SELECT COUNT (Age) AS TwentyToTwentyNineYearOlds
FROM [Copy Of SurveyData]
WHERE Age = 20-29 AND TravelLength = '2+ weeks';
This is my sql statement. I was looking for twenty to twenty-nine-year-olds that were interested in going on a trip for more than 2 weeks. In the database that I am using the actual data is 2+ weeks, I am not looking for Weeks > 2. Every time I run this I get 0. Please tell me what I am doing wrong. I have checked using the database filters and there should be 2 showing up instead of zero. I am using Microsoft Access database. The data for age is called 20-29.
I have fixed this by adding quotations around 20-29.
Your expression Age = 20-29 results in this expression: Age = -9. MS Access makes an arithmetic calculation and as a result you are searching for people aged -9 years. What you need to do instead is this:
SELECT COUNT (Age) AS TwentyToTwentyNineYearOlds
FROM [Copy Of SurveyData]
WHERE Age >= 20 and Age <=29 AND TravelLength = '2+ weeks';
Or use the BETWEEN operator:
SELECT COUNT (Age) AS TwentyToTwentyNineYearOlds
FROM [Copy Of SurveyData]
WHERE Age BETWEEN 20 and 29 AND TravelLength = '2+ weeks';
So I think you probably should build your query in steps. I assume you're using the query design view and not actually composing an sql statement manually.
First I would do a basic select query, not a count, and with just 1 criteria - not multiple. Sanity check your result and go from there.
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hi im new to sql and trying to understand how to work with data structures. I have a table
fact.userinteraction
interactionuserkey visitdatecode
0 20220404
1 20220404
5 20220402
5 20220128
If the interaction userkey number repeats then, i want a column called number of visits. in this case, for interactionuserkey 5, there are 2 total visits since its repeated twice. for interactionuserkey 0, number of visits =1 and so on. Basically, sum duplicates in column 1 and give total count AS number of visits. How do i do this?
In sql, it's resolved using basic aggregation
select interactionuserkey, count(*)
from your_table
group by interactionuserkey
What I am trying to do is fairly simple. I just want to add a row number to a query. Since this is in Access is a bit more difficult than other SQL, but under normal circumstances is still doable using solutions such as DCount or Select Count(*), example here: How to show row number in Access query like ROW_NUMBER in SQL or Access SQL how to make an increment in SELECT query
My Issue
My issue is I'm trying to add this counter to a multi-join query that orders by fields from numerous tables.
Troubleshooting
My code is a bit ridiculous (19 fields, seven of which are long expressions, from 9 different joined tables, and ordered by fields from 5 of those tables). To make things simple, I have an simplified example query below:
Example Query
SELECT DCount("*","Requests_T","[Requests_T].[RequestID]<=" & [Requests_T].[RequestID]) AS counter, Requests_T.RequestHardDeadline AS Deadline, Requests_T.RequestOverridePriority AS Priority, Requests_T.RequestUserGroup AS [User Group], Requests_T.RequestNbrUsers AS [Nbr of Users], Requests_T.RequestSubmissionDate AS [Submitted on], Requests_T.RequestID
FROM (((((((Requests_T
INNER JOIN ENUM_UserGroups_T ON ENUM_UserGroups_T.UserGroups = Requests_T.RequestUserGroup)
INNER JOIN ENUM_RequestNbrUsers_T ON ENUM_RequestNbrUsers_T.NbrUsers = Requests_T.RequestNbrUsers)
INNER JOIN ENUM_RequestPriority_T ON ENUM_RequestPriority_T.Priority = Requests_T.RequestOverridePriority)
ORDER BY Requests_T.RequestHardDeadline, ENUM_RequestPriority_T.DisplayOrder DESC , ENUM_UserGroups_T.DisplayOrder, ENUM_RequestNbrUsers_T.DisplayOrder DESC , Requests_T.RequestSubmissionDate;
If the code above is trying to select a field from a table not included, I apologize - just trust the field comes from somewhere (lol i.e. one of the other joins I excluded to simply the query). A great example of this is the .DisplayOrder fields used in the ORDER BY expression. These are fields from a table that simply determines the "priority" of an enum. Example: Requests_T.RequestOverridePriority displays to the user as an combobox option of "Low", "Med", "High". So in a table, I assign a numerical priority to these of "1", "2", and "3" to these options, respectively. Thus when ENUM_RequestPriority_T.DisplayOrder DESC is called in order by, all "High" priority requests will display above "Medium" and "Low". Same holds true for ENUM_UserGroups_T.DisplayOrder and ENUM_RequestNbrUsers_T.DisplayOrder.
