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I have the following SQL which queries a single table, single row, and returns the results as a comma separate string e.g.
Forms
1, 10, 4
SQL :
DECLARE #tmp varchar(250)
SET #tmp = ''
SELECT #tmp = #tmp + Form_Number + ', '
FROM Facility_EI_Forms_Required
WHERE Facility_ID = 11 AND EI_Year=2012 -- single Facility, single year
SELECT SUBSTRING(#tmp, 1, LEN(#tmp) - 1) AS Forms
The Facility_EI_Forms_Required table has three records for Facility_ID = 11
Facility_ID EI_Year Form_Number
11 2012 1
11 2012 10
11 2012 4
Form_number is a varchar field.
And I have a Facility table with Facility_ID and Facility_Name++.
How do I create a query to query all Facilites for a given year and produce the CSV output field?
I have this so far:
DECLARE #tmp varchar(250)
SET #tmp = ''
SELECT TOP 100 A.Facility_ID, A.Facility_Name,
(
SELECT #tmp = #tmp + B.Form_Number + ', '
FROM B
WHERE B.Facility_ID = A.Facility_ID
AND B.EI_Year=2012
)
FROM Facility A, Facility_EI_Forms_Required B
But it gets syntax errors on using #tmp
My guess is this is too complex a task for a query and a stored procedure may be need, but I have little knowledge of SPs. Can this be done with a nested query?
I tried a Scalar Value Function
ALTER FUNCTION [dbo].[sp_func_EI_Form_List]
(
-- Add the parameters for the function here
#p1 int,
#pYr int
)
RETURNS varchar
AS
BEGIN
-- Declare the return variable here
DECLARE #Result varchar
-- Add the T-SQL statements to compute the return value here
DECLARE #tmp varchar(250)
SET #tmp = ''
SELECT #tmp = #tmp + Form_Number + ', '
FROM OIS..Facility_EI_Forms_Required
WHERE Facility_ID = #p1 AND EI_Year = #pYr -- single Facility, single year
SELECT #Result = #tmp -- SUBSTRING(#tmp, 1, LEN(#tmp) - 1)-- #p1
-- Return the result of the function
RETURN #Result
END
The call
select Facility_ID, Facility.Facility_Name,
dbo.sp_func_EI_Form_List(Facility_ID,2012)
from facility where Facility_ID=11
returns
Facility_ID Facility_Name Form_List
11 Hanson Aggregates 1
so it is only returning the first record instead of all three. What am I doing wrong?
Try the following approach, which is an analogy to SO answer Concatenate many rows into a single text string. I hope it is correct, as I cannot try it out without having the schema and some demo data (maybe you can add schema and data to your question):
Select distinct A.Facility_ID, A.Facility_Name,
substring(
(
Select ',' + B.Form_Number AS [text()]
From Facility_EI_Forms_Required B
Where B.Facility_ID = A.Facility_ID
AND B.EI_Year=2012
ORDER BY B.Facility_ID
For XML PATH ('')
), 2, 1000) [Form_List]
From Facility A
I have two MSSQL2008 tables like this:
I have problem on the unit conversion logic.
The result I expect like this :
1589 cigar = 1ball, 5slop, 8box, 2pcs
52 pen = 2box, 12pcs
Basically I'm trying to take number (qty) from one table and to convert (split) him into the units which I defined in other table!
Note : Both table are allowed to add new row and new data (dinamic)
How can I get these results through a SQL stored procedure?
i totally misunderstand the question lest time so previous answer is removed (you can see it in edit but it's not relevant for this question)... However i come up with solution that may solve your problem...
NOTE: one little think about this solution, if you enter the value in second table like this
+--------+-------+
| Item | qty |
+--------+-------+
| 'cigar'| 596 |
+--------+-------+
result for this column will be
598cigar = 0ball, 5slop, 8box, 0pcs
note that there is a ball and pcs is there even if their value is 0, that probably can be fix if you don't want to show that value but I let you to play with it...
