I have two tables which look like this
Value EntryID
0200 43300008191907010611241000917561326051
Value EntryID
test 43300008191907010611241000917561326051
I want to join them via INNER JOIN over the EntryID number, but even though it is a nvarchar, the join does not work (I get nothing as result, my new table is empty). Why?
SELECT * FROM #T_TableA AS A INNER JOIN #T_TableB AS B ON A.EntryID = B.EntryID
Maybe one field contains extra spaces? Use the TRIM function to remove spaces:
It should be like:
INNER JOIN #T_TableB AS B ON TRIM(A.EntryID) =TRIM(B.EntryID)
Or:
INNER JOIN #T_TableB AS B ON RTRIM(LTRIM(A.EntryID)) =RTRIM(LTRIM(B.EntryID))
Those cannot be combined using an inner join. Try using a FULL JOIN. If you are trying to yield one single line row try a left or right join. If you are trying to just put the rows in a new table as two rows that look the same use a UNION
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The parameter is an ID that is the primary key for the table1. The other 3 tables contain details for reference against table1. Obviously if I cut out all the joins, I get only data from Table1, with any ID. I would really like to understand what is going on. Thanks.
SELECT
Detail14, Detail15, Detail16, //etc, etc
FROM
Table1
INNER JOIN
dbo.Table2 ON dbo.Table1.FK_AnID = dbo.Table2.PK_AnotherID
INNER JOIN
dbo.tblTable3 ON dbo.Table2.FK_Group = dbo.tblTable3.PK_RowID
LEFT JOIN
dbo.tblTable4 ON dbo.tblTable4.Name = dbo.Table1.Named
WHERE
PK_RefNumber = #AnID
Break this down by doing in steps. Use select * until you have the joins right, then go to the specific fields you want.
So get records for the first table with the where clause (if it is from the first table). Add the second table. If you get records,then that is not the source of the problem and add the third, etc.
Likely you are either joining on the wrong fields or you have an inner join where you need a left join.
I am incredibly new to SQL and am trying to create a view for a pizza store database. The sides ordered table and the sides names table have to be separate but need a view that combines them.
This is the code I have entered,
CREATE VIEW ordered_sides_view
AS
SELECT
ordered_side_id, side.side_id, side_name, number_ordered,
SUM(number_ordered * price) AS 'total_cost'
FROM
ordered_side
FULL JOIN
side ON ordered_side.side_id = side.side_id
GROUP BY
ordered_side_id, side.side_id, side_name, number_ordered;
The problem is that this is the resulting table.
Screenshot of view table:
How do I get the names to match the ordered sides?
You fail to understand what a FULL JOIN and an INNER JOIN operation does.
FULL JOIN returns at least every row from each table (plus any extra values from the ON clause).
INNER JOIN returns only matching row sets based on the ON clause.
OUTER JOIN returns every matching row set PLUS the side of the join that the OUTER JOIN is on (LEFT OUTER JOIN vs RIGHT OUTER JOIN).
In your picture, you can clearly see that there are no rows that match from the tables ordered_side and side...
That is why switching to an INNER JOIN returns zero rows...there are no matches on the COLUMNS YOU CHOSE TO USE.
Why in your SELECT operator do you have this:
SELECT ordered_side_id, side.side_id, side_name, number_ordered,
while your ON clause has this:
side ON ordered_side.side_id = side.side_id
ordered_side_id !=ordered_side.side_id
Investigate your columns and fix your JOIN clause to match the correct columns.
P.S. I like how you structure your queries. Very nice and what an
expert does! It makes reading MUCH, MUCH easier. :)
One suggestion I might add is structure your columns in the SELECT statement in its own row:
SELECT ordered_side_id
, side.side_id
, side_name
, number_ordered
, SUM(number_ordered * price) AS Total_Cost --or written [Total_Cost]/'Total_Cost'
FROM ordered_side
FULL JOIN side ON ordered_side.ordered_side_id = side.side_id
GROUP BY ordered_side_id
, side.side_id
, side_name
, number_ordered;
I am new to SQL and want to compare two tables using inner join and then use the result to compare it with the third table and so on. Also the third table does not share the same column name as compared in the first two.
Below is the SQL statement to compare two tables.
SELECT WORKLOAD_ITEM_ID wid
FROM OUTPUT o
INNER JOIN workload_item wi ON O.WORKLOAD_ITEM_ID = wi.WORKLOAD_ITEM_ID
Now whatever is returned I want to use that and do an inner join with a third table which does not have a column WORKLOAD_ITEM_ID. So the question is how to save and compare the result?
Please Help!
You can follow this to hold records in temp table
INSERT INTO #WORKLOAD_ITEM_TEMP
SELECT WORKLOAD_ITEM_ID wid
FROM OUTPUT o
INNER JOIN workload_item wi ON O.WORKLOAD_ITEM_ID = wi.WORKLOAD_ITEM_ID
Then with your third table made a join with this #WORKLOAD_ITEM_TEMP table.
Now you have to decide on which column need to put inner join. Either add a common column between output result set and third table or use just cross join.
I think you need to reevaluate your Database structure and make efficient tables relationship.
I'm new to sql and trying to tweak someone else's huge stored procedure to get a subset of the results. The code below is maybe 10% of the whole procedure. I added the lp.posting_date, last left join, and the where clause. Trying to get records where the posting date is between the start date and the end date. Am I doing this right? Apparently not because the results are unaffected by the change. UPDATE: I CHANGED THE LAST JOIN. The results are correct if there's only one area allocation term. If there is more than one area allocation term, the results are duplicated for each term.
