Is it possible to delete all other rows but keep one which has oldest date in it ?
E.g.
Person
ID Name Birthdate
1 A 20160101
2 B 20160202
3 C 20160303
Is there any query that returns me ID of person row with OLDEST birthdate and DELETE all other rows that is
returns 3 and deletes all other rows
If all birthdays are SAME date then return me row with LOWEST ID
Thanks
Aiden
If you use ROW_NUMBER it will help you identify the records you want more correctly due to the fact that Birthdate could have ties. So build a Common Table Expression [CTE] that will identify the row you are looking for. Then if you actually want to delete the records from the database delete from the cte, but if you only want to return and not modify the data (more likely) just select where the row number is 1.
DECLARE #Table AS TABLE (ID INT, Name CHAR(1), Birthdate DATE)
INSERT INTO #Table VALUES
(1,'A','2016/01/01')
,(2,'B','2016/02/02')
,(3,'C','2016/03/03')
,(4,'D','2016/01/01') --note this is a tie for oldest birthdate
;WITH cte AS (
SELECT
*
,ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY Birthdate, Id) as RowNumber
FROM
#Table
)
So if you really want to modify/delte the data you would do the following right after the above code:
DELETE FROM cte WHERE RowNumber > 1
SELECT * FROM #Table
If you really just want the 1 row matching your criteria you would simply put this statement after the above CTE.
SELECT * FROM cte WHERE RowNumber = 1
Sure, if by DELETE you mean to remove records from the database and by RETURN you mean selecting a row, AND if you can use a batch of two queries, you could do:
DELETE Person
WHERE ID <> (
SELECT TOP 1 ID
FROM Person
ORDER BY Birthdate DESC, ID
);
SELECT TOP 1 ID
FROM Person;
Ordering the subquery last for Id ASC garantees that, if there are equal Birthdates, only the lowest ID is returned.
The SELECT in the end will return the only remaining Person.
If you require just one query for both operations, then I don't think it's possible.
Related
I'm trying to make an SQL query that returns the greatest number from a column and its respective id.
For more information I have two columns ID and NUMBER. Both of them have 2 entries and I want to get the highest number with the ID next to it. This is what I tried but didn't success.
SELECT ID, MAX(NUMBER) AS MAXNUMB
FROM TABLE1
GROUP BY ID, MAXNUMB;
The problem I'm experiencing is that it just shows ALL the entries and if I add a "where" expression it just shows the same (all entries [ids+numbers]).
Pd.: Yes, I got what I wanted but only with one column (number) if I add another column (ID) to select it "brokes".
Try:
SELECT
ID,
A_NUMBER
FROM TABLE1
WHERE A_NUMBER = (
SELECT MAX(A_NUMBER)
FROM TABLE1);
Presuming you want the IDs* of the row with the highest number (and not, instead, the highest number for each ID -- if IDs were not unique in your table, for example).
* there may be more than one ID returned if there are two or more IDs with equal maximum numbers
you can try this
Select ID,maxNumber
From
(
SELECT
ID,
(Select Max(NUMBER) from Tmp where Id = t.Id) maxNumber
FROM
Tmp t
)T1
Group By ID,maxNumber
The query you posted has an illegal column name (number) and is group by the alias for the max value, which is illegal and also doesn't make sense; and you can't include the unaliased max() within the group-by either. So it's likely you're actually doing something like:
select id, max(numb) as maxnumb
from table1
group by id;
which will give one row per ID, with the maximum numb (which is the new name I've made up for your numeric column) for each ID. Or as you said you get "ALL the entries" you might have group by id, numb, which would show all rows from the table (unless there are duplicate combinations).
To get the maximum numb and the corresponding id you could group by id only, order by descending maxnumb, and then return the first row only:
select id, max(numb) as maxnumb
from table1
group by id
order by maxnumb desc
fetch first 1 row only
If there are two ID with the same maxnumb then you would only get one of them - and which one is indeterminate unless you modify the order by - but in that case you might prefer to use first 1 row with ties to see them all.
You could achieve the same thing with a subquery and analytic function to generating a ranking, and have the outer query return the highest-ranking row(s):
select id, numb as maxnumb
from (
select id, numb, dense_rank() over (order by numb desc) as rnk
from table1
)
where rnk = 1
You could also use keep to get the same result as first 1 row only:
select max(id) keep (dense_rank last order by numb) as id, max(numb) as maxnumb
from table1
fiddle
I would like to get a new ID, no matter the format (in the example below 11,12,13...)
Based on the following condition:
Every time the days column value is greater then 1 and not null then current row and all following ones will get the same ID until a new value will meet the condition.
Within the same email
Below you can see the expected 1 (in the format of XX)
I thought about using two conditions with the following order between them
Every time the days column value is greater then 1 then all following rows will get the same ID until a new value will meet the condition.
2.AND When lag (previous) is equal to 0/1/null.
Assuming you have an EmailDate column over which you're ordering (a DATETIME field, really), try something like this:
WITH
TableNameWithEmailDateIDs AS (
SELECT
*,
ROW_NUMBER() OVER (
ORDER BY
Email DESC,
EmailDate
) AS EmailDateID
FROM
TableName
),
IDs AS (
SELECT
*,
LEAD(EmailDateID, 1) OVER (
ORDER BY
Email,
EmailDate
) AS LeadEmailDateID
FROM
(
SELECT
*,
-- REMOVE +10 if you don't want 11 to be starting ID
ROW_NUMBER() OVER (
ORDER BY
Email DESC,
EmailDate
)+10 AS ID
FROM
TableNameWithEmailDateIDs
WHERE
Days > 1
OR Days IS NULL
) X
)
SELECT
COALESCE(TableName.EmailDate, IDs.EmailDate) AS EmailDate,
IDs.Email,
COALESCE(TableName.Days, IDs.Days) AS Days,
IDs.ID
FROM
IDs
LEFT JOIN TableNameWithEmailDateIDs TableName
ON IDs.Email = TableName.Email
AND TableName.EmailDateID BETWEEN
IDs.EmailDateID
AND IDs.LeadEmailDateID-1
ORDER BY
ID DESC,
TableName.EmailDate DESC
;
First, create a CTE that generates IDs for each distinct Email/Date combo (helpful for LEFT JOIN condition later). Then, create a CTE that generates IDs for rows that meet your condition (i.e. the important rows). Finally, LEFT JOIN your main table onto that CTE to fill in the "gaps", so to speak.
