Problem: There is a conference. Each class in the conference will run three times (time1, time2, time3). Attendee can only go to one session per class. I'm looking for duplicate class registrations. (User is going to class1: time1 and time2)
I need to write a query to find duplicate registrations with information in 3 different tables. The tables I'm joining are (class, user, registration). I need to find all duplicates that are created by adding the values for two columns. (class.title + user.id#) = duplicate.
I need the query to display only the duplicate rows found plus display additional column information such as id number, title, first, last, status.
For Example: The search would find these results
table
But display only...
results
I'm not sure where to start. The information in class.title + user.id# will vary per row, so I can't search by specific information. (ie: user.id#=45624).
If I understood you right is the DISTINCT-Keyword what you are looking for: http://www.w3schools.com/sql/sql_distinct.asp
An example:
SELECT * FROM (SELECT DISTINCT title, status, first, last FROM your_table)
This will make sure that there will be no duplicate rows returned identified by title, status, first and last.
I may misunderstood your question. In case you are looking for duplicates only, consider the following code. This will return you all duplicate rows identified by title, status, first and last and give you id as an additional information.
SELECT id, title, status, first, last
FROM your_table
GROUP BY title, status, first, last
HAVING COUNT(*) > 1
Which one is the answer you were looking for?
maybe this will work
select * from(
SELECT id, title, status, first, last ,
row_number() over ( partition by id, title order by status) rowid
FROM your_table
) x
where rowid = 2
Related
Let's say I have an Oracle table with measurements in different categories:
CREATE TABLE measurements (
category CHAR(8),
value NUMBER,
error NUMBER,
created DATE
)
Now I want to find the "best" row in each category, where "best" is defined like this:
It has the lowest errror.
If there are multiple measurements with the same error, the one that was created most recently is the considered to be the best.
This is a variation of the greatest N per group problem, but including two columns instead of one. How can I express this in SQL?
Use ROW_NUMBER:
WITH cte AS (
SELECT m.*, ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY category ORDER BY error, created DESC) rn
FROM measurements m
)
SELECT category, value, error, created
FROM cte
WHERE rn = 1;
For a brief explanation, the PARTITION BY clause instructs the DB to generate a separate row number for each group of records in the same category. The ORDER BY clause places those records with the smallest error first. Should two or more records in the same category be tied with the lowest error, then the next sorting level would place the record with the most recent creation date first.
I have attandance data that contains a username, time, and status (IN or OUT). I want to show attendance data that contains a name, and the check in/out times. I expect a person to check in and out no more than twice a day. The data looks like this:
As you can see, my problem is that one person can have multiple data entries in different seconds for the same login attempt. This is because I get data from a fingerprint attendace scanner, and the machine in some cases makes multiple entries, sometimes just within 5-10 seconds. I want to select the data to be like this:
How can I identify the proper time for the login attempt, and then select the data with a pivot?
First, you need to normalize your data by removing the duplicate entries. In your situation, that's a challenge because the duplicated data isn't easily identified as a duplicate. You can make some assumptions though. Below, I assume that no one will make multiple login attempts in a two minute window. You can do this by first using a Common Table Expression (CTE, using the WITH clause).
Within the CTE, you can use the LAG function. Essentially what this code is saying is "for each partition of user and entry type, if the previous value was within 2 minutes of this value, then put a number, otherwise put null." I chose null as the flag that will keep the value because LAG of the first entry is going to be null. So, your CTE will just return a table of entry events (ID) that were distinct attempts.
Now, you prepare another CTE that a PIVOT will pull from that has everything from your table, but only for the entry IDs you cared about. The PIVOT is going to look over the MIN/MAX of your IN/OUT times.
WITH UNIQUE_LOGINS AS (
SELECT ID FROM LOGIN_TABLE
WHERE CASE WHEN LAG(TIME, 1, 0) OVER (PARTITION BY USERNAME, STATUS ORDER BY TIME)
+ (2/60/24) < TIME THEN NULL ELSE 1 END IS NULL ), -- Times within 2 minutes
TEMP_FOR_PIVOT AS (
SELECT USERNAME, TIME, STATUS FROM LOGIN_TABLE WHERE ID IN (SELECT ID FROM UNIQUE_LOGINS)
)
SELECT * FROM TEMP_FOR_PIVOT
PIVOT (
MIN(TIME), MAX(TIME) FOR STATUS IN ('IN', 'OUT')
)
From there, if you need to rearrange or rename your columns, then you can just put that last SELECT into yet another CTE and then select your values from it. There is some more about PIVOT here: Rotate/pivot table with aggregation in Oracle
I am in need of some help in showing all rows that have different dates based on a unique number in a table, below is a dummy table I have created which is similar to the one I need to analyse.
What I need to show is all rows where the expected date has changed but the VisitNumber is the same, I have highlighted four rows as an example;
The First Entry Was Null
The Second Entry Was 25/04/16
Then the final entry was 24/06/16
Sometimes the there could be an entry where the Visit Number is the same as a row that has changed but the Expected Dates are the same, in this case, I need to ignore them rows.