So let's back to solution and code. Solution have two stored procedures first one is the main and that one is the one you execute. I call it sp_MainProcedureConvertMe. Here is a code for that procedure:
CREATE PROCEDURE sp_MainProcedureConvertMe
AS
DECLARE #srcTable TABLE(srcId INT IDENTITY(1, 1), srcItem VARCHAR(50), srcQty INT)
DECLARE #xTable TABLE(xId INT IDENTITY(1, 1), xVal1 VARCHAR(1000), xVal2 VARCHAR(1000))
DECLARE #maxId INT
DECLARE #start INT = 1
DECLARE #sItem VARCHAR(50)
DECLARE #sQty INT
DECLARE #val1 VARCHAR(1000)
DECLARE #val2 VARCHAR(1000)
INSERT INTO #srcTable (srcItem, srcQty)
SELECT item, qty
FROM t2
SELECT #maxId = (SELECT MAX(srcId) FROM #srcTable)
WHILE #start <= #maxId
BEGIN
SELECT #sItem = (SELECT srcItem FROM #srcTable WHERE srcId = #start)
SELECT #sQty = (SELECT srcQty FROM #srcTable WHERE srcId = #start)
SELECT #val1 = (CAST(#sQty AS VARCHAR) + #sItem)
EXECUTE sp_ConvertMeIntoUnit #sItem, #sQty, #val2 OUTPUT
INSERT INTO #xTable (xVal1, xVal2)
VALUES (#val1, #val2)
SELECT #start = (#start + 1)
CONTINUE
END
SELECT xVal1 + ' = ' + xVal2 FROM #xTable
GO
This stored procedure have two variables as table #srcTable is basically your second table but instead of using id of your table it's create new srcId which goes from 1 to some number and it's auto_increment it's done because of while loop to avoid any problems when there is some deleted values etc. so we wanna be sure that there wont be any skipped number or something like that.
There is few more variables some of them is used to make while loop work other one is to store data. I think it's not hard to figure out from code what are they used for...
While loop iterate throughout all rows from #srcTable take values processing them and insert them into #xTable which basically hold result.
In while loop we execute second stored procedure which have a task to calculate how many unit of something is there in specific number of item. I call her sp_ConvertMeIntoUnit and here is a code for her:
CREATE PROCEDURE sp_ConvertMeIntoUnit
#inItemName VARCHAR(50),
#inQty INT,
#myResult VARCHAR(5000) OUT
AS
DECLARE #rTable TABLE(rId INT IDENTITY(1, 1), rUnit VARCHAR(50), rQty INT)
DECLARE #yTable TABLE(yId INT IDENTITY(1, 1), yVal INT, yRest INT)
DECLARE #maxId INT
DECLARE #start INT = 1
DECLARE #quentity INT = #inQty
DECLARE #divider INT
DECLARE #quant INT
DECLARE #rest INT
DECLARE #result VARCHAR(5000)
INSERT INTO #rTable(rUnit, rQty)
SELECT unit, qty
FROM t1
WHERE item = #inItemName
ORDER BY qty DESC
SELECT #maxId = (SELECT MAX(rId) FROM #rTable)
WHILE #start <= #maxId
BEGIN
SELECT #divider = (SELECT rQty FROM #rTable WHERE rId = #start)
SELECT #quant = (#quentity / #divider)
SELECT #rest = (#quentity % #divider)
INSERT INTO #yTable(yVal, yRest)
VALUES (#quant, #rest)
SELECT #quentity = #rest
SELECT #start = (#start + 1)
CONTINUE
END
SELECT #result = COALESCE(#result + ', ', '') + CAST(y.yVal AS VARCHAR) + r.rUnit FROM #rTable AS r INNER JOIN #yTable AS y ON r.rId = y.yId
SELECT #myResult = #result
GO
This procedure contain three parametars it's take two parameters from the first one and one is returned as result (OUTPUT). In parameters are Item and Quantity.
There are also two variables as table #rTable we stored values as #rId which is auto increment and always will go from 1 to some number no matter what is there Id's in the first table. Other two values are inserted there from the first table based on #inItemName parameter which is sanded from first procedure... From the your first table we use unit and quantity and stored them with rId into table #rTable ordered by Qty from biggest number to lowest. This is a part of code for that
INSERT INTO #rTable(rUnit, rQty)
SELECT unit, qty
FROM t1
WHERE item = #inItemName
ORDER BY qty DESC
Then we go into while loop where we do some maths. Basically we store into variable #divider values from #rTable. In the first iteration we take the biggest value calculate how many times it's contain into the number (second parameter we pass from first procedure is qty from the yours second table) and store it into #quant than we also calculate modulo and store it into variable #rest. This line
SELECT #rest = (#quentity % #divider)
After that we insert our values into #yTable. Before we and with iteration in while loop we assign #quentity variable value of #rest value because we need to work just with the remainder not with whole quantity any more. In second iteration we take next (the second greatest number in our #rTable) number and procedure repeat itself...
When while loop finish we create a string. This line here:
SELECT #result = COALESCE(#result + ', ', '') + CAST(y.yVal AS VARCHAR) + r.rUnit FROM #rTable AS r INNER JOIN #yTable AS y ON r.rId = y.yId
This is the line you want to change if you want to exclude result with 0 (i talk about them at the beginning of answer)...
And at the end we store result into output variable #myResult...