I suggest running each of the components of this query independently to fully understand what's going on.
Hope it helps!
I am looking to combine these 2 statement into one to run as a stored procedure if possible.
I have not used temp tables in queries before and may have to with this, not sure asking advice.
I did not write the original queries and manually run the first one which returns a table listing ID's with duplicate data nad how many records. Then each record ID is put into the 2nd query to remove all but the TOP 1 based on additional filtering criteria.
I have looked at using CTE from SQL select into delete DIRECTLY but am stil at a loss on how to pass each result row ID value into the delete query.
The queries, edited for public consumption are
SELECT id, count() FROM [DEV].[dbo].[7dtest] where FileVer = 1 and CALC_DATE > FORMAT(DATEADD(DD,-7,GETDATE()), 'yyyy-MM-dd') group by id having count() > 1 order by count(*) desc
returns a table with id and number of duplicate rows
then take the id of each row and put into this delete statement
delete from [DEV].[dbo].[7dtest] where AutoID not in (
SELECT TOP 1 AutoID FROM [DEV].[dbo].[7dtest] where FileVer = 1 and id = '123' and CALC_DATE > FORMAT(DATEADD(DD,-7,GETDATE()), 'yyyy-MM-dd')
order by COMPLETED_DATE_CHECK_3 desc, COMPLETED_DATE_CHECK_2 desc, COMPLETED_DATE_CHECK_1 desc)
and FileVer = 1 and id = '123' and CALC_DATE > FORMAT(DATEADD(DD,-7,GETDATE()), 'yyyy-MM-dd')
Can this be done with CTE or do I need to create a temp table and some looping to get the ID one row at a time? Is there a better way I should be doing this?
TIA
There is a table with tow columns(ID, Data) and there are 3 rows with same value.
ID Data
4 192.168.0.22
4 192.168.0.22
4 192.168.0.22
Now I want to change third row DATA column. In update SQL Server Generate an error that I ca not change the value.
I can delete all 3 rows. But I can not delete third row separately.
This table is for a software that I bought and I changed the third Server IP.
You can try the following query
create table #tblSimilarValues(id int, ipaddress varchar(20))
insert into #tblSimilarValues values (4, '192.168.0.22'),
(4, '192.168.0.22'),(4, '192.168.0.22')
Use Below query if you want to change all rows
with oldData as (
select *,
count(*) over (partition by id, ipaddress) as cnt
from #tblSimilarValues
)
update oldData
set ipaddress = '192.168.0.22_1'
where cnt > 1;
select * from #tblSimilarValues
Use Below query if you want to skip firs row
;with oldData as (
select *,
ROW_NUMBER () over (partition by id, ipaddress order by id, ipaddress) as cnt
from #tblSimilarValues
)
update oldData
set ipaddress = '192.168.0.22_2'
where cnt > 1;
select * from #tblSimilarValues
drop table #tblSimilarValues
You can find the live demo live demo here
Since there is no column that allows us to distinguish these rows from each other, there's no "third row" (nor a first or second one for that matter).
We can use a ROW_NUMBER function to apply arbitrary row numbers to these rows, however, and if we place that in a CTE, we can apply DELETE/UPDATE actions via the CTE and use the arbitrary row numbers:
declare #t table (ID int not null, Data varchar(15))
insert into #t(ID,Data) values
(4,'192.168.0.22'),
(4,'192.168.0.22'),
(4,'192.168.0.22')
;With ArbitraryAssignments as (
select *,ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY ID, Data ORDER BY Data) as rn
from #t
)
delete from ArbitraryAssignments where rn > 2
select * from #t
This produces two rows of output - one row was deleted.
Note that I say that the ROW_NUMBER is arbitrary. One of the expressions in both the PARTITION BY and ORDER BY clauses is the same. By definition, then, we know that no real ORDER is defined by this (because all rows within the same partition, by definition, have the same value for that expression).
In this case ID columns allows duplicate value which is wrong, ID should be unique.
Now what you can do is create a new column make that unique or Primary Key or change the duplicate values of ID column and make it Unique/Primary key.
Now as per your Unique key/Primary key you can update DATA column value by query as below:
UPDATE <Table Name>
SET DATA = 'new data'
WHERE ID = 3;
I am new to sql and stuck in duplicate entries update issue, any help would be greatly appreciated.
I have a table call employee history, it has empid, roleid, rolestartdate, roleenddate columns.
In the table there are multiple entries for one empid based on role assignment and unassignment.
I need to update only one empid row based on below condition.
Select one empid row where rolestartdate is Max date, if it returns more than one row, check roleid columns and filter based on Max roleid.
It should also return those empid rows which has only one entry.
Thank you
You can use Row_Number window function.
;with cte as
(
select *,
Rn = row_number()over(partition by empid order by rolestartdate desc, roleid desc)
from EmployeeHistory
)
/*
--To check the records which will be updated
Select * from cte where Rn = 1
*/
update cte
set update_column = 'whatever value'
where Rn = 1