Inserting Different Value IN a Table - sql

Well I'm Creating a Table Based on Result Set Of Databases On Server which contain Multiple Databases.
My table will Create a list of column which contain Database_Name
FOR EG:
DECLARE #strt INT,#End INT,#Database NVARCHAR(20), #ColumnDeclaration VARCHAR(2000),#SqlSelect NVARCHAR(MAX),#column_Name NVARCHAR(255)
SELECT * INTO #T FROM SYS.DATABASES
ORDER BY NAME
SELECT #ColumnDeclaration=STUFF(( SELECT ', ' + Name + ' NVARCHAR(255)'
FROM #T
FOR XML PATH(''), TYPE).value('.', 'NVARCHAR(max)'), 1, 1, '')
SET #SqlSelect=' CREATE TABLE Temp_Comp (' + #ColumnDeclaration + ');'
PRINT #SqlSelect
EXEC (#SqlSelect)
SELECT * FROM Temp_Comp

I wan't Insert the Data INTO Temp_Comp Table a specific Value from
the database whose Name will be in Temp_comp Table
Not sure what are you trying to achieve, but I assume that you want something like:
DECLARE #strt INT,#End INT,#Database NVARCHAR(20), #ColumnDeclaration NVARCHAR(MAX),#SqlSelect NVARCHAR(MAX),#column_Name NVARCHAR(255)
SELECT * INTO #T
FROM SYS.DATABASES
ORDER BY NAME;
SELECT #ColumnDeclaration=STUFF(( SELECT ', ' + QUOTENAME(Name) + ' NVARCHAR(255)'
FROM #T
FOR XML PATH(''), TYPE).value('.', 'NVARCHAR(max)'), 1, 1, '');
SET #SqlSelect=' CREATE TABLE Temp_Comp (col_desc NVARCHAR(200), ' + #ColumnDeclaration + ');';
SELECT #SqlSelect;
EXEC (#SqlSelect);
SET #SQLSelect = ' INSERT INTO Temp_Comp(col_desc, ' + REPLACE(#ColumnDeclaration, 'NVARCHAR(255)', '') + ')' +
' SELECT col,'+ REPLACE(#ColumnDeclaration, 'NVARCHAR(255)', '') +' FROM (' +
' SELECT name, sub.* FROM sys.databases' +
' OUTER APPLY (SELECT ''database_id'', CAST(database_id AS NVARCHAR(MAX)) UNION ALL SELECT ''compatibility_level'', CAST(compatibility_level AS NVARCHAR(MAX)) ) sub(col, val)) src' +
' PIVOT (MAX(val) FOR name IN ('+ REPLACE(#ColumnDeclaration, 'NVARCHAR(255)', '') +') ) piv';
SELECT #SQLSelect;
EXEC (#SQLSelect);
DBFiddle
Result:
In order to INSERT you could use dynamic PIVOT. To add more values just extend OUTER APPLY part.
Keep in mind that you've defined columns as ' NVARCHAR(255)' so you may need to convert values before insert.

Related

SQL - Pivoting on Column and Row Values

I'm trying to Pivot a Table on X and Y position. The table is in a format similar to below.
Each row has a value which is relative to its Row and Column Position.'AThing' and 'FileName' are to be ignored in the data set.
So if this was pivoted we would get:
Iv'e been trying for a while but can't seem to figure it out, any ideas?
EDIT: Number of Fields are dynamic per 'FileName'. I have managed to extract the column names but not the data using:
-- Construct List of Columns to Pivot
SELECT #PivotCols =
STUFF(
(SELECT ',' + QUOTENAME(FieldName)
FROM #Data
GROUP BY ColPos, FieldName
ORDER BY ColPos ASC
FOR XML PATH(''),TYPE).value('.', 'NVARCHAR(MAX)')
,1,1,'')
SET #PivotQuery =
SELECT ' + #PivotCols + N'
FROM
(
SELECT ColPos, FieldName
FROM #Data
GROUP BY ColPos, FieldName
) x
PIVOT
(
MIN(ColPos)
FOR FieldName IN (' + #PivotCols + N')
) p'
EXEC sp_executesql #PivotQuery
Please try this code:
DECLARE #columns NVARCHAR(MAX), #sql NVARCHAR(MAX);
SET #columns = N'';
SELECT #columns += N', p.' + QUOTENAME(FieldName)
FROM (SELECT distinct p.FieldName FROM Tablename AS p
) AS x;
SET #sql = N'
SELECT ' + STUFF(#columns, 1, 2, '') + '
FROM
(
SELECT p.Value, p.FieldName, p.RowPos
FROM Tablename AS p
) AS j
PIVOT
(
MAX(Value) FOR FieldName IN ('
+ STUFF(REPLACE(#columns, ', p.[', ',['), 1, 1, '')
+ ')
) AS p;';
PRINT #sql;
EXEC sp_executesql #sql;

