where clause returns nothing - sql

This is a very simple query:
select br.BranchCode, br.BranchName,cn.Country, cd.AggregateCreditExposure as [CreditExposure]
from Branches br join CreditDetails cd
on br.BranchCode = cd.BranchCode join Country cn
on br.CountryCode = cn.CountryCode
and it gives me the result set:
When I try to put where clause, it returns no result:
select br.BranchCode, br.BranchName,cn.Country, cd.AggregateCreditExposure as [CreditExposure]
from Branches br join CreditDetails cd
on br.BranchCode = cd.BranchCode join Country cn
on br.CountryCode = cn.CountryCode
where cn.Country = 'France'
Expected Result:
Strangely it returns nothing. Why doesn't it work??
Schema of Country: (providing only related table)
CountryCode int PK
Country varchar(50)

You've either got whitespace or some invisible characters in your data.
The way I always test for this in SSMS is to take the result of your first query, that does return data, click on the box in the grid that contains "France" (in this instance) go up to the query editor and paste (ctrl-v) in between two characters like ''. If there's some white space, you'll see something like this:
'France '
instead of this:
'France'

The only thing I can think of is you have a newline '\n' at the start of "France" which doesn't actually show up in "Select * from " > Try and use LIKE 'France', if that works, it has to be a newline character.
try
= '\nFrance'
or
= '\nFrance\n'
PS: i know this because i had this similar issue sometime back.

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Postgresql , updating existing table row with another tables data

I am trying to update a null column using another tables value but it doesn't seems to work right. below codes were tried
SET
"Test name "= "Test"(
SELECT Transformertest.Test,Transformertest.TestID
FROM public.Transformertest WHERE TestID='Tes3')
WHERE test2table.Type='Oil Immersed Transformers'
UPDATE
public.test2table
SET
"Test name" = subquery."Test"
FROM
(
SELECT
"Test"
FROM Transformertest WHERE "TestID"='Tes2'
) AS subquery
WHERE
"Type"='Auto Transformer' AND "Phase"='3' AND "Rated Frequency"='60';
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don't use space in column name.
Integers don't need to be quoted
See the result here (enter link description here)
what you need to do here (assuming Phase and Rated Frequency are integers)
remove unnecessary "" and spaces on column names
UPDATE
public.test2table
SET
test_name = subquery.Test
FROM
(
SELECT
test
FROM Transformertest WHERE Test_ID='Tes2'
) AS subquery
WHERE
Type='Auto Transformer' AND Phase=3 AND Rated_Frequency=60;
this should be working now

How to make LIKE behave case-insensitive?

I have an importedParameter which I want to search inside of a column in a SELECT.
But for now it is case-sensitive, how can I make it case-insensitive ?
I've tried multiple things: AND LOWER(columnName) LIKE LOWER(#lv_string) or AND columnName LIKE #tst_string COLLATE utf8_general_ci and some other stuff but got this error:
A Boolean expression is required in positions starting with LOWER(Q.
Sample code:
DATA(tst_string) = '%' && importedParamter && '%'.
IF anotherParameter IS NOT INITIAL.
IF importedParamter IS NOT INITIAL.
SELECT * FROM <table1> as p
INNER JOIN <table2> as q on q~column1 = p~column1
WHERE p~column2 = #anotherParameter
AND q~column2 LIKE #tst_string
INTO CORRESPONDING FIELDS OF TABLE #anotherName
ENDIF.
ENDIF.
I believe Regex is your preferred choice: LIKE_REGEXPR:
SELECT *
FROM <table1> as p
INNER JOIN <table2> as q on q~column1 = p~column1
WHERE p~column2 = #anotherParameter
AND like_regexpr( pcre = '\bparam\b', value = q~column2, CASE_SENSITIVE = 'X' ) = '1'
INTO TABLE DATA(#anotherName).
It has CASE_SENSITIVE predicate which respects (or not) the case.
Though this is available only since ABAP 7.55, so on lower releases you are out of the luck.
This code works fine for me:
SELECT *
FROM adrp
WHERE LOWER( name_first ) LIKE 'phi%'
INTO TABLE #DATA(results).
It finds my personal data entry (as well as those of another "Philipp" and of a "Philip"), even though we are all spelled with a capital P.
LIKE LOWER( 'Phi%' ) does not work, but when you can't control the input, then you can convert it to lower case before the select:
DATA(tst_string) = 'Phi%'.
TRANSLATE tst_string TO LOWER CASE.
SELECT *
FROM adrp
WHERE LOWER( name_first ) LIKE #tst_string
INTO TABLE #DATA(results).
Release: 7.54
I am not sure which release specifically allowed functions like LOWER within the WHERE clause. According to the comments, it should work since 7.51.

