 (same here we are excluding zero)
null,null,null, null then output should be null.
I wrote query already that satisfies all the above cases but failing for last case when all the column values are null. Instead of returning null it is returning 0. Can some one modify the below query to fit for the last case as well?
select NVL(MIN(NULLIF(columnname,0)),0) from tablename;
Please also keep in mind that the query should be runnable in oracle as well as hsqldb as we are using hsql db for running junits.
If all 4 cases satisfied by your query then just a case will solve your problem.
SELECT CASE WHEN MIN(COLUMNNAME) IS NULL THEN NULL ELSE NVL(MIN(NULLIF(COLUMNNAME,0)),0) END FROM TABLENAME;
Note:- assuming all the cases satisfied by your query except 5th.
I will show below an input table with two columns, ID and VAL, to illustrate the various possibilities. You want a single result per ID (or even for the entire table), so this must be a job for GROUP BY and some aggregate function. You want to distinguish between three types of values: Greater than zero, zero, and null (in this order); you want to pick the "highest priority group" that exists for each ID (in this order of priority), and for that priority group only, you want to pick the min value. This is exactly what the aggregate FIRST/LAST function does. To order by the three "classes" of values, we use a CASE expression in the ORDER BY clause of the aggregate LAST function.
The WITH clause below is not part of the solution - I only include it to create test data (in your real life situation, use your actual table and column names and remove the entire WITH clause).
with
inputs ( id, val ) as (
select 1, 0 from dual union all
select 1, 0 from dual union all
select 1, 0 from dual union all
select 2, 0 from dual union all
select 2, null from dual union all
select 2, 0 from dual union all
select 3, 0 from dual union all
select 3, 2 from dual union all
select 3, 5 from dual union all
select 4, 0 from dual union all
select 4, 3 from dual union all
select 4, null from dual union all
select 5, null from dual union all
select 5, null from dual
)
select id,
min(val) keep (dense_rank last order by case when val > 0 then 2
when val = 0 then 1
else 0
end
) as min_val
from inputs
group by id
order by id
;
ID MIN_VAL
---------- ----------
1 0
2 0
3 2
4 3
5
I have a script that extracts transactions and their details from a database. But my users complain that the file size being generated is too large, and so they asked for certain transactions to be just summed up/consolidated instead if they are of a certain classification, say Checking Accounts. That means there should only be one line in the result set named "Checking" which contains the sum of all transactions under Checking Accounts. Is there a way for an SQL script to go like:
CASE
WHEN Acct_class = 'Checking'
then sum(tran_amount)
ELSE tran_amount
END
I already have the proper GROUP BY and ORDER BY statements, but I can't seem to get my desired output. There is still more than one "Checking" line in the result set. Any ideas would be very much appreciated.
Try This,
Select sum(tran_amount) From tran_amount Where Acct_class = 'Checking'
You can try to achieve this using UNION ALL
SELECT tran_amount, .... FROM table WHERE NOT Acct_class = 'Checking'
UNION ALL
SELECT SUM(tran_amount), .... FROM table WHERE Acct_class = 'Checking' GROUP BY Acct_class, ...;
hi you can try below sql
select account_class,
case when account_class = 'saving' then listagg(trans_detail, ',') within group (order by emp_name) -- will give you all details transactions
when account_class = 'checking' then to_char(sum(trans_detail)) -- will give you only sum of transactions
end as trans_det from emp group by account_class;
Or, if your desired output is getting either the sum, either the actual column value based on another column value, the solution would be to use an analytical function to get the sum together with the actual value:
select
decode(acct_class, 'Checking', tran_amount_sum, tran_amount)
from (
select
sum(tran_amount) over (partition by acct_class) as tran_amount_sum,
tran_amount,
acct_class
from
YOUR_TABLE
)
You can try something like the following, by keeping single rows for some classes, and aggregating for some others:
with test (id, class, amount) as
(
select 1, 'a' , 100 from dual union all
select 2, 'a' , 100 from dual union all
select 3, 'Checking', 100 from dual union all
select 4, 'Checking', 100 from dual union all
select 5, 'c' , 100 from dual union all
select 6, 'c' , 100 from dual union all
select 7, 'c' , 100 from dual union all
select 8, 'd' , 100 from dual
)
select sum(amount), class
from test
group by case
when class = 'Checking' then null /* aggregates elements of class 'b' */
else id /* keeps elements of other classes not aggregated */
end,
class
Oracle11g
I want to know if a player has ever played shortstop. However, a player
may not even be in my table, yet I'd still like to return a row for that player. In this case, player #3 is not in table, but I'd like to return a row nevertheless.
Selection Criteria
If player has at least one SHORTSTOP record then return just 1 row with YES.
If player has at least one record and none of them are SHORTSTOP then return just one row with NO.
If player has no records then return just one row with NO.
Query
with baseball_players as
(select 1 as player_id, 'SHORTSTOP' as position from dual union all
select 1 as player_id, 'FIRSTBASE' as position from dual union all
select 2 as player_id, 'FIRSTBASE' as position from dual)
select player_id, case position
when 'SHORTSTOP' then 'YES'
else 'NO'
end has_played
from baseball_players
where player_id in (1,2,3)
Question: How can I write query to get desired results?