how to create dynamic table

I have a dynamic pivoted query which generates a result set and I want to insert that data into a table. But the problem is columns are dropped or generated by the time. So by the time I cannot predict columns. That is why I created a dynamic pivoted dataset. So how to insert that data set into table?
One solution is to drop and recreate the table every time but I don't know how to do it. I tried CTE, TEMP table but EXEC support only select, insert, update, delete statement:
DECLARE #columns NVARCHAR(MAX), #sqlquery NVARCHAR(MAX), #orderby Nvarchar(MAX),#value Nvarchar(max);
SET #columns = N'';
SET #value=N'0'
SELECT #columns += N', ' + QUOTENAME([Note_Type])
FROM
(
SELECT distinct
No_T
FROM [DS_DM].[dbo].[DAILY_TABLE]
where No_T not in (570,80,150,590,80,99)
)as A order by No_T
SET #sqlquery = N'
Select
K._Number
,D.C_Number
,' + STUFF(#columns, 1, 2, '') + '
from
(
select
_Number
,' + STUFF(#columns, 1, 2, '') + '
from
(
select distinct
right(REPLICATE('+#value+',11) +_Number,11) as [_Number]
,No_t
,No_T_Des
FROM [DS_DM].[dbo].[DAILY_TABLE]
where No_T not in (570,80,150,590,80,99)
)AS J
pivot
(
count(No_T_Des) FOR [No_t] IN ('
+ STUFF(REPLACE(#columns, ', p.[', ',['), 1, 1, '')
+ ')
)P
)K
left join
[DS_DM].[dbo].[D_TABLE] D on k._Number = D._Number
';
EXEC sp_executesql #sqlquery
I've modified your code to reflect my proposed solution.
IF OBJECT_ID (N'NEW_TABLE', N'U') IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
DROP TABLE NEW_TABLE
END
DECLARE #columns NVARCHAR(MAX), #sqlquery NVARCHAR(MAX), #orderby Nvarchar(MAX),#value Nvarchar(max);
SET #columns = N'';
SET #value=N'0'
SELECT #columns += N', ' + QUOTENAME([Note_Type])
FROM
(
SELECT distinct
No_T
FROM [DS_DM].[dbo].[DAILY_TABLE]
where No_T not in (570,80,150,590,80,99)
)as A order by No_T
SET #sqlquery = N'
Select
K._Number
,D.C_Number
,' + STUFF(#columns, 1, 2, '') + '
INTO NEW_TABLE
from
(
select
_Number
,' + STUFF(#columns, 1, 2, '') + '
from
(
select distinct
right(REPLICATE('+#value+',11) +_Number,11) as [_Number]
,No_t
,No_T_Des
FROM [DS_DM].[dbo].[DAILY_TABLE]
where No_T not in (570,80,150,590,80,99)
)AS J
pivot
(
count(No_T_Des) FOR [No_t] IN ('
+ STUFF(REPLACE(#columns, ', p.[', ',['), 1, 1, '')
+ ')
)P
)K
left join
[DS_DM].[dbo].[D_TABLE] D on k._Number = D._Number
';
EXEC sp_executesql #sqlquery
So I found the answers to my questions.
there are 2 fileds which remais static every time. so I've created ETL that drop that table and recreate every single day with those two fileds. and rest of the 66 columns which are dynamic (drops or newly created) every day. so i've made a cursor for that which loop through all of that categories and altering that table that've created and added that code to ETL
So bassically Every single day that ETL Runs Drop the existing table, Create new table with the 2 static filds and altering same table using cursor with the dynamic filds.