Result of this stored procedure will return string like this:
+--------------------------+
| 1ball, 5slop, 8box, 2pcs |
+--------------------------+
Hope I didn't miss anything important. Basically only think you should change here is the name of the table and their columns (if they are different) in first stored procedure instead t2 here
INSERT INTO...
SELECT item, qty
FROM t2
And in second one instead of t1 (and column if needed) here..
INSERT INTO...
SELECT unit, qty
FROM t1
WHERE item = #inItemName
ORDER BY qty DESC
Hope i help a little or give you an idea how this can be solved...
GL!
You seem to want string aggregation – something that does not have a simple instruction in Transact-SQL and is usually implemented using a correlated FOR XML subquery.
You have not provided names for your tables. For the purpose of the following example, the first table is called ItemDetails and the second one, Items:
SELECT
i.item,
i.qty,
details = (
SELECT
', ' + CAST(d.qty AS varchar(10)) + d.unit
FROM
dbo.ItemDetails AS d
WHERE
d.item = i.item
FOR XML
PATH (''), TYPE
).value('substring(./text()[1], 3)', 'nvarchar(max)')
FROM
dbo.Items AS i
;
For the input provided in the question, the above query would return the following output:
item qty details
----- ----------- ------------------------------
cigar 1598 1pcs, 1000ball, 12box, 100slop
pen 52 1pcs, 20box
You can further arrange the data into strings as per your requirement. I would recommend you do it in the calling application and use SQL only as your data source. However, if you must, you can do the concatenation in SQL as well.
Note that the above query assumes that the same unit does not appear more than once per item in ItemDetails. If it does and you want to aggregate qty values per unit before producing the detail line, you will need to change the query a little:
SELECT
i.item,
i.qty,
details = (
SELECT
', ' + CAST(SUM(d.qty) AS varchar(10)) + d.unit
FROM
dbo.ItemDetails AS d
WHERE
d.item = i.item
GROUP BY
d.unit
FOR XML
PATH (''), TYPE
).value('substring(./text()[1], 3)', 'nvarchar(max)')
FROM
dbo.Items AS i
;
Consider the following table:
DECLARE #tmp_Example
TABLE (
TestInt int,
TestName varchar(max)
);
INSERT INTO #tmp_Example (TestInt, TestName)
VALUES (22,'Bob'),
(23,'James'),
(24,'Joe');
SELECT * from #tmp_Example
WHERE TestInt = 23;
I am getting into situations where somebody might want to select multiple results for TestInt, and I am receiving it like so:
('23,24')
Without changing the schema of the table, how can I support such a query? I fiddled with splitting it like so:
DECLARE #testEx as varchar(max) = '23,24';
SELECT * from #tmp_Example
WHERE TestInt = CAST(dbo.Split(#testEx,',') AS int);
Assuming dbo.Split is what I think it is, a table-valued function that will return integers 23 and 24 in their own rows:
SELECT t.TestInt, t.TestName
FROM #tmp_Example AS t
INNER JOIN dbo.Split(#testEx, ',') AS s
ON t.TestInt = s.OutputColumnName;
SQLfiddle demo
This approach works also (assuming you handle the case where someone has spaces in their list, e.g. 23, 24):
SELECT TestInt, TestName
FROM #tmp_Example
WHERE ','+REPLACE(#testEx, ' ', '')+','
LIKE '%,'+cast(TestInt as varchar(255))+',%';
SQLfiddle demo
I have a Transact-SQL query that uses the IN operator. Something like this:
select * from myTable where myColumn in (1,2,3,4)
Is there a way to define a variable to hold the entire list "(1,2,3,4)"? How should I define it?
declare #myList {data type}
set #myList = (1,2,3,4)
select * from myTable where myColumn in #myList
DECLARE #MyList TABLE (Value INT)
INSERT INTO #MyList VALUES (1)
INSERT INTO #MyList VALUES (2)
INSERT INTO #MyList VALUES (3)
INSERT INTO #MyList VALUES (4)
SELECT *
FROM MyTable
WHERE MyColumn IN (SELECT Value FROM #MyList)
DECLARE #mylist TABLE (Id int)
INSERT INTO #mylist
SELECT id FROM (VALUES (1),(2),(3),(4),(5)) AS tbl(id)
SELECT * FROM Mytable WHERE theColumn IN (select id from #mylist)
There are two ways to tackle dynamic csv lists for TSQL queries:
1) Using an inner select
SELECT * FROM myTable WHERE myColumn in (SELECT id FROM myIdTable WHERE id > 10)
2) Using dynamically concatenated TSQL
DECLARE #sql varchar(max)
declare #list varchar(256)
select #list = '1,2,3'
SELECT #sql = 'SELECT * FROM myTable WHERE myColumn in (' + #list + ')'
exec sp_executeSQL #sql
3) A possible third option is table variables. If you have SQl Server 2005 you can use a table variable. If your on Sql Server 2008 you can even pass whole table variables in as a parameter to stored procedures and use it in a join or as a subselect in the IN clause.
