How to check if all rows validate a predicate - sql

I've a table in my database for which I need to check if all rows have one field not null.
If there are no row or if there is at least 1 row with the field null => true
If there are rows and they are all with the field not null => False
Is there a way to do this in on simple query? Or I need to check if my table is empty first then if it's not check if I've a row with the field value empty ?

This will count how many NULL values you have in a field;
SELECT
SUM(CASE WHEN FieldName IS NULL THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) NullValues
FROM TableName
Will return 0 if there are no NULL values, and will return the number of NULLS if there are any present.
If you actually want to return a value as 'True' or 'False' then do this;
SELECT CASE
WHEN a.NullValues > 0
THEN 'True'
ELSE 'False'
END CheckField
FROM (
SELECT
SUM(CASE WHEN FieldName IS NULL
THEN 1
ELSE 0
END) NullValues
FROM TableName
) a

Use count(*) and count(field) and compare the two:
select
case when count(*) > 0 and count(*) = count(field) then 1 -- not empty and no nulls
else 0 end as isgood
from mytable;
Oracle SQL has no boolean data type , so I use 1 for true and 0 for false. You can replace this with whatever you like (e.g. 'true' instead of 1 and 'false' instead of 0).
As to turning this into a predicate (correlated to a main query), you'd use something along the lines of:
select ...
from main
where exists
(
select 1
from mytable
where mytable.colx = main.coly
having count(*) > 0 and count(*) = count(field)
);

You can do this with aggregation. However, it is difficult to understand what you are asking for. If you want to check that a field has no NULL values, you can do:
select (case when count(*) > 0 then 1 else 0 end) as HasNullValues
from t
where field is null;

Alternate way I found using max with putting null first:
select case when
max(field) keep (dense_rank first order by datfin desc nulls first) is null then 1
else 0 end as flag
from MYTABLE;

Related

way to have query with case statement

I have table called Numbers in that column I have values from 0 - 10 but I like to keep value of 1-10 only change record of 0 too null
Case numbers
when 0
then ''
but I found this has changed all values and not values that have 0 is there way I can say else leave value as is?
Do you want this?
update t
set number = null
where number = 0;
Or as a select:
select t.*,
(case when number <> 0 then number end)
from t;
SELECT CASE WHEN [column] = 0 THEN NULL ELSE [column] END AS [SomeName]
FROM Numbers

how do you check for nulls in any column in an entire table in SQL

I would like to check if any of my columns in a table have any null values. I am sure there is a quicker way than how I am doing it at the moment. I just want to see if there is a NULL in ANY column however my table has a lot of columns, is there a simple and quick way?
This way I have written so far works but it takes a long time to do for every column (hence the etc etc)
select
sum(case when id is null then 1 else 0 end) as id,
sum(case when name is null then 1 else 0 end) as name,
sum(case when review_count is null then 1 else 0 end) as review_coun,
sum(case when positive_review is null then 1 else 0 end) as
positive_review,
sum(etc etc
from user
I don't know if this will work for your scenario, but it's an option. You can CAST all your columns as a string and then concatenate them together. If you concatenate a NULL value with a string, it will return NULL.
SELECT 'Y'
WHERE EXISTS( -- Check if there are any NULL rows
SELECT
CAST(c1 AS CHAR(1)) ||
CAST(c2 AS CHAR(1)) ||
...
AS MyColumns
WHERE MyColumns IS NULL
)
;

Create Multiple Count Columns using Case When

I have to Case statements that count the same column just with a differnt criteria. The problem i am having is that the first case creates a null entry in the Test2 column but then counts it on my second case statement and leaves the Test 1 column null. I would like to have both counts side by side instead of created a duplicate row.
select m.no,
Case when itemtype = 'S' THEN count(ITEMKEY) end as Test1,
case when ItemType='C' THEN count(ITEMKEY) END as Test2
from test m
I'm pretty sure you want conditional aggregation. The case expression is an argument to the aggregation function:
select m.no,
sum(case when itemtype = 'S' then 1 else 0 end) as test1,
sum(case when itemtype = 'C' then 1 else 0 end) as test2
from test m
group by m.no;
This assumes that itemKey is never null, so the count() is just counting rows.
Following query can display records which having Itemtype 'S' or 'C' with count of itemkey. if itemkey is null it will display 0 else count of item key
select m.no,
Case when isnull( m.itemtype = 'S',0) THEN (select count(a.ITEMKEY) from test a where a.itemtype = 'S' ) else 0 end as Test1,
case when isnull( m.itemtype='C',0) THEN (select count(b.ITEMKEY) from test b where b.itemtype = 'C') else 0 END as Test2
from test m

returning the column values as a list or else 0

I had a query where i am trying to get the results of a query, the query can have multiple rows or it can be empty, i am trying if it is empty, it should return me 0 for a column i am looking which is called as sequence
My query is like this:
select CASE WHEN COUNT(1) > 0 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END AS Sequence
from dbo.mytable
it returns me the either 1 or 0, for 1 i want that column should return me values or it should combine all the rows and return me the value of that column as list like 1,2,3,4,5,6,7
This should work.
SELECT
CASE WHEN MY_COUNT > 0 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END AS SEQUENCE
FROM
(SELECT COUNT(*) AS MY_COUNT
FROM
DBO.MYTABLE);
If you want only one row in the result set, simply do:
select (case when count(*) > 0 then 1 else 0 end) as sequence
from mytable;
If you care at all about performance, the more efficient method is:
select (case when exists (select 1 from dbo.mytable) then 1 else 0
end) as sequence

Return an INT from a Case statement

I am attempting to create a row called Flag that will keep a count of when Value is above 2. Later I will need to sum flag as a count.
I currently have:
CASE
WHEN Value > 2
THEN 1
ELSE 0
END AS 'Flag',
CASE
WHEN 'Flag' = 1
THEN 1
ELSE 0
END AS 'FollowedUpCorrectly'
I receive the error:
Conversion failed when converting the varchar value 'Flag' to data
type int.
How can I force the 1 or 0 to be an INT in order to do later math?
I've looked around and I can't seem to find a way that fits.
To be able to use previously created columns in the select, you'll need to use for example outer apply, with something like this:
select
*
from table1
outer apply (
select CASE WHEN Value > 2 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END AS Flag
) X
outer apply (
select CASE WHEN X.Flag = 1 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END AS FollowedUpCorrectly
) Y
Test this in SQL Fiddle
You could use CTE or a subquery to create a flag and then do your case statement as needed in the outer query like this:
;WITH q1
AS (
SELECT
col1
,col2
,col3
,CASE
WHEN Value > 2
THEN 1
ELSE 0
END AS 'Flag'
FROM your_table --change this to match your table and column name
)
SELECT q1.col1
,q1.col2
,q1.col3
,CASE
WHEN q1.Flag = 1
THEN 1
ELSE 0
END AS 'FollowedUpCorrectly'
FROM q1;
I might misunderstand what you are after.
CASE
WHEN Value > 2
THEN 1
ELSE 0
END AS 'Flag',
CASE
WHEN 'Flag' = 1
THEN 1
ELSE 0
END AS 'FollowedUpCorrectly'
If these two lines are in the same code block, 'Flag' is unknown in the second Case Statement.
Update: As Siyual has pointed out, Flag is a string literal. Try changing the name to something that is not a reserved word.
You are comparing a string ('Flag') to an int (1). Perhaps you meant to refer to the first case that you named 'Flag'. If so, try referring to it without using the single quotes. Then the analyzer will recognize it and accept it as an int, which it is. But 'Flag' is a string. Flag is an int.