Combining 2 tables without losing any data - sql

My first table (actually a view) is:
SELECT * FROM VW_MAIN_INFO
My second table is:
SELECT * FROM TBL_POINTS_AND_CYCLES
In a query, I combine both like this:
SELECT TP.TYPE,VMI.*
FROM VW_MAIN_INFO VMI,
TBL_POINTS_AND_CYCLES TP
WHERE VMI.START_INLET_TEMP=TP.TEMP1
AND VMI.START_OUTLET_TEMP=TP.TEMP2
AND VMI.TIME_FORMATTED=CONVERT(DATETIME, TP.DATE, 101)
What you can tell, what really matters for me in the second table (TBL_POINTS_AND_CYCLES) is the field "TYPE".
What do I need help with:
I need to return everything from VW_MAIN_INFO and TYPE (from TBL_POINTS_AND_CYCLES).
However, if I cannot find a type in TBL_POINTS_AND_CYCLES, I should return a specific value (for example, "EMPTY" or null).
How can I achieve? Is the best path to use "minus" like this?
Finally, my problem with minus is that I don't have the same structure in both tables.
Any help? Ideas?
Thank you.

SELECT TP.TYPE ,
VMI.*
FROM VW_MAIN_INFO VMI
LEFT JOIN TBL_POINTS_AND_CYCLES TP ON VMI.START_INLET_TEMP = TP.TEMP1
AND VMI.START_OUTLET_TEMP = TP.TEMP2
AND VMI.TIME_FORMATTED = CONVERT(DATETIME, TP.DATE, 101);

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Finding differences in queries using two criteria

I'm trying to find a way to find a way to compare two queries that use a combine sent of criteria. In this case we have Prefixes (Two letter code like DA) and Pack number 1234567. In the query I've created a field that combines these two things so it appears 1234567DA this is done with each of the queries from the separate tables they are pulled from. The idea is that if this is in one table and not the other it would show up as "False". I tried to use an Unmatched query but that doesn't seem to work. What I have currently is as follows:
SELECT
[1LagoTest].Prefix,
[1BigPicPackPref].BigPicPP,
IIf([BigPicPP]=[LagoPP],"True","False") AS Compare,
[1LagoTest].RETAIL,
[1LagoTest].MEDIA
FROM 1LagoTest
LEFT JOIN 1BigPicPackPref
ON [1LagoTest].[Prefix] = [1BigPicPackPref].[BigPicPP]
WHERE (((IIf([BigPicPP]=[LagoPP],"True","False")) Like "False")
AND (([1LagoTest].MEDIA) Not Like "*2019 FL*"))
ORDER BY [1LagoTest].RETAIL;
Right now it will show whats missing from LagoPP but doesn't give me anything from missing packs in BigPicPP. Any help in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!!
This gets a little tricky in Access without FULL OUTER JOIN, but the general idea to is replicate a FULL OUTER JOIN using UNION ALL, then filter from that.
Something like this:
SELECT I.Prefix,
I.BigPicPP,
I.Compare,
I.Retail,
I.Media
FROM (SELECT L.Prefix,
B.BigPicPP,
IIf([BigPicPP]=[LagoPP],"True","False") as Compare,
L.Retail,
L.Media
FROM 1LagoTest L
JOIN 1BigPicPackPref B ON L.Prefix = B.BigPicPP
WHERE L.Media NOT LIKE "*2019 FL*"
UNION ALL
SELECT L.Prefix,
B.BigPicPP,
"False", --Missing records from 1BigPicPackPref
L.Retail,
L.Media
FROM 1LagoTest L
LEFT JOIN 1BigPicPackPref B ON L.Prefix = B.BigPicPP
AND L.Media NOT LIKE "*2019 FL*"
WHERE B.Prefix IS NULL
UNION ALL
SELECT B.Prefix,
B.BigPicPP,
"False", --Missing records from 1LagoTest
L.Retail,
L.Media
FROM 1LagoTest L
RIGHT JOIN 1BigPicPackPref B ON L.Prefix = B.BigPicPP
AND L.Media NOT LIKE "*2019 FL*"
WHERE L.Prefix IS NULL
) AS I
You only need IFF in the first part of the union because in the second two parts one side will always be NULL, so we know the compare will always fail and be False.
You shouldn't need this part of your current WHERE clause at all (((IIf([BigPicPP]=[LagoPP],"True","False")) Like "False"). But if you only want to see False records, just add WHERE I.Compare = "False" to the bottom of the outer select.
The reason the "Unmatched" query (assuming through the Wizard) does not work, is because you are attempting to see the values of two separate tables / queries that do not match either table / query. This is not how the "Unmatched" works. All that will give you is a single table / query that does not match another single table / query.
This can most likely be done any number of ways, but this would probably get you where you want to be (or close to it):
SELECT
a.Prefix,
b.BigPicPP,
IIf([BigPicPP]=[LagoPP],"True","False") AS Compare,
a.RETAIL,
a.MEDIA
FROM [1LagoTest] a
LEFT JOIN [1BigPicPackPref] b ON a.Prefix = b.BigPicPP
WHERE a.MEDIA Not Like "*2019 FL*"
AND b.BigPicPP IS NULL
ORDER BY a.RETAIL
UNION
SELECT
a.Prefix,
b.BigPicPP,
IIf([BigPicPP]=[LagoPP],"True","False") AS Compare,
a.RETAIL,
a.MEDIA
FROM [1LagoTest] a
RIGHT JOIN [1BigPicPackPref] b ON a.Prefix = b.BigPicPP
WHERE a.MEDIA Not Like "*2019 FL*"
AND a.Prefix IS NULL
ORDER BY a.RETAIL
NOTE: Depending on the data structure, the ORDER BY may cause some issues.
So the way I got this to finally work was to build two separate queries. One looking at what was missing from Lago and One that was looking at what was missing from BigPic. It was the only way I could get it to give me both sets of missing data. If I can find a better way to do it through one query I will report back as I'm still gonna play around with it.