DECLARE #list TABLE (Id INT)
INSERT INTO #list(Id)
SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT 2 UNION ALL SELECT 3 UNION ALL SELECT 4
SELECT
*
FROM
myTable
JOIN #list l ON myTable.myColumn = l.Id
SELECT
*
FROM
myTable
WHERE
myColumn IN (SELECT Id FROM #list)
Use a function like this:
CREATE function [dbo].[list_to_table] (#list varchar(4000))
returns #tab table (item varchar(100))
begin
if CHARINDEX(',',#list) = 0 or CHARINDEX(',',#list) is null
begin
insert into #tab (item) values (#list);
return;
end
declare #c_pos int;
declare #n_pos int;
declare #l_pos int;
set #c_pos = 0;
set #n_pos = CHARINDEX(',',#list,#c_pos);
while #n_pos > 0
begin
insert into #tab (item) values (SUBSTRING(#list,#c_pos+1,#n_pos - #c_pos-1));
set #c_pos = #n_pos;
set #l_pos = #n_pos;
set #n_pos = CHARINDEX(',',#list,#c_pos+1);
end;
insert into #tab (item) values (SUBSTRING(#list,#l_pos+1,4000));
return;
end;
Instead of using like, you make an inner join with the table returned by the function:
select * from table_1 where id in ('a','b','c')
becomes
select * from table_1 a inner join [dbo].[list_to_table] ('a,b,c') b on (a.id = b.item)
In an unindexed 1M record table the second version took about half the time...
I know this is old now but TSQL => 2016, you can use STRING_SPLIT:
DECLARE #InList varchar(255) = 'This;Is;My;List';
WITH InList (Item) AS (
SELECT value FROM STRING_SPLIT(#InList, ';')
)
SELECT *
FROM [Table]
WHERE [Item] IN (SELECT Tag FROM InList)
Starting with SQL2017 you can use STRING_SPLIT and do this:
declare #myList nvarchar(MAX)
set #myList = '1,2,3,4'
select * from myTable where myColumn in (select value from STRING_SPLIT(#myList,','))
DECLARE #myList TABLE (Id BIGINT) INSERT INTO #myList(Id) VALUES (1),(2),(3),(4);
select * from myTable where myColumn in(select Id from #myList)
Please note that for long list or production systems it's not recommended to use this way as it may be much more slower than simple INoperator like someColumnName in (1,2,3,4) (tested using 8000+ items list)
slight improvement on #LukeH, there is no need to repeat the "INSERT INTO":
and #realPT's answer - no need to have the SELECT:
DECLARE #MyList TABLE (Value INT)
INSERT INTO #MyList VALUES (1),(2),(3),(4)
SELECT * FROM MyTable
WHERE MyColumn IN (SELECT Value FROM #MyList)
No, there is no such type. But there are some choices:
Dynamically generated queries (sp_executesql)
Temporary tables
Table-type variables (closest thing that there is to a list)
Create an XML string and then convert it to a table with the XML functions (really awkward and roundabout, unless you have an XML to start with)
None of these are really elegant, but that's the best there is.
If you want to do this without using a second table, you can do a LIKE comparison with a CAST:
DECLARE #myList varchar(15)
SET #myList = ',1,2,3,4,'
SELECT *
FROM myTable
WHERE #myList LIKE '%,' + CAST(myColumn AS varchar(15)) + ',%'
If the field you're comparing is already a string then you won't need to CAST.
Surrounding both the column match and each unique value in commas will ensure an exact match. Otherwise, a value of 1 would be found in a list containing ',4,2,15,'
As no one mentioned it before, starting from Sql Server 2016 you can also use json arrays and OPENJSON (Transact-SQL):
declare #filter nvarchar(max) = '[1,2]'
select *
from dbo.Test as t
where
exists (select * from openjson(#filter) as tt where tt.[value] = t.id)
You can test it in
sql fiddle demo
You can also cover more complicated cases with json easier - see Search list of values and range in SQL using WHERE IN clause with SQL variable?
This one uses PATINDEX to match ids from a table to a non-digit delimited integer list.