I'd also prefer to NOT use DCOUNT due to efficiency, and rather do something like:
select count(*) from Requests_T where Requests_T.RequestID>=RequestID) as counter
Due to the "Order By" expression however, my 'counter' doesn't actually count my resulting rows sequentially since both of my examples are tied to the RequestID.
Example Results
Based on my actual query results, I've made an example result of the query above.
Counter Deadline Priority User_Group Nbr_of_Users Submitted_on RequestID
5 12/01/2016 High IT 2-4 01/01/2016 5
7 01/01/2017 Low IT 2-4 05/06/2016 8
10 Med IT 2-4 07/13/2016 11
15 Low IT 10+ 01/01/2016 16
8 Low IT 2-4 01/01/2016 9
2 Low IT 2-4 05/05/2016 2
The query is displaying my results in the proper order (those with the nearest deadline at the top, then those with the highest priority, then user group, then # of users, and finally, if all else is equal, it is sorted by submission date). However, my "Counter" values are completely wrong! The counter field should simply intriment +1 for each new row. Thus if displaying a single request on a form for a user, I could say
"You are number: Counter [associated to RequestID] in the
development queue."
Meanwhile my results:
Aren't sequential (notice the first four display sequentially, but then the final two rows don't)! Even though the final two rows are lower in priority than the records above them, they ended up with a lower Counter value simply because they had the lower RequestID.
They don't start at "1" and increment +1 for each new record.
Ideal Results
Thus my ideal result from above would be:
Counter Deadline Priority User_Group Nbr_of_Users Submitted_on RequestID
1 12/01/2016 High IT 2-4 01/01/2016 5
2 01/01/2017 Low IT 2-4 05/06/2016 8
3 Med IT 2-4 07/13/2016 11
4 Low IT 10+ 01/01/2016 16
5 Low IT 2-4 01/01/2016 9
6 Low IT 2-4 05/05/2016 2
I'm spoiled by PLSQL and other software where this would be automatic lol. This is driving me crazy! Any help would be greatly appreciated.
FYI - I'd prefer an SQL option over VBA if possible. VBA is very much welcomed and will definitely get an up vote and my huge thanks if it works, but I'd like to mark an SQL option as the answer.
Unfortuantely, MS Access doesn't have the very useful ROW_NUMBER() function like other clients do. So we are left to improvise.
Because your query is so complicated and MS Access does not support common table expressions, I recommend you follow a two step process. First, name that query you already wrote IntermediateQuery. Then, write a second query called FinalQuery that does the following:
SELECT i1.field_primarykey, i1.field2, ... , i1.field_x,
(SELECT field_primarykey FROM IntermediateQuery i2
WHERE t2.field_primarykey <= t1.field_primarykey) AS Counter
FROM IntermediateQuery i1
ORDER BY Counter
The unfortunate side effect of this is the more data your table returns, the longer it will take for the inline subquery to calculate. However, this is the only way you'll get your row numbers. It does depend on having a primary key in the table. In this particular case, it doesn't have to be an explicitly defined primary key, it just needs to be a field or combination of fields that is completely unique for each record.
I am using sql server management studio 2012 and have to make a query to show which subject a student has failed(condition for failing is point<5.0) the most for the first time from this table
StudentID | SubjectID | First/Second_Time | Point.