How can I run a SQL query iteratively for every row in a table?

I have the following query:
DECLARE #AccString varchar(max)
SET #AccString=''
SELECT #Acctring=#AccString + description + ' [ ] '
FROM tl_sb_accessoryInventory ai
JOIN tl_sb_accessory a on a.accessoryID = ai.accessoryID
WHERE userID=6
SELECT userID, serviceTag, model, #AccString AS ACCESSORIES FROM tl_sb_oldLaptop ol
JOIN tl_sb_laptopType lt ON ol.laptopTypeID = lt.laptopTypeID
WHERE userID=6
which outputs this:
What I want to be able to do is run this for every userID in a table tl_sb_user.
The statement to get the userIDs is:
Select userID from tl_sb_user
How can I get this to output a row as above for each user?
You are trying to do a string concatenation subquery. In SQL Server, you need to do the string concatenation using a correlated subquery with for xml path. Arcane, but it generally works.
The results is something like this:
SELECT userID, serviceTag, model, #AccString AS ACCESSORIES,
stuff((select ' [ ] ' + description
from tl_sb_accessoryInventory ai join
tl_sb_accessory a
on a.accessoryID = ai.accessoryID
where a.userId = ol.UserId
for xml path ('')
), 1, 11, '') as accessories
FROM tl_sb_oldLaptop ol JOIN
tl_sb_laptopType lt
ON ol.laptopTypeID = lt.laptopTypeID;
You don't have table aliases identifying where the columns come from, so I am just guessing that a.userId = ol.UserId references the right tables.
Also, this substitutes certain characters with html forms. Notably '<' and '>' turn into things like '<' and '>'. When I encounter this problem, I use replace() to replace the values.
Simply leave out the WHERE clause.

SQL CONCAT IF Statement?

Morning All,
Im not to sure how i need to solve my following query... I have the following query which pulls back the desired records in SQL server...
SELECT agenda.AgendaItemNumber,Agenda.AgendaName, AgendaType.AgendaTypeDescription, userdetails.fullName
FROM Agenda
JOIN AgendaType ON AgendaType.AgendaTypeID=Agenda.AgendaTypeID
JOIN UserDetails ON Agenda.AgendaID = Userdetails.AgendaID
WHERE agenda.AgendaTypeID = '2'
AND AgendaItemNumber = AgendaItemNumber
AND AgendaName = AgendaName
AND AgendaTypeDescription = AgendaTypeDescription
AND AgendaItemNumber >= '3'
The above query works but i need to enhance this slightly. It pulls back the following results, which essentially are duplicate records except for the 'fullname' column...
What i would like to do is be able to add some extra code to this query so that when i run the query i am able to display one record for each 'AgendaItemNumber' and for it to concat both of the fullnames for this record. However i have additional AgendaItemsNumbers in this table that only have 1 x user fullname assigned to them. its just these few records within the image file i need to do something clever with.
Maybe there is a better way to complete this task?
Many thanks in advance. Any queries please dont hesitate to ask.
Regards
Betty
SELECT agenda.AgendaItemNumber,
Agenda.AgendaName,
AgendaType.AgendaTypeDescription,
STUFF(( SELECT ';' + FullName
FROM UserDetails
WHERE UserDetails.AgendaID = Agenda.AgendaID
FOR XML PATH('')
), 1, 1, '') AS fullName
FROM Agenda
INNER JOIN AgendaType
ON AgendaType.AgendaTypeID=Agenda.AgendaTypeID
INNER JOIN UserDetails
ON Agenda.AgendaID = Userdetails.AgendaID
WHERE agenda.AgendaTypeID = '2'
AND AgendaItemNumber = AgendaItemNumber
AND AgendaName = AgendaName
AND AgendaTypeDescription = AgendaTypeDescription
AND AgendaItemNumber >= '3'
ADENDUM
The XML extension in SQL-Server allows you to concatenate multiple rows into a single row. The actual intention of the extension is so you can output as XML (obviously), but there are some nifty tricks that are byproducts of the extensions. In the above query, if there were a column name in the subquery (FullName) it would output as <FullName>Joe Bloggs1</FullName><FullName>Joe Bloggs2</FullName>, because there is no column name it simply concatenates the rows (not forming proper XML). The PATH part allows you to specify an additional node, for example if you use PATH('Name') in the above you would get <Name>;Joe Bloggs</Name><Name>;Joe Bloggs2</Name> If you combine Path with a column name you would get Joe Bloggs.
Finally the STUFF just removes the semicolon at the start of the list.