-- Given a string #myList containing character delimited integers
-- (supports any non digit delimiter)
DECLARE #myList VARCHAR(MAX) = '1,2,3,4,42'
SELECT * FROM [MyTable]
WHERE
-- When the Id is at the leftmost position
-- (nothing to its left and anything to its right after a non digit char)
PATINDEX(CAST([Id] AS VARCHAR)+'[^0-9]%', #myList)>0
OR
-- When the Id is at the rightmost position
-- (anything to its left before a non digit char and nothing to its right)
PATINDEX('%[^0-9]'+CAST([Id] AS VARCHAR), #myList)>0
OR
-- When the Id is between two delimiters
-- (anything to its left and right after two non digit chars)
PATINDEX('%[^0-9]'+CAST([Id] AS VARCHAR)+'[^0-9]%', #myList)>0
OR
-- When the Id is equal to the list
-- (if there is only one Id in the list)
CAST([Id] AS VARCHAR)=#myList
Notes:
when casting as varchar and not specifying byte size in parentheses the default length is 30
% (wildcard) will match any string of zero or more characters
^ (wildcard) not to match
[^0-9] will match any non digit character
PATINDEX is an SQL standard function that returns the position of a pattern in a string
DECLARE #StatusList varchar(MAX);
SET #StatusList='1,2,3,4';
DECLARE #Status SYS_INTEGERS;
INSERT INTO #Status
SELECT Value
FROM dbo.SYS_SPLITTOINTEGERS_FN(#StatusList, ',');
SELECT Value From #Status;
Most of these seem to focus on separating-out each INT into its own parenthetical, for example:
(1),(2),(3), and so on...
That isn't always convenient. Especially since, many times, you already start with a comma-separated list, for example:
(1,2,3,...) and so on...
In these situations, you may care to do something more like this:
DECLARE #ListOfIds TABLE (DocumentId INT);
INSERT INTO #ListOfIds
SELECT Id FROM [dbo].[Document] WHERE Id IN (206,235,255,257,267,365)
SELECT * FROM #ListOfIds
I like this method because, more often than not, I am trying to work with IDs that should already exist in a table.
My experience with a commonly proposed technique offered here,
SELECT * FROM Mytable WHERE myColumn IN (select id from #mylist)
is that it induces a major performance degradation if the primary data table (Mytable) includes a very large number of records. Presumably, that is because the IN operator’s list-subquery is re-executed for every record in the data table.
I’m not seeing any offered solution here that provides the same functional result by avoiding the IN operator entirely. The general problem isn’t a need for a parameterized IN operation, it’s a need for a parameterized inclusion constraint. My favored technique for that is to implement it using an (inner) join:
DECLARE #myList varchar(50) /* BEWARE: if too small, no error, just missing data! */
SET #myList = '1,2,3,4'
SELECT *
FROM myTable
JOIN STRING_SPLIT(#myList,',') MyList_Tbl
ON myColumn = MyList_Tbl.Value
It is so much faster because the generation of the constraint-list table (MyList_Tbl) is executed only once for the entire query execution. Typically, for large data sets, this technique executes at least five times faster than the functionally equivalent parameterized IN operator solutions, like those offered here.
I think you'll have to declare a string and then execute that SQL string.
Have a look at sp_executeSQL
I'd like to pass a table as a parameter into a scaler UDF.
I'd also prefer to restrict the parameter to tables with only one column. (optional)
Is this possible?
EDIT
I don't want to pass a table name, I'd like to pass the table of data (as a reference I presume)
EDIT
I would want my Scaler UDF to basically take a table of values and return a CSV list of the rows.
IE
col1
"My First Value"
"My Second Value"
...
"My nth Value"
would return
"My First Value, My Second Value,... My nth Value"
I'd like to do some filtering on the table though, IE ensuring that there are no nulls and to ensure there are no duplicates. I was expecting something along the lines of:
SELECT dbo.MyFunction(SELECT DISTINCT myDate FROM myTable WHERE myDate IS NOT NULL)
You can, however no any table. From documentation:
For Transact-SQL functions, all data
types, including CLR user-defined
types and user-defined table types,
are allowed except the timestamp data
type.
You can use user-defined table types.
Example of user-defined table type:
CREATE TYPE TableType
AS TABLE (LocationName VARCHAR(50))
GO
DECLARE #myTable TableType
INSERT INTO #myTable(LocationName) VALUES('aaa')
SELECT * FROM #myTable
So what you can do is to define your table type, for example TableType and define the function which takes the parameter of this type. An example function:
CREATE FUNCTION Example( #TableName TableType READONLY)
RETURNS VARCHAR(50)
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE #name VARCHAR(50)
SELECT TOP 1 #name = LocationName FROM #TableName
RETURN #name
END
The parameter has to be READONLY. And example usage:
DECLARE #myTable TableType
INSERT INTO #myTable(LocationName) VALUES('aaa')
SELECT * FROM #myTable
SELECT dbo.Example(#myTable)
Depending on what you want achieve you can modify this code.
