query replace blank - sql

My query draws the total cost from two other queries and then adds these together to generate a job cost total. My issue is that when a job is entered and the query runs its magic in the background, dependant on the job means that one field may not contain any cost information. I believe it to be because of these empty cells that the totals do not populate correctly and thus will need to replace the blanks with £0.
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SELECT tblMaintenanceLog.LogID, Last(QIntTotals.IntTotal) AS LastOfIntTotal, Last(QExtPartsTotalsComp.SumOfSumOfEXTPCost) AS LastOfSumOfSumOfEXTPCost, [IntTotal]+[SumOfSumOfEXTPCost] AS Expr1
FROM (tblMaintenanceLog LEFT JOIN QIntTotals ON tblMaintenanceLog.LogID = QIntTotals.INTJobID) LEFT JOIN QExtPartsTotalsComp ON tblMaintenanceLog.LogID = QExtPartsTotalsComp.EXTPJobID
GROUP BY tblMaintenanceLog.LogID, [IntTotal]+[SumOfSumOfEXTPCost]
ORDER BY tblMaintenanceLog.LogID;
I have tried an if statement to replace blanks with 0 and also the Nz function without any avail. However, I could just be entering it in wrong as I am still relatively new to VBA and SQL so any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you all :)

You can use COALESCE in this case.
SELECT tblMaintenanceLog.LogID , COALESCE(NULLIF(Last(QIntTotals.IntTotal),''),0) AS LastOfIntTotal, Last(QExtPartsTotalsComp.SumOfSumOfEXTPCost) AS LastOfSumOfSumOfEXTPCost, [IntTotal]+[SumOfSumOfEXTPCost] AS Expr1
FROM (tblMaintenanceLog LEFT JOIN QIntTotals ON tblMaintenanceLog.LogID = QIntTotals.INTJobID) LEFT JOIN QExtPartsTotalsComp ON tblMaintenanceLog.LogID = QExtPartsTotalsComp.EXTPJobID
GROUP BY tblMaintenanceLog.LogID, [IntTotal]+[SumOfSumOfEXTPCost]
ORDER BY tblMaintenanceLog.LogID;

I have the answer!!
Iif(Last(QIntTotals.IntTotal) is null, 0, Last(QIntTotals.IntTotal))
I cant thank you enough for your help ppijnenburg! I didn't realise how to properly add stuff in SQL until you shown me that! You have saved me much heartache!!!! Thank you :)

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Problem with SQL FULL OUTER JOIN with WHERE date

this query return result of all row with P500 & S500, except that the prj_end_dt won't work at all it simply ignore it is there a way to make it work?
thank you,
SELECT project_labour.cod_no,project.prj_no,project.prj_end_dt,project_labour.pla_hrs_budg
FROM project_labour
FULL OUTER JOIN project ON project_labour.prj_no=project.prj_no
WHERE project_labour.cod_no='S500' OR project_labour.cod_no='P500' AND prj_end_dt<'2019-01-01'
FULL JOIN is almost never necessary. I rarely use it, and I write lots of queries. Filtering is even more troublesome. I am guessing that you really want:
SELECT pl.cod_no, p.prj_no, p.prj_end_dt, pl.pla_hrs_budg
FROM project p LEFT JOIN
project_labour pl
ON pl.prj_no = p.prj_no AND pl.cod_no IN ('S500', 'P500')
WHERE p.prj_end_dt < '2019-01-01';
This will return all projects from prior to 2019. Any matching project_labour rows will be returned. If there are none, then those columns will be NULL. It is quite possible that an INNER JOIN is sufficient for the query; the IN condition fixes the problem with your logic.

Add Math function to SQL Query

New to SQL and I am trying to run a query that pulls all our item codes, lot number, and qty on hand.
Each lot number has multiple entries due to adjustments. I need a way of running my query and having it add or subtract to get the actual qty on hand for each lot and only show me lots that are in the negatives. I have tried playing with SSRS but I cant get it right. I'm using SQL 2008R2.
SELECT
IMLAYER.ITEM_CODE
,IMMSTR.ITEM_DESC
,IMLAYER.LOT_NO
,IMLAYER.QTY_ON_HAND
FROM
IMLAYER
INNER JOIN
IMMSTR
ON
IMLAYER.ITEM_CODE = IMMSTR.ITEM_CODE
WHERE
(IMLAYER.QTY_ON_HAND < 0);
I believe I understand the requirements correctly, but if not please comment and I can update the query:
SELECT
M.ITEM_CODE
,M.ITEM_DESC
,L.LOT_NO
,'SUM_OF_QTY_ON_HAND' = SUM(L.QTY_ON_HAND)
FROM
IMLAYER L
INNER JOIN
IMMSTR M
ON L.ITEM_CODE = M.ITEM_CODE
GROUP BY
M.ITEM_CODE
,M.ITEM_DESC
,L.LOT_NO
HAVING
SUM(L.QTY_ON_HAND) < 0
HAVING is the trick you are looking for to be able to use an aggregate function for filtering.

relationships produce duplicate records on query, DISTINCT does not work, any other solutions available?

