How to format SQL comparison in CSV file - sql

I am running two SQL's on two different databases and comparing the results. I am writing the results to a csv file. Currently I am doing a 1 to 1 comparison of the results such that each element in a row of the result set is a row in the csv file.
table name | source column | source value | target value | difference type | target column
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Table A Column A A001 A001 SAME Column A
Table A Column B A002 B002 Different Column B
These are making the csv files far too long, and I wish to change this output to display each row of the result sets stacked on top of each other like this:
A001 A002 A003
A001 B002 A003
But I am not sure of a good way to indicate which columns would be different (I cannot color code in a csv file). Adding a column to the end which says which columns are different is an option, but I feel like there must be a better way.
I will also take suggestions on other possible ways to format these results.

Not sure what is you final goal.
But first you should include a row_id at begining of each row, also include what db that row is from
Then you may include one aditional character to indicate if they are Equal E- or No Equal N-
Also a final field to indicate if the rows as a whole are Equal or not
rowID DB FieldA FieldB FieldC Equal
1 A E-A001 N-A002 E-A003 NO
1 B E-A001 N-B002 E-A003 NO
And if you import that csv in Excel for example you can filter by column where start with N-

Related

Changes to table not designed for SQL

I am supposed to do some changes to an enormous CSV file based on a different file. Therefore I chose to do it in SQL but after further consideration I am not sure how to proceed..
In the 1st table I have a list of contracts. Columns represent some segments the contract belongs to and some products that can be linked to the contract (example in the table below).
Here contract no. 1234 belongs to segments X1 and Y2. There is no product number 1 linked to it, but it has product number 2 linked to it. The product originaly ends on the 1st of January 2030.
cont_n|date|segment_1|segment_2|..|prod_1|date_prod_1|product_2|date_product_2|..
1234 |3011| X1 | Y2 |..| | |YES |01/01/2030 |..
The 2nd file is a list of combinations of segments and an indication how the "date" columns should be adjusted. The example shows following situation - if there is prod_2 linked to the contract which belongs to groups X1 and Y2, end the prod_2 this year. I need this result to alter table no. 1.
prod_no|segment_1|segment_2|result
prod_2 | X1 | Y2 | end the product on anniversary
Ergo I need to get to the result:
cont_n|date|segment_1|segment_2|..|prod_1|date_prod_1|product_2|date_product_2|..
1234 |3011| X1 | Y2 |..| | |YES |30/11/2019 |..
In the original files I have around 600k rows and more than 300 columns (meaning around 100 different products) in table 1 and around 800 possible combinations of segments in table 2.
The algorithm I need to implement (very generally):
for x=1 to 100
IF product_x = YES THEN date_product_x = date + "Seach for result in table2"
Is there a reasonable way how to change the "date_product_x" columns based on the 2nd table or would it be better to find a different solution?
Thanks a lot!
I can only give you a general approach, because the information in your question is general (for example, why does "end the product on anniversary" translate to "30/11/2019"? It's not explained in the question, so I assume you're going to be able to handle that part of the logic).
You can approach this by using an UNPIVOT on Table 1 to get a structure like:
cont_n | segment1 | segment2 | product_number | product_date
You will UNPIVOT..FOR date_product_1 thru date_product_100. You'll either have to type out all 100 column names, or use dynamic sql to build the whole thing.
You'll do some string manipulation to grab the "x" portion of "date_product_x", and turn it into "prod_x", and then you can join to the second table on the two segment columns and the "prod_x" column, get the result column value, and do whatever rules you're doing to get the value you want for date_product_x.
Finally, you take that result, and PIVOT it back to the one-row-per-contract form, and JOIN it to your original table to UPDATE the date_product_x columns.

How to map two column using another column data

I have Five columns.
E.g.
Column1: Name
Column2: surname
Column3: mapping
Column4: Mapped data
Columns contain data like
Name Surname Mapping Name1 Surname1
1 ABC 1 AAAA 3 ABC QQQQ
2 XYZ 2 XXXX 1 XYZ AAAA
3 OPQ 3 QQQQ 4 OPQ RRRR
4 RST 4 RRRR 2 RST XXXX
Now my aim is to map name column to surname by using mapping column and result should be stored at Name1 and Surname1 column. I have more data in Name and Surname column, by writing number in Mapping column it will automatically map the surname to Name (the choice is given to user for entering number in mapped column then map the data accordingly) and result should be copied in Name1 and Surname1.
I am not getting any idea to achieve this using VBA. coding Plz help me.....
Amar, there are certainly plenty of ways to go about this using Excel's built in functions, however, since you asked about a VBA solution, here you go:
Function Map(n)
Map = Cells(n + 1, 2)
End Function
Placing the above code into the VBA editor of your project will allow you to use this custom function in the same way you would any of Excel's builtin functions. That is, entering =Map(C3) into any cell should give you the result you're after (where C3 is the cell containing your mapping number). The function works by returning the data in [row n (defined in your mapping column) +1 (to account for the header row); column 2 (the column containing your surname)]. The data in column "Name1" will always be the same as that in column "Name" (so it seems). So the function in your "Name1" column would simply be =A2
If this does not solve your problem, or you need further guidance, please let me know.
Supplement
#Amar, the comment by #freakfeuer is spot on. VBA is really overkill for something as simple as this and, as he points out, portability and security are both significant drawbacks. Offset is a fine alternative.

