Delete using subquery and intersect? - sql

I am trying to delete using the below query but unfortunately, all the records are deleted
DELETE [dbo].[devicelinks]
FROM
(SELECT *
FROM [dbo].[devicelinks]
WHERE PID = 7
INTERSECT
SELECT *
FROM ASC.dbo.DEVICE_LINK
WHERE PID = 7)
How to properly use the subquery to delete the corresponding records from the source table?
No keys or constraints in either of the two tables.

You can use EXISTS to detect the records to be deleted:
DELETE d1
FROM [dbo].[devicelinks] d1
WHERE PID = 7 AND EXISTS (SELECT *
FROM ASC.dbo.DEVICE_LINK AS d2
WHERE d1.PID = d2.PID AND
d1.[DEVICEID] = d2.[DEVICEID] AND
... rest of the fields here )

Give this a try
delete [dbo].[devicelinks]
from [dbo].[devicelinks]
inner join ASC.dbo.DEVICE_LINK
on [dbo].[devicelinks].PID = ASC.dbo.DEVICE_LINK.PID
where [dbo].[devicelinks].PID = 7

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If the record exists in target but doesn't exist in source, i need to delete it

So, i have two tables, the target table and the source one. I need to delete the rows that exists in the target table, but doesn't exists in the source table.
And the code:
MERGE INTO (SELECT id_car_bk, car_brand_bk, car_type_bk, new_car
FROM car_catalog_backup) CB
USING (SELECT id_car, car_brand, car_type FROM car_catalog) C
ON (CB.id_car_bk = b.id_car)
WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN
INSERT
(CB.id_car_bk, CB.car_brand_bk, CB.car_type_bk)
VALUES
(C.id_car, C.car_brand, C.car_type)
WHEN MATCHED THEN
UPDATE SET CB.car_brand_bk = C.car_brand;
You can use
DELETE car_catalog_backup b
WHERE not exists
( SELECT 0
FROM car_catalog c
WHERE b.id_car_bk = c.id_car );
or
DELETE car_catalog_backup b
WHERE b.id_car_bk not in
( SELECT c.id_car
FROM car_catalog c );
assuming car_catalog is the source, and car_catalog_backup is the target. The First one is preferable, since it's more performant.
If your aim is to find out with a MERGE statement similar to your case, then use the following
MERGE INTO car_catalog_backup a
USING (SELECT id_car, car_brand, car_type, car_brand_bk
FROM car_catalog
JOIN car_catalog_backup
ON id_car_bk = id_car
) b
ON (a.id_car_bk = b.id_car)
WHEN MATCHED THEN
UPDATE SET a.new_car = 1
DELETE
WHERE a.car_brand_bk != b.car_brand
WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN
INSERT
(id_car_bk, car_brand_bk, car_type_bk)
VALUES
(b.id_car, b.car_brand, b.car_type)
to delete the records matched for id columns ( a.id_car_bk = b.id_car ) but not matched for brand code columns ( a.car_brand_bk != car_brand ) as an example.
Demo
Delete from target
Where not exists
(
Select 1
From source
Where join of source and target
)
With a left join:
DELETE target
FROM target LEFT JOIN source
ON target.someid = source.otherid
WHERE source.otherid IS NULL;

is it possible to have a union and a outer join together?

So my issue here is the 'ON' clause will not meet the delete condition if people get delete out of the source tables. Is there a way to do a outer join on the union to include if anything gets deleted for the delete part to work? This something that would run ever 5 minutes. Sorry if this is a bad example of what im trying to do.
merge into table_one ab
using ( select people,job from table_jobs
where job = 'police'
union
select b.people,b.job from second_table_jobs b
where b.job = 'firefighter') zba
on (ab.people = zba.people)
update
set
ab.job ='firefighter'
where b.people = ab.people
and zba.job <> ab.job
delete where zba.people <> ab.people
when not matched then
insert
(
people,
job
)
values
(
zba.people,
zba.job
)
You can run a separate DELETE statement using NOT EXISTS to keep it clean.
DELETE FROM table_one ab
WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1
FROM (SELECT people,
job
FROM table_jobs
WHERE job = 'police'
UNION
SELECT b.people,
b.job
FROM second_table_jobs b
WHERE b.job = 'firefighter') zba
WHERE ab.people = zba.people);