Dynamic SQL SQL Server 2012 Get Result into a #temp table

I am using SQL Server 2012. I will like to get final result from #sql into a temp table.Here is my code so far. Thanks for your help.
IF OBJECT_ID ('tempdb.dbo.#MY_DT_CTE') IS NOT NULL DROP TABLE #MY_DT_CTE
CREATE TABLE #MY_DT_CTE
([ROWID] INT NOT NULL IDENTITY (1,1)
,[YYYYMM] INT
)
; WITH MY_DT_CTE AS
(
SELECT CONVERT(INT,CONVERT(VARCHAR(6),EOMONTH(GETDATE(),-1),112)) AS [YYYYMM]
UNION
SELECT CONVERT(INT,CONVERT(VARCHAR(6),EOMONTH(GETDATE(),-2),112)) AS [YYYYMM]
UNION
SELECT CONVERT(INT,CONVERT(VARCHAR(6),EOMONTH(GETDATE(),-3),112)) AS [YYYYMM]
UNION
SELECT CONVERT(INT,CONVERT(VARCHAR(6),EOMONTH(GETDATE(),-4),112)) AS [YYYYMM]
UNION
SELECT CONVERT(INT,CONVERT(VARCHAR(6),EOMONTH(GETDATE(),-5),112)) AS [YYYYMM]
UNION
SELECT CONVERT(INT,CONVERT(VARCHAR(6),EOMONTH(GETDATE(),-6),112)) AS [YYYYMM]
)
INSERT INTO #MY_DT_CTE
SELECT [YYYYMM] FROM MY_DT_CTE
ORDER BY [YYYYMM] DESC;
-- SELECT * FROM #MY_DT_CTE
DECLARE #columns NVARCHAR(MAX), #sql NVARCHAR(MAX);
SET #columns = N'';
SELECT #columns += N', p.' + QUOTENAME(YYYYMM)
FROM (SELECT p.YYYYMM FROM #MY_DT_CTE AS p
GROUP BY p.YYYYMM) AS x;
SET #sql = N'
SELECT ' + STUFF(#columns, 1, 2, '') + '
FROM
(
SELECT p.YYYYMM FROM #MY_DT_CTE AS p
) AS j
PIVOT
(
COUNT(YYYYMM) FOR YYYYMM IN ('
+ STUFF(REPLACE(#columns, ', p.[', ',['), 1, 1,
'')
+ ')
) AS p;';
PRINT #sql;
EXEC sp_executesql #sql;
Need to bring this result #sql into a temp table.
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An easy way would be to use a global temporary table. This can be selected into in the dynamic SQL scope to automatically have the desired schema and still be available after that exits.
SET #sql = N'
SELECT ' + STUFF(#columns, 1, 2, '') + '
INTO ##GlobalTemp
FROM
(
SELECT p.YYYYMM FROM #MY_DT_CTE AS p
) AS j
PIVOT
(
COUNT(YYYYMM) FOR YYYYMM IN (' + STUFF(REPLACE(#columns, ', p.[', ',['), 1, 1, '') + ')
) AS p;';
EXEC sp_executesql #sql;
SELECT *
FROM ##GlobalTemp
However this can cause issues with naming clashes if the code is ever executed concurrently.
It is possible to use a local temp table but the code is more involved as it involves creating a temp table at the upper scope and then using dynamic SQL to alter it to the dynamically determined schema before inserting into it.
CREATE TABLE #T
(
Dummy INT
);
SET #sql = 'ALTER TABLE #T ADD Dummy2 INT' + REPLACE(REPLACE(#columns, 'p.', ''), ']', '] int') + ';
ALTER TABLE #T DROP COLUMN Dummy, Dummy2;'
EXEC (#sql);
SET #sql = N'
INSERT INTO #T
SELECT ' + STUFF(#columns, 1, 2, '') + '
FROM
(
SELECT p.YYYYMM FROM #MY_DT_CTE AS p
) AS j
PIVOT
(
COUNT(YYYYMM) FOR YYYYMM IN (' + STUFF(REPLACE(#columns, ', p.[', ',['), 1, 1, '') + ')
) AS p;';
EXEC sp_executesql #sql;
SELECT *
FROM #T