EDIT:
If you have a data in a table you may create a variable:
DECLARE #myTable TableType
And take data from your table to the variable
INSERT INTO #myTable(field_name)
SELECT field_name_2 FROM my_other_table
Unfortunately, there is no simple way in SQL Server 2005. Lukasz' answer is correct for SQL Server 2008 though and the feature is long overdue
Any solution would involve temp tables, or passing in xml/CSV and parsing in the UDF. Example: change to xml, parse in udf
DECLARE #psuedotable xml
SELECT
#psuedotable = ...
FROM
...
FOR XML ...
SELECT ... dbo.MyUDF (#psuedotable)
What do you want to do in the bigger picture though? There may be another way to do this...
Edit: Why not pass in the query as a string and use a stored proc with output parameter
Note: this is an untested bit of code, and you'd need to think about SQL injection etc. However, it also satisfies your "one column" requirement and should help you along
CREATE PROC dbo.ToCSV (
#MyQuery varchar(2000),
#CSVOut varchar(max)
)
AS
SET NOCOUNT ON
CREATE TABLE #foo (bar varchar(max))
INSERT #foo
EXEC (#MyQuery)
SELECT
#CSVOut = SUBSTRING(buzz, 2, 2000000000)
FROM
(
SELECT
bar -- maybe CAST(bar AS varchar(max))??
FROM
#foo
FOR XML PATH (',')
) fizz(buzz)
GO
Step 1: Create a Type as Table with name TableType that will accept a table having one varchar column
create type TableType
as table ([value] varchar(100) null)
Step 2: Create a function that will accept above declared TableType as Table-Valued Parameter and String Value as Separator
create function dbo.fn_get_string_with_delimeter (#table TableType readonly,#Separator varchar(5))
returns varchar(500)
As
begin
declare #return varchar(500)
set #return = stuff((select #Separator + value from #table for xml path('')),1,1,'')
return #return
end
Step 3: Pass table with one varchar column to the user-defined type TableType and ',' as separator in the function
select dbo.fn_get_string_with_delimeter(#tab, ',')
Cutting to the bottom line, you want a query like SELECT x FROM y to be passed into a function that returns the values as a comma separated string.
As has already been explained you can do this by creating a table type and passing a UDT into the function, but this needs a multi-line statement.
You can pass XML around without declaring a typed table, but this seems to need a xml variable which is still a multi-line statement i.e.
DECLARE #MyXML XML = (SELECT x FROM y FOR XML RAW);
SELECT Dbo.CreateCSV(#MyXml);
The "FOR XML RAW" makes the SQL give you it's result set as some xml.
But you can bypass the variable using Cast(... AS XML). Then it's just a matter of some XQuery and a little concatenation trick:
CREATE FUNCTION CreateCSV (#MyXML XML)
RETURNS VARCHAR(MAX)
BEGIN
DECLARE #listStr VARCHAR(MAX);
SELECT
#listStr =
COALESCE(#listStr+',' ,'') +
c.value('#Value[1]','nvarchar(max)')
FROM #myxml.nodes('/row') as T(c)
RETURN #listStr
END
GO
-- And you call it like this:
SELECT Dbo.CreateCSV(CAST(( SELECT x FROM y FOR XML RAW) AS XML));
-- Or a working example
SELECT Dbo.CreateCSV(CAST((
SELECT DISTINCT number AS Value
FROM master..spt_values
WHERE type = 'P'
AND number <= 20
FOR XML RAW) AS XML));
As long as you use FOR XML RAW all you need do is alias the column you want as Value, as this is hard coded in the function.
PASSING TABLE AS PARAMETER IN STORED PROCEDURE
Step 1:
CREATE TABLE [DBO].T_EMPLOYEES_DETAILS
(
Id int,
Name nvarchar(50),
Gender nvarchar(10),
Salary int
)
Step 2:
CREATE TYPE EmpInsertType AS TABLE
(
Id int,
Name nvarchar(50),
Gender nvarchar(10),
Salary int
)
Step 3:
/* Must add READONLY keyword at end of the variable */
CREATE PROC PRC_EmpInsertType
#EmployeeInsertType EmpInsertType READONLY
AS
BEGIN
INSERT INTO [DBO].T_EMPLOYEES_DETAILS
SELECT * FROM #EmployeeInsertType
END
Step 4:
DECLARE #EmployeeInsertType EmpInsertType
INSERT INTO #EmployeeInsertType VALUES(1,'John','Male',50000)
INSERT INTO #EmployeeInsertType VALUES(2,'Praveen','Male',60000)
INSERT INTO #EmployeeInsertType VALUES(3,'Chitra','Female',45000)
INSERT INTO #EmployeeInsertType VALUES(4,'Mathy','Female',6600)
INSERT INTO #EmployeeInsertType VALUES(5,'Sam','Male',50000)
EXEC PRC_EmpInsertType #EmployeeInsertType
=======================================
SELECT * FROM T_EMPLOYEES_DETAILS
OUTPUT
1 John Male 50000
2 Praveen Male 60000
3 Chitra Female 45000
4 Mathy Female 6600
5 Sam Male 50000
I've been dealing with a very similar problem and have been able to achieve what I was looking for, even though I'm using SQL Server 2000. I know it is an old question, but think its valid to post here the solution since there should be others like me that use old versions and still need help.