1 | 02 | 1 | 5.0
2 | 04 | 2 | 7.0
3 | 03 | 2 | 9
... etc
Here are my teacher's query:
SELECT SubjectID
FROM Result(NAME OF the TABLE)
WHERE [First/Second_Time] = 1 AND Point < 5
GROUP BY SubjectID
HAVING count(point) >= ALL
(
SELECT count(point)
FROM Result
WHERE [First/Second_Time] = 1 AND point < 5
GROUP BY SubjectID
)
I don't understand the reason for making the having query. Because Count(point) is always >=all(select count(point)
from Result
where First/Second_Time=1 and point<5
group by SubjectID), isnt it ?
and it doesn't show that the subject has most student fail for the first time. Thanks in advance and sorry for my bad english
The subquery is returning a list of the number of times a subject was failed (on the first attempt). It might be easier for you to see what it's doing if you run it like this:
SELECT SubjectID, count(point)
FROM Result
WHERE [First/Second_Time] = 1 AND point < 5
GROUP BY SubjectID
So if someone failed math twice and science once, the subquery would return:
2
1
You want to know which subject was failed the most (in this case, which subject was failed 2 or more times, since that is the highest number of failures in your subquery). So you count again (also grouping by subject), and use having to return only subjects with 2 or more failures (greater than or equal to the highest value in your subquery).
SELECT SubjectID
FROM Result
WHERE [First/Second_Time] = 1 AND Point < 5
GROUP BY SubjectID
HAVING count(point)...
See https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms178543.aspx for more examples.
Sounds like you are working on a project for a class, so I'm not even sure I should answer this, but here goes. The question is why the having clause. Have you read the descriptions for having and all ?
All "Compares a scalar value with a single-column set of values".
The scalar value in this case is count(point) or the number of occurrences of a subject id with point less than 5. The single-column set in this case is a list of the number of occurrences of every subject that has less than 5 points.
The net result of the comparison is in the ">=". "All" will only evaluate to true if it is true for every value in the subquery. The subquery returns a set of counts of all subjects meeting the <5 and 1st time requirement. If you have three subjects that meet the <5 and 1st time criteria, and they have a frequency of 1,2,3 times respectively, then the main query will have three "having" results; 1,2,3. Each of the main query results has to be >= each of the subquery results for that main value to evaluate true. So going through step by step, First main value 1 is >= 1, but isn't >= 2 so 1 drops because the "having" is false. Second main value 2 is >=1, is >= 2, but is not >= 3 so it drops. Third value, 3, evaluates true as >= 1, 2, and 3, so you end up returning the subject with the highest frequency.
This is fairly clear in the "remarks" section of the MSDN discussion of "All" keyword, but not as relates to your specific application.
Remember, MSDN is our friend!
I have a switch statement in a crosstab query:
Switch([Age]<20, "Under 20", [Age]>=20 and <=25, "Between 20 and 25")
AS **Age_Range**
The switch statement evaluates my row heading like this:
1 2 3 4 5 <-- Columns
Under 20 0 0 0 3 2
Between 20 and 25 1 2 0 4 0
Where the value =
Total: Nz(Count(Demo.ID))+0
Okay, all is good so far. However, I am trying to make a left join with the switch statement so ALL of the age ranges will show up, regardless of whether or not there is data. I know I need a table with all of the age ranges, but I am confused.
Here is what I have tried that is currently not working.
Joining the switch statement Age_Range to the table Age Range, where the correlating values in the table are the "Under 20" and "Between 20 and 25" strings in the switch. Not working.
Instead of putting the string values in the table, putting the conditions ([Age]<20, etc). However, this fails because in order to put the conditions in the table, it has to be a text field. There is a data mismatch.
Can someone please let me know if this can be done and how?
Thanks,
Make the crosstab a separate query. Then left join that query to your table of item in #1 ("Under 20" and "Between 20 and 25").
I am working on a pivot table query.