update rows from joined tables in oracle

I'm trying to migrate some tables into an existing table, I need to perform the updates only where DET_ATTACHMENT_ID equals DET_ATTACHMENT.ID, here's the query I have so far.
UPDATE DET_ATTACHMENT
SET attachment_type = 'LAB', -- being added by the query, to replace the table difference
payer_criteria_id = (
SELECT PAYER_CRITERIA_ID
FROM DET_LAB_ATTACHMENT
WHERE DET_LAB_ATTACHMENT.DET_ATTACHMENT_ID = DET_ATTACHMENT.ID)
WHERE exists(
SELECT DET_ATTACHMENT_ID
FROM DET_ATTACHMENT
JOIN DET_LAB_ATTACHMENT ON (ID = DET_ATTACHMENT_ID)
WHERE DET_ATTACHMENT_ID = DET_ATTACHMENT.ID
the problem with the existing query is that it's setting every row to have an attachment_type of "LAB", and nulling out the payer_criteria_id where it didn't match. What am I doing wrong?
The problem might be that your exists(...) predicate always evaluates to true, thus making the update run for all rows of det_attachment. Try it this way:
UPDATE DET_ATTACHMENT X
SET X.attachment_type = 'LAB',
X.payer_criteria_id = (
SELECT C.PAYER_CRITERIA_ID
FROM DET_LAB_ATTACHMENT C
WHERE C.DET_ATTACHMENT_ID = X.ID
)
WHERE
exists(
SELECT 1
FROM DET_ATTACHMENT A
JOIN DET_LAB_ATTACHMENT B
ON B.DET_ATTACHMENT_ID = A.ID
where B.det_attachment_id = X.id
)
;