SELECT Distinct
l.lease_id ,
l.property_id as property_id,
l.lease_number as LeaseNumber,
l.name as LeaseName,
lty.name as LeaseType,
lst.name as LeaseStatus,
l.possession_date as PossessionDate,
l.rent as RentCommencementDate,
l.store_open_date as StoreOpenDate,
msr.description as MeasureUnit,
l.comments as Comments ,
lat.start_date as atStartDate,
lat.end_date as atEndDate,
lat.rentable_area as Rentable,
lat.usable_area as Usable,
laat.start_date as aatStartDate,
laat.end_date as aatEndDate,
MK.Path as OrgPath,
CAST(laa.percentage as numeric(9,2)) as Percentage,
laa.rentable_area as aaRentable,
laa.usable_area as aaUsable,
laa.headcounts as Headcount,
laa.area_allocation_term_id,
lat.area_term_id,
laa.area_allocation_id,
lp.posting_date
INTO #LEASES FROM la_tbl_lease l
INNER JOIN #LEASEID on l.lease_id=#LEASEID.lease_id
INNER JOIN la_tbl_lease_term lt on lt.lease_id=l.lease_id and lt.IsDeleted=0
LEFT JOIN la_tlu_lease_type lty on lty.lease_type_id=l.lease_type_id and lty.IsDeleted=0
LEFT JOIN la_tlu_lease_status lst on lst.status_id= l.status_id
LEFT JOIN la_tbl_area_group lag on lag.lease_id=l.lease_id
LEFT JOIN fnd_tlu_unit_measure msr on msr.unit_measure_key=lag.unit_measure_key
LEFT JOIN la_tbl_area_term lat on lat.lease_id=l.lease_id and lat.isDeleted=0
LEFT JOIN la_tbl_area_allocat_term laat on laat.area_term_id=lat.area_term_id and laat.isDeleted=0
LEFT JOIN dbo.la_tbl_area_allocation laa on laa.area_allocation_term_id=laat.area_allocation_term_id and laa.isDeleted=0
LEFT JOIN vw_FND_TLU_Menu_Key MK on menu_type_id_key=2 and isActive=1 and id=laa.menu_id_key
INNER JOIN la_tbl_lease_projection lp on lp.lease_projection_id = #LEASEID.lease_projection_id
where lp.posting_date <= laat.end_date and lp.posting_date >= laat.start_date
As may have already been hinted at you should be careful when using the WHERE clause with an OUTER JOIN.
The idea of the OUTER JOIN is to optionally join that table and provide access to the columns.
The JOINS will generate your set and then the WHERE clause will run to restrict your set. If you are using a condition in the WHERE clause that says one of the columns in your outer joined table must exist / equal a value then by the nature of your query you are no longer doing a LEFT JOIN since you are only retrieving rows where that join occurs.
Shorten it and copy it out as a new query in ssms or whatever you are using for testing. Use an inner join unless you want to preserve the left side set even when there is no matching lp.lease_id. Try something like
if object_id('tempdb..#leases) is not null
drop table #leases;
select distinct
l.lease_id
,l.property_id as property_id
,lp.posting_date
into #leases
from la_tbl_lease as l
inner join la_tbl_lease_projection as lp on lp.lease_id = l.lease_id
where lp.posting_date <= laat.end_date and lp.posting_date >= laat.start_date
select * from #leases
drop table #leases
If this gets what you want then you can work from there and add the other left joins to the query (getting rid of the select * and 'drop table' if you copy it back into your proc). If it doesn't then look at your Boolean date logic or provide more detail for us. If you are new to sql and its procedural extensions, try using the object explorer to examine the properties of the columns you are querying, and try selecting the top 1000 * from the tables you are using to get a feel for what the data looks like when building queries. -Mike
You can try the BETWEEN operator as well
Where lp.posting_date BETWEEN laat.start_date AND laat.end_date
Reasoning: You can have issues wheres there is no matching values in a table. In that instance on a left join the table will populate with null. Using the 'BETWEEN' operator insures that all returns have a value that is between the range and no nulls can slip in.
As it turns out, the problem was easier to solve and it was in a different place in the stored procedure. All I had to do was add one line to one of the cursors to include area term allocations by date.
I have a table as below and I would like to know if I can still join them together, without losing existing data from both tables when they are combined by referencing JOIN methods.
Table details - VIEW Table
SELECT
r.domainid,
r.DomainStart,
r.Domain_End,
r.ddid,
r.confid,
r.pdbcode,
r.chainid,
d.pdbcode AS "CATH_PDBCODE",
d.cathbegin AS "CATH_BEGIN",
d.cathend AS "CATH_END"
FROM dyndom_domain_table r
JOIN cath_domains d ON d.pdbcode::character(4) = r.pdbcode
ORDER BY confid ASC;
As you can see, dyndom_domain_table is a VIEW Table that I have created to make it easier for me to use JOIN clauses with the other table that has the same pdbcode.
So far it just returns all of the data that matches with the PDB Code. What I would like to do is return all of the data that both matches and doesn't match each other's PDB Code.
Is there a rule in which I can apply it to? Or is it not possible?
I believe you want a FULL OUTER JOIN rather than just a JOIN (which is, by default, an INNER JOIN). In a FULL OUTER JOIN, every row in each table will correspond to some row in the result table; rows from one table that don't match the other will be extended with NULLs to fill the missing column.
So FULL OUTER JOIN instead of just JOIN, and that should do you.
I think you're asking for a left join, but I'm not sure.
SELECT
r.domainid,
r.DomainStart,
r.Domain_End,
r.ddid,
r.confid,
r.pdbcode,
r.chainid,
d.pdbcode AS "CATH_PDBCODE",
d.cathbegin AS "CATH_BEGIN",
d.cathend AS "CATH_END"
FROM dyndom_domain_table r
LEFT JOIN cath_domains d ON d.pdbcode::character(4) = r.pdbcode
ORDER BY confid ASC;