Additionally, there could be multiple entries with the same Unique ID but the Visit Number is different.
This should do what you want:
SELECT UniqueID, VisitNumber, Min(ExpectedDate), Max(ExpectedDate)
FROM Table
GROUP BY uniqueID, VisitNumber
HAVING Min(ExpectedDate) <> Max(ExpectedDate)
I think you can do this using window functions:
select t.*
from (select t.*,
min(ExpectedDate) over (partition by UniqueId, VisitNumber) as mined,
max(ExpectedDate) over (partition by UniqueId, VisitNumber) as maxed
from t
) t
where mined <> maxed and ExpectedDate is not null;
I need the second column of the table retrieved from a query to have a count of the number of rows, so row one would have a 1, row 2 would have a 2 and so on. I am not very proficient with sql so I am sorry if this is a simple task.
A basic example of what I am doing would be is:
SELECT [Name], [I_NEED_ROW_COUNT_HERE],[Age],[Gender]
FROM [customer]
The row count must be the second column and will act as an ID for each row. It must be the second row as the text file it is generating will be sent to the state and they require a specific format.
Thanks for any help.
With your edit, I see that you want a row ID (normally called row number rather than "count") which is best gathered from a unique ID in the database (person_id or some other unique field). If that isn't possible, you can make one for this report with ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY EMPLOYEE_ID DESC) AS ID, in your select statement.
select Name, ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY Name DESC) AS ID,
Age, Gender
from customer
This function adds a field to the output called ID (see my tips at the bottom to describe aliases). Since this isn't in the database, it needs a method to determine how it will increment. After the over keyword it orders by Name in descending order.
Information on Counting follows (won't be unique by row):
If each customer has multiple entries but the selected fields are the same for that user and you are counting that user's records (summed in one result record for the user) then you would write:
select Name, count(*), Age, Gender
from customer
group by name, age, gender
This will count (see MSDN) all the user's records as grouped by the name, age and gender (if they match, it's a single record).
However, if you are counting all records so that your whole report has the grand total on every line, then you want:
select Name, (select count(*) from customer) as "count", Age, Gender
from customer
TIP: If you're using something like SSMS to write a query, dragging in columns will put brackets around the columns. This is only necessary if you have spaces in column names, but a DBA will tend to avoid that like the plague. Also, if you need a column header to be something specific, you can use the as keyword like in my first example.
W3Schools has a good tutorial on count()
The COUNT(column_name) function returns
the number of values (NULL values will not be counted) of the
specified column:
SELECT COUNT(column_name) FROM table_name;
The COUNT(*) function returns the number of records in a table:
SELECT COUNT(*) FROM table_name;
The COUNT(DISTINCT column_name) function returns the number of
distinct values of the specified column:
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT column_name) FROM table_name;
COUNT(DISTINCT) works with ORACLE and Microsoft SQL Server, but
not with Microsoft Access.
It's odd to repeat the same number in every row but it sounds like this is what you're asking for. And note that this might not work in your flavor of SQL. MS Access?
SELECT [Name], (select count(*) from [customer]), [Age], [Gender]
FROM [customer]
Say that I have some SELECT statement:
SELECT id, name FROM people
ORDER BY name ASC;
I have a few million rows in the people table and the ORDER BY clause can be much more complex than what I have shown here (possibly operating on a dozen columns).
I retrieve only a small subset of the rows (say rows 1..11) in order to display them in the UI. Now, I would like to solve following problems:
Find the number of a row with a given id.
Display the 5 items before and the 5 items after a row with a given id.
Problem 2 is easy to solve once I have solved problem 1, as I can then use something like this if I know that the item I was looking for has row number 1000 in the sorted result set (this is the Firebird SQL dialect):
SELECT id, name FROM people
ORDER BY name ASC
ROWS 995 TO 1005;
I also know that I can find the rank of a row by counting all of the rows which come before the one I am looking for, but this can lead to very long WHERE clauses with tons of OR and AND in the condition. And I have to do this repeatedly. With my test data, this takes hundreds of milliseconds, even when using properly indexed columns, which is way too slow.
Is there some means of achieving this by using some SQL:2003 features (such as row_number supported in Firebird 3.0)? I am by no way an SQL guru and I need some pointers here. Could I create a cached view where the result would include a rank/dense rank/row index?
Firebird appears to support window functions (called analytic functions in Oracle). So you can do the following:
To find the "row" number of a a row with a given id:
select id, row_number() over (partition by NULL order by name, id)
from t
where id = <id>
This assumes the id's are unique.
To solve the second problem:
select t.*
from (select id, row_number() over (partition by NULL order by name, id) as rownum
from t
) t join
(select id, row_number() over (partition by NULL order by name, id) as rownum
from t
where id = <id>
) tid
on t.rownum between tid.rownum - 5 and tid.rownum + 5
I might suggest something else, though, if you can modify the table structure. Most databases offer the ability to add an auto-increment column when a row is inserted. If your records are never deleted, this can server as your counter, simplifying your queries.