Spitting long column values to managable size for presenting data neatly

Hi I was wondering if there is a way to split long column values in this case I am using SSRS to get the distinct values with the number of product ID against a category into a matrix/pivot table in SSRS. The problem lies with the amount of distinct category makes it a nightmare to make the report look pretty shall we say. Is there a dynamic way to split the columns in say groups of 10 to make the table look nicer and easy to read. I was thinking of using in operator then the list of values but that means managing the data every time a new category gets added. Is there a dynamic way to present the data in the best way possible? There are 135 distinct category values
Also I am open to suggestions to make the report to nicer if anyone has any thoughts. I am new to SSRS and trying to get to grips with its.
Here is an example of my problem
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Are your column names coming back from the database under the SubCat field you note in the comments above? If so I imagine your dataset looks something like this
Subcat | Logno
---------+---------------
SubCatA | 34
SubCatB | 65
SubCatC | 120
SubCatD | 8
SubCatE | 19
You can edit this so that there is an index of each individual category being returned also, using the Row_Number() function. Add the field
ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY SubCat ASC) AS ColID
To your query. This will result in the following.
Subcat | LogNo | ColID
-----------+--------------+----------
SubCatA | 34 | 1
SubCatB | 65 | 2
SubCatC | 120 | 3
SubCatD | 8 | 4
SubCatE | 19 | 5
Now there is a numeric identifier for each column you can perform some logic on it to arrange itself nicely on the page.
This solution involves a Tablix, nested inside a Matrix nested inside a Matrix as follows
First create a Matrix (Matrix1), and set it’s datasource to your dataset. Set the Row Group Properties to group on the following expression where ‘4’ is the number of columns you wish to display horizontally.
=CInt(Floor((Fields!ColID.Value - 1) / 4))
Then in the data section of the Matrix (bottom right corner) insert a rectangle and on this insert a new Matrix (Matrix 2). Remove the leftmost row. Set the column header to be the Column Name SubCat. This will automatically set the column grouping to be SubCat.
Finally, in the Data Section of Matrix 2 add a new Rectangle and Add a Tablix on it. Remove the Header Row, and set it to be one column wide only. Set the Data to be the information you wish to display, i.e. LogNo.
Finally, delete the Leftmost and Topmost rows/columns from Matrix 1 to make it look tidier (Note Delete Column Row only! Not associated groups!)
Then when the report is run it should look similar to the following. Note in my example SubCat = ColName, and LogNo = NumItems, and I have multiple values per SubCat.
Hopefully you find this helpful. If not, please ask for clarification.
Can you do something like this:
The following gives the steps (in two columns, down then across)

SQL: Find highest number if its in nvarchar format containing special characters

I need to pull the record containing the highest value, specifically I only need the value from that field. The problem is that the column is nvarchar format that contains a mix of numbers and special characters. The following is just an example:
PK | Column 2 (nvarchar)
-------------------
1 | .1.1.
2 | .10.1.1
3 | .5.1.7
4 | .4.1.
9 | .10.1.2
15 | .5.1.4
Basically, because of natural sort, the items in column 2 are sorted as strings. So instead of returning the PK for the row containing ".10.1.2" as the highest value i get the PK for the row that contains ".5.1.7" instead.
I attempted to write some functions to do this but it seems what I've written looked way more complicated than it should be. Anyone got something simple or complicated functions are the only way?
I want to make clear that I'm trying to grab the PK of the record that contains the highest Column 2 value.
This query might return what you desire
SELECT MAX(CAST(REPLACE(Column2, '.', '') as INT)) FROM table

Search Blob and find multiple matches along with identity field

I have an identity column and a string value stored as a blob in 2 columns in my db.
What I’m trying to do is search for multiple values within the string and return the results in different rows for each match.
For example:
ID | String
1000 | ChrisBobTomSteve
I want to search the string for both Bob and Tom and return the results like this:
1000 | Bob
1000 | Tom
This is a simplified example but I have a very large db and I need to match on 39 different values to parse out the results so a union isn’t exactly efficient for this.
This is being done in oracle 11g. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thank you