I am new to this portal. I have a very simple problem to be solved. It is related to the ANSI SQL. I am writing a reports using BIRT and I am fetching the data from several tables. I understand how the SQL joins work but maybe not fully. I researched google for hours and I could not find relevant answer.
My problem is that one of the relationships in the code produce a duplicate result (the same row is copied - duplicated). I was so determined to solve it I used every type of join available. Some of this SQL was produced already. I shall post my code below. I know that one of the solutions to my problem is use of the 'DISTINCT' keyword. I have used it and it does not solve my problem.
Can anyone propose any solution to that?
Sample code:
SELECT DISTINCT
partmaster.partdesc,
partmaster.uom,
traders.name AS tradername,
worksorders.id AS worksorderno,
worksorders.partid,
worksorders.quantity,
worksorders.duedate,
worksorders.traderid,
worksorders.orderid,
routingoperations.partid,
routingoperations.methodid,
routingoperations.operationnumber,
routingoperations.workcentreid,
routingoperations.settime,
routingoperations.runtime,
routingoperations.perquantity,
routingoperations.description,
routingoperations.alternativeoperation,
routingoperations.alternativeoperationpreference,
machines.macdesc,
machines.msection,
allpartmaster.partnum,
allpartmaster.nbq,
allpartmaster.partdesc,
routingoperationtools.toolid,
tools.tooldesc,
CAST (emediadetails.data as VARCHAR(MAX)) AS cplandata
FROM worksorders
INNER JOIN partmaster ON worksorders.partid = partmaster.partnum
INNER JOIN traders traders ON worksorders.traderid = traders.id
INNER JOIN routingoperations routingoperations ON worksorders.partid = routingoperations.partid
AND worksorders.routingmethod = routingoperations.methodid
INNER JOIN allpartmaster allpartmaster ON routingoperations.partid = allpartmaster.partnum
LEFT OUTER JOIN machines machines ON routingoperations.workcentreid = machines.macid
LEFT OUTER JOIN routingoperationtools routingoperationtools ON routingoperationtools.partid = routingoperations.partid
AND routingoperationtools.routingmethod = routingoperations.methodid
AND routingoperationtools.operationnumber = routingoperations.operationnumber
LEFT OUTER JOIN tools tools ON tools.toolid = routingoperationtools.toolid
LEFT OUTER JOIN emediadetails ON emediadetails.keyvalue1 = worksorders.id
AND emediadetails.keyvalue2 = routingoperations.operationnumber
AND emediadetails.emediaid = 'worksorderoperation'
I do not have too much of the test data but I know that one row is copied twice as the result of the query below even tho I used DISTINCT keyword. I know that my problem is rather specific and not general but the solution that someone will propose may help others with the similar problem.
I can't solve your problem for you without some test data, but I have some helpful hints.
In principle, you should be really careful with DISTINCT - its a great way of hiding bugs in your query. Only use DISTINCT if you are confident that the underlying data contains legitimate duplicates. If your joins are wrong, and you're getting a cartesian product, you can remove the duplicates from the results with DISTINCT - but that doesn't stop the cartesian product being generated. You'll get very poor performance, and possibly incorrect data.
Secondly, I am pretty sure that DISTINCT works properly - you are almost certainly not getting duplicates, but it may be hard to spot the difference between two rows. Leading or trailing spaces in text columns, for instance could be to blame.
Finally, to work through this problem, I'd recommend building the query up join by join, and seeing where you get the duplicate - that's the join that's to blame.
So, start with:
SELECT
traders.name AS tradername,
worksorders.id AS worksorderno,
worksorders.partid,
worksorders.quantity,
worksorders.duedate,
worksorders.traderid,
worksorders.orderid
FROM worksorders
INNER JOIN traders traders ON
worksorders.traderid = traders.id
and build up to the next join.
Are you sure the results are exact duplicates? Makes sure there isn't one column that actually has a different value.

Why do I have to use DISTINCT for this to work?