Desired Output
PLAYER_ID HAS_PLAYED
----------------------
1 YES
2 NO
3 NO
How about this:
WITH playerList AS
(
SELECT
1 player_id
FROM
dual
UNION
SELECT
2
FROM
dual
UNION
SELECT
3
FROM
dual
)
, baseball_players as
(
select 1 as player_id, 'SHORTSTOP' as position from dual union all
select 1 as player_id, 'FIRSTBASE' as position from dual union all
select 2 as player_id, 'FIRSTBASE' as position from dual
)
SELECT
pl.player_id
, MAX(CASE WHEN bp.position = 'SHORTSTOP' THEN 'YES' ELSE 'NO' END)
FROM
playerList pl
LEFT JOIN
baseball_players bp
ON
bp.player_id = pl.player_id
GROUP BY
pl.player_id
Rather than using a where clause, create a tempoary table, insert the values in and left join on the table you created.
Use a case statement for IF NULL then NO, otherwise YES.
Is it possible to keep order from a 'IN' conditional clause?
I found this question on SO but in his example the OP have already a sorted 'IN' clause.
My case is different, 'IN' clause is in random order
Something like this :
SELECT SomeField,OtherField
FROM TestResult
WHERE TestResult.SomeField IN (45,2,445,12,789)
I would like to retrieve results in (45,2,445,12,789) order. I'm using an Oracle database. Maybe there is an attribute in SQL I can use with the conditional clause to specify to keep order of the clause.
There will be no reliable ordering unless you use an ORDER BY clause ..
SELECT SomeField,OtherField
FROM TestResult
WHERE TestResult.SomeField IN (45,2,445,12,789)
order by case TestResult.SomeField
when 45 then 1
when 2 then 2
when 445 then 3
...
end
You could split the query into 5 queries union all'd together though ...
SELECT SomeField,OtherField
FROM TestResult
WHERE TestResult.SomeField = 4
union all
SELECT SomeField,OtherField
FROM TestResult
WHERE TestResult.SomeField = 2
union all
...
I'd trust the former method more, and it would probably perform much better.
Decode function comes handy in this case instead of case expressions:
SELECT SomeField,OtherField
FROM TestResult
WHERE TestResult.SomeField IN (45,2,445,12,789)
ORDER BY DECODE(SomeField, 45,1, 2,2, 445,3, 12,4, 789,5)
Note that value,position pairs (e.g. 445,3) are kept together for readability reasons.
Try this:
SELECT T.SomeField,T.OtherField
FROM TestResult T
JOIN
(
SELECT 1 as Id, 45 as Val FROM dual UNION ALL
SELECT 2, 2 FROM dual UNION ALL
SELECT 3, 445 FROM dual UNION ALL
SELECT 4, 12 FROM dual UNION ALL
SELECT 5, 789 FROM dual
) I
ON T.SomeField = I.Val
ORDER BY I.Id
There is an alternative that uses string functions:
with const as (select ',45,2,445,12,789,' as vals)
select tr.*
from TestResult tr cross join const
where instr(const.vals, ','||cast(tr.somefield as varchar(255))||',') > 0
order by instr(const.vals, ','||cast(tr.somefield as varchar(255))||',')
I offer this because you might find it easier to maintain a string of values rather than an intermediate table.
I was able to do this in my application using (using SQL Server 2016)
select ItemID, iName
from Items
where ItemID in (13,11,12,1)
order by CHARINDEX(' ' + Convert("varchar",ItemID) + ' ',' 13 , 11 , 12 , 1 ')
I used a code-side regex to replace \b (word boundary) with a space. Something like...
var mylist = "13,11,12,1";
var spacedlist = replace(mylist,/\b/," ");
Importantly, because I can in my scenario, I cache the result until the next time the related items are updated, so that the query is only run at item creation/modification, rather than with each item viewing, helping to minimize any performance hit.
Pass the values in via a collection (SYS.ODCINUMBERLIST is an example of a built-in collection) and then order the rows by the collection's order:
SELECT t.SomeField,
t.OtherField
FROM TestResult t
INNER JOIN (
SELECT ROWNUM AS rn,
COLUMN_VALUE AS value
FROM TABLE(SYS.ODCINUMBERLIST(45,2,445,12,789))
) i
ON t.somefield = i.value
ORDER BY rn
Then, for the sample data:
CREATE TABLE TestResult ( somefield, otherfield ) AS
SELECT 2, 'A' FROM DUAL UNION ALL
SELECT 5, 'B' FROM DUAL UNION ALL
SELECT 12, 'C' FROM DUAL UNION ALL
SELECT 37, 'D' FROM DUAL UNION ALL
SELECT 45, 'E' FROM DUAL UNION ALL
SELECT 100, 'F' FROM DUAL UNION ALL
SELECT 445, 'G' FROM DUAL UNION ALL
SELECT 789, 'H' FROM DUAL UNION ALL
SELECT 999, 'I' FROM DUAL;
The output is:
SOMEFIELD
OTHERFIELD
45
E
2
A
445
G
12
C
789
H
fiddle