Here's the trick: SQL Server won't accept passing a table to a UDF, nor you can pass a T-SQL query so the function creates a temp table or even calls a stored procedure to do that. So, instead, I've created a reserved table, which I called xtList. This will hold the list of values (1 column, as needed) to work with.
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[xtList](
[List] [varchar](1000) NULL
) ON [PRIMARY]
Then, a stored procedure to populate the list. This is not strictly necessary, but I think is very usefull and best practice.
-- =============================================
-- Author: Zark Khullah
-- Create date: 20/06/2014
-- =============================================
CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[xpCreateList]
#ListQuery varchar(2000)
AS
BEGIN
SET NOCOUNT ON;
DELETE FROM xtList
INSERT INTO xtList
EXEC(#ListQuery)
END
Now, just deal with the list in any way you want, using the xtList. You can use in a procedure (for executing several T-SQL commands), scalar functions (for retrieving several strings) or multi-statement table-valued functions (retrieves the strings but like it was inside a table, 1 string per row). For any of that, you'll need cursors:
DECLARE #Item varchar(100)
DECLARE cList CURSOR DYNAMIC
FOR (SELECT * FROM xtList WHERE List is not NULL)
OPEN cList
FETCH FIRST FROM cList INTO #Item
WHILE ##FETCH_STATUS = 0 BEGIN
<< desired action with values >>
FETCH NEXT FROM cList INTO #Item
END
CLOSE cList
DEALLOCATE cList
The desired action would be as follows, depending on which type of object created:
Stored procedures
-- =============================================
-- Author: Zark Khullah
-- Create date: 20/06/2014
-- =============================================
CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[xpProcreateExec]
(
#Cmd varchar(8000),
#ReplaceWith varchar(1000)
)
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE #Query varchar(8000)
<< cursor start >>
SET #Query = REPLACE(#Cmd,#ReplaceWith,#Item)
EXEC(#Query)
<< cursor end >>
END
/* EXAMPLES
(List A,B,C)
Query = 'SELECT x FROM table'
with EXEC xpProcreateExec(Query,'x') turns into
SELECT A FROM table
SELECT B FROM table
SELECT C FROM table
Cmd = 'EXEC procedure ''arg''' --whatchout for wrong quotes, since it executes as dynamic SQL
with EXEC xpProcreateExec(Cmd,'arg') turns into
EXEC procedure 'A'
EXEC procedure 'B'
EXEC procedure 'C'
*/
Scalar functions
-- =============================================
-- Author: Zark Khullah
-- Create date: 20/06/2014
-- =============================================
CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[xfProcreateStr]
(
#OriginalText varchar(8000),
#ReplaceWith varchar(1000)
)
RETURNS varchar(8000)
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE #Result varchar(8000)
SET #Result = ''
<< cursor start >>
SET #Result = #Result + REPLACE(#OriginalText,#ReplaceWith,#Item) + char(13) + char(10)
<< cursor end >>
RETURN #Result
END
/* EXAMPLE
(List A,B,C)
Text = 'Access provided for user x'
with "SELECT dbo.xfProcreateStr(Text,'x')" turns into
'Access provided for user A
Access provided for user B
Access provided for user C'
*/
Multi-statement table-valued functions
-- =============================================
-- Author: Zark Khullah
-- Create date: 20/06/2014
-- =============================================
CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[xfProcreateInRows]
(
#OriginalText varchar(8000),
#ReplaceWith varchar(1000)
)
RETURNS
#Texts TABLE
(
Text varchar(2000)
)
AS
BEGIN
<< cursor start >>
INSERT INTO #Texts VALUES(REPLACE(#OriginalText,#ReplaceWith,#Item))
<< cursor end >>
END
/* EXAMPLE
(List A,B,C)
Text = 'Access provided for user x'
with "SELECT * FROM dbo.xfProcreateInRow(Text,'x')" returns rows