SAP Query IMRG Measure documents

I'm learning SAP queries.
I want to get all the Measure documents from an equipement.
To do that, I use 3 tables :
EQUI, IMPTT, IMRG
The query works but I have all documents instead I only want to get the last one by Date. But I can't do that. I'm sure that I have to add a custom field, but I have tried but none of them works.
For example, my last code :
select min( IMRG~INVTS ) IMRG~RECDV
from IMRG inner join IMPTT on
IMRG~POINT = IMPTT~POINT into (INVTS, IMRGVAL)
where IMRG~POINT = IMPTT-POINT AND
IMPTT~MPOBJ = EQUI-OBJNR
and IMRG~CANCL = '' group by IMRG~MDOCM IMRG~RECDV.
ENDSELECT.
Thanks for your help.
You will need to get the date from IMRG, and the inverted timestamp field, so the MIN() of this will be the most recent - that looks correct.
However your GROUP BY looks wrong. You should be grouping on the IMPTT~POINT field so that you get one record per measurement point. Note that one Point IMPTT can have many measurements (IMRG), so something like this:
SELECT EQUI-OBJNR, IMPTT~POINT, MIN(IMRG~IMRC_INVTS)
...
GROUP BY EQUI-OBJNR, IMPTT~POINT
If I got you correctly, you are trying to get the freshest measurement of the equipment disregard of measurement point. So you can try this query, which is not so beautiful, but it just works.
SELECT objnr COUNT(*) MIN( invts )
FROM equi AS eq
JOIN imptt AS tt
ON tt~mpobj = eq~objnr
JOIN imrg AS ig
ON ig~point = tt~point
INTO (wa_objnr, count, wa_invts)
WHERE ig~cancl = ''
GROUP BY objnr.
SELECT SINGLE recdv FROM imrg JOIN imptt ON imptt~point = imrg~point INTO wa_imrgval WHERE invts = wa_invts AND imptt~mpobj = wa_objnr.
WRITE: / wa_objnr, count, wa_invts, wa_imrgval.
ENDSELECT.

Translate Value to Name SQL

I have 2 tables
Instead of Currency1Id and Currency2Id, I want to show the CurrencyShortcut just to make it look better
In any case I managed to join only one of the fields like this :
Please help me convert both of them to the values for the currency table
Thanks !!
I think what you need is something like this
SELECT c1.CurrencyShortcut [Currency1], c2.CurrencyShortcut [Currency2]
/*, other columns you need*/
FROM Spot as s
JOIN Currencies as c1 ON s.CurrencyId = c1.CurrencyId
JOIN Currencies as c2 ON s.CurrencyId = c2.CurrencyId
You can alias your columns too..
SELECT
c1.Currency1Id AS Currency1Shortcut
, c2.Currency2Id AS Currency2Shortcut

SQL - Getting a column from another table to join this query

I've got the code below which displays the location_id and total number of antisocial crimes but I would like to get the location_name from a different table called location_dim be output as well. I tried to find a way to UNION it but couldn't get it to work. Any ideas?
SELECT fk5_location_id , COUNT(fk3_crime_id) as TOTAL_ANTISOCIAL_CRIMES
from CRIME_FACT
WHERE fk1_time_id = 3 AND fk3_crime_id = 1
GROUP BY fk5_location_id;
You want to use join to lookup the location name. The query would probably look like this:
SELECT ld.location_name, COUNT(cf.fk3_crime_id) as TOTAL_ANTISOCIAL_CRIMES
from CRIME_FACT cf join
LOCATION_DIM ld
on cf.fk5_location_id = ld.location_id
WHERE cf.fk1_time_id = 3 AND cf.fk3_crime_id = 1
GROUP BY ld.location_name;
You need to put in the right column names for ld.location_name and ld.location_id.
you need to find a relationship between the two tables to link a location to crime. that way you could use a "join" and select the fields from each table you are interested in.
I suggest taking a step back and reading up on the fundamentals of relational databases. There are many good books out there which is the perfect place to start.

SQL statement structuring

I have two tables AgentFare and SalesHeader having hdrGuid and hdrGuid , DocumentNumber as columns respectively.
I have to perform a query based on Document number, however I am not able to figure out which of the two following queries are most suitable.
SELECT agf.Fare , agf.Tax . agf.Commission
FROM AgentFare as agf
INNER JOIN SalesHeader as h ON agf.hdrGuid = h.hdrGuid AND h.DocumentNumber = 'XYZ'
OR
SELECT agf.Fare , agf.Tax . agf.Commission
FROM AgentFare as agf
INNER JOIN SalesHeader as h ON agf.hdrGuid = h.hdrGuid
WHERE h.DocumentNumber = 'XYZ'
Which of the 2 are more appropriate ?
First method is more appropriate.Since it will take less time as compared to second query.
The "ON" statement should be used to define on what columns 2 tables should be joined.
The "WHERE" statement is intended to filter your results.
The second option is the more appropriate to use.
You might find that this is a case of personal preference. My preference is for the second one. It's clear to me what you are joining on and what you are filtering with. If you change your code so that you replace 'XYZ' with a parameter, then for me the second way is much easier. I expect to find the 'filters' at the bottom.