here's my problem: I have an SQL query that makes 4 calls to a lookup table to return their values from a list of combinations in another table. I finally got this working, and for some reason, when I run the query without DISTINCT, I get a ton of data back, so I'm guessing that I'm either missing something or not doing this correctly. It would be really great if this would not only work, but also return the list alphabetically by the first colour name.
I'm putting my SQL here I hope I've explained this well enough:
SELECT DISTINCT
colour1.ColourID AS colour1_ColourID,
colour1.ColourName AS colour1_ColourName,
colour1.ColourHex AS colour1_ColourHex,
colour1.ManufacturerColourID AS colour1_ManufacturerColourID,
colour2.ColourID AS colour2_ColourID,
colour2.ColourName AS colour2_ColourName,
colour2.ColourHex AS colour2_ColourHex,
colour2.QEColourID2 AS colour2_QEColourID2,
colour3.ColourID AS colour3_ColourID,
colour3.ColourName AS colour3_ColourName,
colour3.ColourHex AS colour3_ColourHex,
colour3.QEColourID3 AS colour3_QEColourID3,
colour4.ColourID AS colour4_ColourID,
colour4.ColourName AS colour4_ColourName,
colour4.ColourHex AS colour4_ColourHex,
colour4.QEColourID4 AS colour4_QEColourID4,
Combinations.ID,
Combinations.ManufacturerColourID AS Combinations_ManufacturerColourID,
Combinations.QEColourID2 AS Combinations_QEColourID2,
Combinations.QEColourID3 AS Combinations_QEColourID3,
Combinations.QEColourID4 AS Combinations_QEColourID4,
Combinations.ColourSupplierID,
ColourSuppliers.ColourSupplier
FROM
ColourSuppliers INNER JOIN
(
colour4 INNER JOIN
(
colour3 INNER JOIN
(
colour2 INNER JOIN
(
colour1 INNER JOIN Combinations ON
colour1.ColourID=Combinations.ManufacturerColourID
) ON colour2.ColourID=Combinations.QEColourID2
) ON colour3.ColourID=Combinations.QEColourID3
) ON colour4.ColourID=Combinations.QEColourID4
) ON ColourSuppliers.ColourSupplierID=Combinations.ColourSupplierID
WHERE Combinations.ColourSupplierID = ?
Thanks
Steph
It looks as though you've probably got multiple records for each set of four colour combinations in the Combinations table - posting the structure of the table might help us to work it out.
Adding the clause order by colour1.ColourName to the end of the query should sort it alphabetically by the first colour name.
My guess (and it is a guess because your SQL query is very wide!) is that you're getting the cartesian product.

Access query returns empty fields depending on how table is linked

I've got an Access MDB I use for reporting that has linked table views from SQL Server 2005. I built a query that retrieves information off of a PO table and categorizes the line item depending on information from another table. I'm relatively certain the query was fine until approximately a month ago when we shifted from compatibility mode 80 to 90 on the Server as required by our primary application (which creates the data). I can't say this with 100% certainty, but that is the only major change made in the past 90 days. We noticed that suddenly data was not showing up in the query making the reports look odd.
This is a copy of the failing query:
SELECT dbo_porel.jobnum, dbo_joboper.opcode, dbo_porel.jobseqtype,
dbo_opmaster.shortchar01,
dbo_porel.ponum, dbo_porel.poline, dbo_podetail.unitcost
FROM ((dbo_porel
LEFT JOIN dbo_joboper ON (dbo_porel.assemblyseq = dbo_joboper.assemblyseq)
AND (dbo_porel.jobseq = dbo_joboper.oprseq)
AND (dbo_porel.jobnum = dbo_joboper.jobnum))
LEFT JOIN dbo_opmaster ON dbo_joboper.opcode = dbo_opmaster.opcode)
LEFT JOIN dbo_podetail ON (dbo_porel.poline = dbo_podetail.poline)
AND (dbo_porel.ponum = dbo_podetail.ponum)
WHERE (dbo_porel.jobnum="367000003")
It returns the following:
jobnum opcode jobseqtype shortchar01 ponum poline unitcost
367000003 S 6624 2 15
The query normally should have displayed a value for opcode and shortchar01. If I remove the linked table dbo_podetail, it properly displays data for these fields (although I obviously don't have unitcost anymore). At first I thought it might be a data issue, but I found if I nested the query and then linked the table, it worked fine.
For example the following code works perfectly:
SELECT qryTest.*, dbo_podetail.unitcost
FROM (
SELECT dbo_porel.jobnum, dbo_joboper.opcode, dbo_porel.jobseqtype,
dbo_opmaster.shortchar01, dbo_porel.ponum, dbo_porel.poline
FROM (dbo_porel
LEFT JOIN dbo_joboper ON (dbo_porel.jobnum=dbo_joboper.jobnum)
AND (dbo_porel.jobseq=dbo_joboper.oprseq)
AND (dbo_porel.assemblyseq=dbo_joboper.assemblyseq))
LEFT JOIN dbo_opmaster ON dbo_joboper.opcode=dbo_opmaster.opcode
WHERE (dbo_porel.jobnum="367000003")
) As qryTest
LEFT JOIN dbo_podetail ON (qryTest.poline = dbo_podetail.poline)
AND (qryTest.ponum = dbo_podetail.ponum)
I'm at a loss for why it works in the latter case and not in the first case. Worse yet, it seems to work intermittently for some records and not for others (it's consistent about the ones it does and does not work for).
Do any of you experts have any ideas?
You definitely need to use subqueries for multiple left/right joins in Access.
I think it's a limitation of the Jet optimizer that gets confused if you're just chaining left/right joins.
You can see that this is a recurrent problem that surfaces often.
I'm always confused by Access' use of brackets in joins. Try stripping out the extra brackets.
FROM
dbo_porel
LEFT JOIN
dbo_joboper ON (dbo_porel.assemblyseq = dbo_joboper.assemblyseq)
AND (dbo_porel.jobseq = dbo_joboper.oprseq)
AND (dbo_porel.jobnum = dbo_joboper.jobnum)
LEFT JOIN
dbo_opmaster ON (dbo_joboper.opcode = dbo_opmaster.opcode)
LEFT JOIN
dbo_podetail ON (dbo_porel.poline = dbo_podetail.poline)
AND (dbo_porel.ponum = dbo_podetail.ponum)
OK the above doesn't work - Sorry I give up