'Access provided for user A'
'Access provided for user B'
'Access provided for user C'
*/
To obtain the column count on a table, use this:
select count(id) from syscolumns where id = object_id('tablename')
and to pass a table to a function, try XML as show here:
create function dbo.ReadXml (#xmlMatrix xml)
returns table
as
return
( select
t.value('./#Salary', 'integer') as Salary,
t.value('./#Age', 'integer') as Age
from #xmlMatrix.nodes('//row') x(t)
)
go
declare #source table
( Salary integer,
age tinyint
)
insert into #source
select 10000, 25 union all
select 15000, 27 union all
select 12000, 18 union all
select 15000, 36 union all
select 16000, 57 union all
select 17000, 44 union all
select 18000, 32 union all
select 19000, 56 union all
select 25000, 34 union all
select 7500, 29
--select * from #source
declare #functionArgument xml
select #functionArgument =
( select
Salary as [row/#Salary],
Age as [row/#Age]
from #source
for xml path('')
)
--select #functionArgument as [#functionArgument]
select * from readXml(#functionArgument)
/* -------- Sample Output: --------
Salary Age
----------- -----------
10000 25
15000 27
12000 18
15000 36
16000 57
17000 44
18000 32
19000 56
25000 34
7500 29
*/
create table Project (ProjectId int, Description varchar(50));
insert into Project values (1, 'Chase tail, change directions');
insert into Project values (2, 'ping-pong ball in clothes dryer');
create table ProjectResource (ProjectId int, ResourceId int, Name varchar(15));
insert into ProjectResource values (1, 1, 'Adam');
insert into ProjectResource values (1, 2, 'Kerry');
insert into ProjectResource values (1, 3, 'Tom');
insert into ProjectResource values (2, 4, 'David');
insert into ProjectResource values (2, 5, 'Jeff');
SELECT *,
(SELECT Name + ' ' AS [text()]
FROM ProjectResource pr
WHERE pr.ProjectId = p.ProjectId
FOR XML PATH (''))
AS ResourceList
FROM Project p
-- ProjectId Description ResourceList
-- 1 Chase tail, change directions Adam Kerry Tom
-- 2 ping-pong ball in clothes dryer David Jeff
The following will enable you to quickly remove the duplicate,null values and return only the valid one as list.
CREATE TABLE DuplicateTable (Col1 INT)
INSERT INTO DuplicateTable
SELECT 8
UNION ALL
SELECT 1--duplicate
UNION ALL
SELECT 2 --duplicate
UNION ALL
SELECT 1
UNION ALL
SELECT 3
UNION ALL
SELECT 4
UNION ALL
SELECT 5
UNION
SELECT NULL
GO
WITH CTE (COl1,DuplicateCount)
AS
(
SELECT COl1,
ROW_NUMBER() OVER(PARTITION BY COl1 ORDER BY Col1) AS DuplicateCount
FROM DuplicateTable
WHERE (col1 IS NOT NULL)
)
SELECT COl1
FROM CTE
WHERE DuplicateCount =1
GO
CTE are valid in SQL 2005 , you could then store the values in a temp table and use it with your function.
you can do something like this
/* CREATE USER DEFINED TABLE TYPE */
CREATE TYPE StateMaster AS TABLE
(
StateCode VARCHAR(2),
StateDescp VARCHAR(250)
)
GO
/*CREATE FUNCTION WHICH TAKES TABLE AS A PARAMETER */
CREATE FUNCTION TableValuedParameterExample(#TmpTable StateMaster READONLY)
RETURNS VARCHAR(250)
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE #StateDescp VARCHAR(250)
SELECT #StateDescp = StateDescp FROM #TmpTable
RETURN #StateDescp
END
GO
/*CREATE STORED PROCEDURE WHICH TAKES TABLE AS A PARAMETER */
CREATE PROCEDURE TableValuedParameterExample_SP
(
#TmpTable StateMaster READONLY
)
AS
BEGIN
INSERT INTO StateMst
SELECT * FROM #TmpTable
END
GO
BEGIN
/* DECLARE VARIABLE OF TABLE USER DEFINED TYPE */
DECLARE #MyTable StateMaster
/* INSERT DATA INTO TABLE TYPE */
INSERT INTO #MyTable VALUES('11','AndhraPradesh')
INSERT INTO #MyTable VALUES('12','Assam')
/* EXECUTE STORED PROCEDURE */
EXEC TableValuedParameterExample_SP #MyTable
GO
For more details check this link: http://sailajareddy-technical.blogspot.in/2012/09/passing-table-valued-parameter-to.html