SQLite inner join - update using values from another table

This is quite easy and has been asked multiple times but I can't get it to work.
The SQL query I think should work is:
UPDATE table2
SET dst.a = dst.a + src.a,
dst.b = dst.b + src.b,
dst.c = dst.c + src.c,
dst.d = dst.d + src.d,
dst.e = dst.e + src.e
FROM table2 AS dst
INNER JOIN table1 AS src
ON dst.f = src.f
Using the update statement it is not possible because in sqlite joins in an update statement are not supported. See docs:
update statement
If you only wanted to update a single column to a static value, you could use a subquery in the update statement correctly. See this example: How do I make an UPDATE while joining tables on SQLite?
Now in your example, making an assumption that there is a unique key on "column f" - a workaround/solution I have come up with is using the replace statement:
replace into table2
(a, b, c, d, e, f, g)
select src.a, src.b, src.c, src.d, src.e, dest.f, dest.g
from table1 src
inner join table2 dest on src.f = dest.f
I also added an extra column to table2 "column g" to show how you'd "update" only some of the columns with this method.
One other thing to be cautious about is if you use "PRAGMA foreign_keys = ON;" it's possible to have issues with this as the row is effectively deleted and inserted.
I came up with an alternative technique using a TRIGGER and "reversing" the direction of the update, albeit at the cost of a dummy field in the source table.
In general terms, you have a Master table and an Updates table. You want to update some/all fields of records in Master from the corresponding fields in Updates linked by a key field Key.
Instead of UPDATE Master SET ... FROM Master INNER JOIN Updates ON Mater.Key = Updates.Key you do the following:
Add a dummy field TriggerField to the Updates table to act as the focus of the trigger.
Create a trigger on this field:
CREATE TRIGGER UpdateTrigger AFTER UPDATE OF TriggerField ON Updates
BEGIN
UPDATE Master SET
Field1 = OLD.Field1,
Field2 = OLD.Field2,
...
WHERE Master.Key = OLD.Key
END;
Launch the update process with the following:
UPDATE Updates SET TriggerField = NULL ;
Notes
The dummy field is merely an anchor for the trigger so that any other UPDATE Updates SET ... won't trigger the update into Master. If you only ever INSERT into Updates then you don't need it (and can remove the OF TriggerField clause when creating the trigger).
From some rough-and-ready timings, this seems to work about the same speed as REPLACE INTO but avoids the feels-slightly-wrong technique of removing and adding rows. It is also simpler if you are only updating a few fields in Master as you only list the ones you want to change.
It is orders of magnitude faster than the other alternative I've seen to UPDATE ... FROM which is:
UPDATE Master SET
Field1 = ( SELECT Field1 FROM Updates WHERE Mater.Key = Updates.Key ),
Field1 = ( SELECT Field1 FROM Updates WHERE Mater.Key = Updates.Key ),
...
;
Updating six fields over 1700 records was roughly 0.05s for Tony and my methods but 2.50s for the UPDATE ... ( SELECT... ) method.
AFTER UPDATE triggers on Master seem to fire as expected.
As Tony says, the solution is the replace into way but you can use the sqlite hidden field rowid to simulate full update with join like:
replace into table2
(rowid,a, b, c, d, e, f, g)
select dest.rowid,src.a, src.b, src.c, src.d, src.e, dest.f, dest.g
from table1 src
inner join table2 dest on src.f = dest.f
With this you recreate full rows if you don't have primary key for the replace or as standard method to do the updates with joins.
SQLITE does not support UPDATE with INNER JOIN nor do several other DB's. Inner Joins are nice and simple however it can be accomplished using just a UPDATE and a subquery select. By using a where clause and the 'IN' with a subquery and a additional subquery for the 'SET' the same result can always be accomplished. Below is how it's done.
UPDATE table2
SET a = a + (select a from table1 where table1.f = table2.f),
b = b + (select b from table1 where table1.f = table2.f),
c = c + (select c from table1 where table1.f = table2.f),
d = d + (select d from table1 where table1.f = table2.f),
e = e + (select e from table1 where table1.f = table2.f)
WHERE RowId IN (Select table2.RowId from table1 where table1.f = table2.f)
Use below query:
UPDATE table2
SET a = Z.a,
b = Z.b,
c = Z.c,
d = Z.d,
e = Z.e
FROM (SELECT dst.id,
dst.a + src.a AS a,
dst.b + src.b AS b,
dst.c + src.c AS c,
dst.d + src.d AS d,
dst.e + src.e AS e
FROM table2 AS dst
INNER JOIN table1 AS src ON dst.f = src.f
)Z
WHERE table2.id = z.id

How to delete TOP n results in SQL 2000?

I know in SQL Server 2005 we could do something like:
DELETE TOP 10 FROM tbX where X = 1
What could be the query to do the same in SQL2K, considering that the primary key is composed by two FK columns?
hacky, but:
SET ROWCOUNT 10
DELETE FROM tbX where X = 1
SET ROWCOUNT 0
I wouldn't write this myself, though ;-p
(I'm off to wash my hands...)
This works for me in SQL2012:
;with window as (select top (12) * from PromoterQueue order by LogId)
delete from window
DELETE
FROM tbX
WHERE id IN (SELECT TOP 10 id FROM tbX WHERE X = 1)
You would have to delete the foreign key records first.
This is not working SQL but something along the lines may work:
DELETE t
from tbx t
join (
select top 10 k1,k2 from tbx
) as t2 on t.k1 = t2.k1 and t.k2 = t2.k2
Note: If TOP does not work in the subquery just insert the stuff into a temp table and join.
when dealing with a composite key I would delete like this.
delete from tblX
from tblx as aa
join
(
select top 10 * from tblX
) as bb
on
aa.key1 = bb.key1
and
aa.key2 = bb.key2