The schema is as follows
Sno, Name, District
The same name may appear in many districts eg take the sample data for example
1 Mike CA
2 Mike CA
3 Proctor JB
4 Luke MN
5 Luke MN
6 Mike CA
7 Mike LP
8 Proctor MN
9 Proctor JB
10 Proctor MN
11 Luke MN
As you see i have a set of 4 distinct districts (CA, JB, MN, LP). Now i wanted to get the pivot table generated for it by mapping the name against districts
Name CA JB MN LP
Mike 3 0 0 1
Proctor 0 2 2 0
Luke 0 0 3 0
i wrote the following query for this
select name,sum(if(District="CA",1,0)) as "CA",sum(if(District="JB",1,0)) as "JB",sum(if(District="MN",1,0)) as "MN",sum(if(District="LP",1,0)) as "LP" from district_details group by name
However there is a possibility that the districts may increase, in that case i will have to manually edit the query again and add the new district to it.
I want to know if there is a query which can dynamically take the names of distinct districts and run the above query. I know i can do it with a procedure and generating the script on the fly, is there any other method too?
I ask so because the output of the query "select distinct(districts) from district_details" will return me a single column having district name on each row, which i will like to be transposed to the column.
You simply cannot have a static SQL statement returning a variable number of columns. You need to build such statement each time the number of different districts changes. To do that, you execute first a
SELECT DISTINCT District FROM district_details;
This will give you the list of districts where there are details. You then build a SQL statement iterating over the previous result (pseudocode)
statement = "SELECT name "
For each row returned in d = SELECT DISTINCT District FROM district_details
statement = statement & ", SUM(IF(District=""" & d.District & """,1 ,0)) AS """ & d.District & """"
statement = statement & " FROM district_details GROUP BY name;"
And execute that query. You'll then need have to handle in your code the processing of the variable number of columns
a) "For each " is not supported in MySQL stored procedures.
b) Stored procedures cannot execute prepared statements from concatenated strings using so called dynamic SQL statements, nor can it return results with more than One distinct row.
c) Stored functions cannot execute dynamic SQL at all.
It is a nightmare to keep track of once you got a good idea and everyone seems to debunk it before they think "Why would anyone wanna..."
I hope you find your solution, I am still searching for mine.
The closes I got was
(excuse the pseudo code)
-> to stored procedure, build function that...
1) create temp table
2) load data to temp table from columns using your if statements
3) load the temp table out to INOUT or OUT parameters in a stored procedure as you would a table call... IF you can get it to return more than one row
Also another tip...
Store your districts as a table conventional style, load this and iterate by looping through the districts marked active to dynamically concatenate out a querystring that could be plain text for all the system cares
Then use;
prepare stmName from #yourqyerstring;
execute stmName;
deallocate prepare stmName;
(find much more on the stored procedures part of the mysql forum too)
to run a different set of districts every time, without having to re-design your original proc
Maybe it's easier in numerical form.
I work on plain text content in my tables and have nothing to sum, count or add up
The following assumes you want matches of distinct (name/district) pairs. I.e. Luke/CA and Duke/CA would yield two results:
SELECT name, District, count(District) AS count
FROM district_details
GROUP BY District, name
If this is not the case simply remove name from the GROUP BY clause.
Lastly, notice that I switched sum() for count() as you are trying to count all of the grouped rows rather than getting a summation of values.
Via comment by #cballou above, I was able to perform this sort of function which is not exactly what OP asked for but suited my similar situation, so adding it here to help those who come after.
Normal select statement:
SELECT d.id ID,
q.field field,
q.quota quota
FROM defaults d
JOIN quotas q ON d.id=q.default_id
Vertical results:
ID field quota
1 male 25
1 female 25
2 male 50
Select statement using group_concat:
SELECT d.id ID,
GROUP_CONCAT(q.fields SEPARATOR ",") fields,
GROUP_CONCAT(q.quotas SEPARATOR ",") quotas
FROM defaults d
JOIN quotas q ON d.id=q.default_id
Then I get comma-separated fields of "fields" and "quotas" which I can then easily process programmatically later.
Horizontal results:
ID fields quotas
1 male,female 25,25
2 male 50
Magic!