Dynamic SQL query with repeating elements

I am trying to build a query using dynamic sql which looks like following,
'select dense_rank () over(partition by column1 order by column1),
dense_rank () over(partition by column1,column2 order by column2),
dense_rank () over(partition by column1,column2,column3 order column3) from tablename'
I have used STUFF to build the query but able to create query only with one columns and could not repeat columns i.e.'partition by column1, column2'.
How to achieve this using STUFF or is there other way to do it ?
You can do it with two queries that concatenates string. One outer that builds the column list and one inner that builds the column list for the partition by clause.
Sample table:
create table T(C1 int, C2 int, C3 int);
Code:
declare #SQL nvarchar(max);
with C as
(
select C.name,
-- Use order by to control order of columns
row_number() over(order by C.column_id) as rn
from sys.columns as C
where object_id = object_id('T') -- Specify the name of the table
-- Optionally filter out any columns that
-- should not be included
)
select #SQL = 'select '+
stuff((
select ',dense_rank() over(partition by '+
stuff((
select ','+c2.name
from C as C2
where C2.rn <= C.rn
order by C2.rn
for xml path(''), type
).value('text()[1]', 'nvarchar(max)'), 1, 1, '') +
' order by '+C.name+')'
from C
for xml path(''), type
).value('text()[1]', 'nvarchar(max)'), 1, 1,'')+
' from T';
print #SQL;
--exec (#SQL);
Result:
select dense_rank() over(partition by C3 order by C3),
dense_rank() over(partition by C3,C2 order by C2),
dense_rank() over(partition by C3,C2,C1 order by C1)
from T
Note: STUFF (Transact-SQL) does not concatenate strings. It is used to insert one string into another string. In the code above, stuff is used to remove the leading comma in the concatenated string by inserting an empty string to the first position and overwriting 1 character. The actual concatenation is done by for xml.
Declare #col_name varchar(100)
Declare #colnm varchar(max)
Declare #multicol int
Declare #sqlstr varchar(max)
Declare Cur_1 cursor
for
Select name
from sys.columns
where object_id=object_id('tablename')
order by name
OPEN Cur_1
FETCH NEXT FROM Cur_1
INTO #col_name
set #colnm=''
set #multicol=0
WHILE ##FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
if #multicol=1
begin
set #colnm=#colnm + ',' + #col_name
end
else
begin
set #colnm= #colnm+ #col_name
end
if #multicol=0
begin
set #sqlstr='Select dense_rank () over(partition by ' + #colnm + ' order by ' + #colnm + '),'
end
else
begin
set #sqlstr=#sqlstr + char(13) + char(10) + 'dense_rank () over(partition by ' + #colnm + ' order by ' + #colnm + '),'
end
FETCH NEXT FROM Cur_1
INTO #col_name
set #multicol=1
END
CLOSE Cur_1;
DEALLOCATE Cur_1;
set #sqlstr=left(#sqlstr,len(#sqlstr)-1) + + char(13) + char(10) + 'from tablename'
print #sqlstr
Declare #QueryString Varchar(Max)
Declare #TblNm Varchar(100)
Set #TblNm='[dbo].[SampleTable]'
Set #QueryString=
(
Select ',dense_rank () over(partition by '+ ColNm + ' Order by [' + name + '])' + char(10) AS [text()]
From
(
SELECT name,ColNm = STUFF(
(
SELECT ',[' + name + ']'
FROM sys.columns
where object_id=object_id(#TblNm) and column_id<=Tbl1.column_id
FOR XML PATH ('')
), 1, 1, ''
)
FROM sys.columns Tbl1
where object_id=object_id(#TblNm)
) ColDtl
For XML PATH ('')
)
Set #QueryString='Select '
+ substring(#QueryString,2,len(#QueryString))
+ ' from ' + #TblNm
Select #QueryString as ExecString
--Exec (#QueryString)

Flattening of a 1 row table into a key-value pair table

What's the best way to get a key-value pair result set that represents column-value in a row?
Given the following table A with only 1 row
Column1 Column2 Column3 ...
Value1 Value2 Value3
I want to query it and insert into another table B:
Key Value
Column1 Value1
Column2 Value2
Column3 Value3
A set of columns in table A is not known in advance.
NOTE: I was looking at FOR XML and PIVOT features as well as dynamic SQL to do something like this:
DECLARE #sql nvarchar(max)
SET #sql = (SELECT STUFF((SELECT ',' + column_name
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE table_name='TableA'
ORDER BY column_name FOR XML PATH('')), 1, 1, ''))
SET #sql = 'SELECT ' + #sql + ' FROM TableA'
EXEC(#sql)
A version where there is no dynamic involved. If you have column names that is invalid to use as element names in XML this will fail.
select T2.N.value('local-name(.)', 'nvarchar(128)') as [Key],
T2.N.value('text()[1]', 'nvarchar(max)') as Value
from (select *
from TableA
for xml path(''), type) as T1(X)
cross apply T1.X.nodes('/*') as T2(N)
A working sample:
declare #T table
(
Column1 varchar(10),
Column2 varchar(10),
Column3 varchar(10)
)
insert into #T values('V1','V2','V3')
select T2.N.value('local-name(.)', 'nvarchar(128)') as [Key],
T2.N.value('text()[1]', 'nvarchar(max)') as Value
from (select *
from #T
for xml path(''), type) as T1(X)
cross apply T1.X.nodes('/*') as T2(N)
Result:
Key Value
-------------------- -----
Column1 V1
Column2 V2
Column3 V3
Update
For a query with more than one table you could use for xml auto to get the table names in the XML. Note, if you use alias for table names in the query you will get the alias instead.
select X2.N.value('local-name(..)', 'nvarchar(128)') as TableName,
X2.N.value('local-name(.)', 'nvarchar(128)') as [Key],
X2.N.value('text()[1]', 'nvarchar(max)') as Value
from (
-- Your query starts here
select T1.T1ID,
T1.T1Col,
T2.T2ID,
T2.T2Col
from T1
inner join T2
on T1.T1ID = T2.T1ID
-- Your query ends here
for xml auto, elements, type
) as X1(X)
cross apply X1.X.nodes('//*[text()]') as X2(N)
SQL Fiddle
I think you're halfway there. Just use UNPIVOT and dynamic SQL as Martin recommended:
CREATE TABLE TableA (
Code VARCHAR(10),
Name VARCHAR(10),
Details VARCHAR(10)
)
INSERT TableA VALUES ('Foo', 'Bar', 'Baz')
GO
DECLARE #sql nvarchar(max)
SET #sql = (SELECT STUFF((SELECT ',' + column_name
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE table_name='TableA'
ORDER BY ordinal_position FOR XML PATH('')), 1, 1, ''))
SET #sql = N'SELECT [Key], Val FROM (SELECT ' + #sql + ' FROM TableA) x '
+ 'UNPIVOT ( Val FOR [Key] IN (' + #sql + ')) AS unpiv'
EXEC (#sql)
Results:
Key Val
------------ ------------
Code Foo
Name Bar
Details Baz
There is a caveat, of course. All your columns will need to be the same data type for the above code to work. If they are not, you will get this error:
Msg 8167, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
The type of column "Col" conflicts with the type of
other columns specified in the UNPIVOT list.
In order to get around this, you'll need to create two column string statements. One to get the columns and one to cast them all as the data type for your Val column.
For multiple column types:
CREATE TABLE TableA (
Code INT,
Name VARCHAR(10),
Details VARCHAR(10)
)
INSERT TableA VALUES (1, 'Foo', 'Baf')
GO
DECLARE
#sql nvarchar(max),
#cols nvarchar(max),
#conv nvarchar(max)
SET #cols = (SELECT STUFF((SELECT ',' + column_name
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE table_name='TableA'
ORDER BY ordinal_position FOR XML PATH('')), 1, 1, ''))
SET #conv = (SELECT STUFF((SELECT ', CONVERT(VARCHAR(50), '
+ column_name + ') AS ' + column_name
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE table_name='TableA'
ORDER BY ordinal_position FOR XML PATH('')), 1, 1, ''))
SET #sql = N'SELECT [Key], Val FROM (SELECT ' + #conv + ' FROM TableA) x '
+ 'UNPIVOT ( Val FOR [Key] IN (' + #cols + ')) AS unpiv'
EXEC (#sql)
Perhaps you're making this more complicated than it needs to be. Partly because I couldn't wrap my little brain around the number of PIVOT/UNPIVOT/whatever combinations and a dynamic SQL "sea of red" would be necessary to pull this off. Since you know the table has exactly one row, pulling the value for each column can just be a subquery as part of a set of UNIONed queries.
DECLARE #sql NVARCHAR(MAX) = N'INSERT dbo.B([Key], Value) '
SELECT #sql += CHAR(13) + CHAR(10)
+ ' SELECT [Key] = ''' + REPLACE(name, '''', '''''') + ''',
Value = (SELECT ' + QUOTENAME(name) + ' FROM dbo.A) UNION ALL'
FROM sys.columns
WHERE [object_id] = OBJECT_ID('dbo.A');
SET #sql = LEFT(#sql, LEN(#sql)-9) + ';';
PRINT #sql;
-- EXEC sp_executesql #sql;
Result (I only created 4 columns, but this would work for any number):
INSERT dbo.B([Key], Value)
SELECT [Key] = 'Column1',
Value = (SELECT [Column1] FROM dbo.A) UNION ALL
SELECT [Key] = 'Column2',
Value = (SELECT [Column2] FROM dbo.A) UNION ALL
SELECT [Key] = 'Column3',
Value = (SELECT [Column3] FROM dbo.A) UNION ALL
SELECT [Key] = 'Column4',
Value = (SELECT [Column4] FROM dbo.A);
The most efficient thing in the world? Likely not. But again, for a one-row table, and hopefully a one-off task, I think it will work just fine. Just watch out for column names that contain apostrophes, if you allow those things in your shop...
EDIT sorry, couldn't leave it that way. Now it will handle apostrophes in column names and other sub-optimal naming choices.