naming columns in excel with Complex sql

I’m trying to run this SQL using get external.
It works, but when I try to rename the sub-queries or anything for that matter it remove it.
I tried as, as and the name in '', as then the name in "",
and the same with space. What is the right way to do that?
Relevant SQL:
SELECT list_name, app_name,
(SELECT fname + ' ' + lname
FROM dbo.d_agent_define map
WHERE map.agent_id = tac.agent_id) as agent_login,
input, CONVERT(varchar,DATEADD(ss,TAC_BEG_tstamp,'01/01/1970'))
FROM dbo.maps_report_list list
JOIN dbo.report_tac_agent tac ON (tac.list_id = list.list_id)
WHERE input = 'SYS_ERR'
AND app_name = 'CHARLOTT'
AND convert(VARCHAR,DATEADD(ss,day_tstamp,'01/01/1970'),101) = '09/10/2008'
AND list_name LIKE 'NRBAD%'
ORDER BY agent_login,CONVERT(VARCHAR,DATEADD(ss,TAC_BEG_tstamp,'01/01/1970'))
You could get rid of your dbo.d_agent_define subquery and just add in a join to the agent define table.
Would this code work?
select list_name, app_name,
map.fname + ' ' + map.lname as agent_login,
input,
convert(varchar,dateadd(ss,TAC_BEG_tstamp,'01/01/1970')) as tac_seconds
from dbo.maps_report_list list
join dbo.report_tac_agent tac
on (tac.list_id = list.list_id)
join dbo.d_agent_define map
on (map.agent_id = tac.agent_id)
where input = 'SYS_ERR'
and app_name = 'CHARLOTT'
and convert(varchar,dateadd(ss,day_tstamp,'01/01/1970'),101) = '09/10/2008'
and list_name LIKE 'NRBAD%'
order by agent_login,convert(varchar,dateadd(ss,TAC_BEG_tstamp,'01/01/1970'))
Note that I named your dateadd column because it did not have a name. I also tried to keep your convention of how you do a join. There are a few things that I would do different with this query to make it more readable, but I only focused on getting rid of the subquery problem.
I did not do this, but I would recommend that you qualify all of your columns with the table from which you are getting them.
To remove the sub query in the SELECT statement I suggest the following:
SELECT list_name, app_name, map.fname + ' ' + map.lname as agent_login, input, convert(varchar,dateadd(ss, TAC_BEG_tstamp, '01/01/1970))
FROM dbo.maps_report_list inner join
(dbo.report_tac_agent as tac inner join dbo.d_agent_define as map ON (tac.agent_id=map.agent_id)) ON list.list_id = tac.list_id
WHERE input = 'SYS_ERR' and app_name = 'CHARLOTT' and convert(varchar,dateadd(ss,day_tstamp,'01/01/1970'),101) = '09/10/2008'
and list_name LIKE 'NRBAD%' order by agent_login,convert(varchar,dateadd(ss,TAC_BEG_tstamp,'01/01/1970'))
I used parentheses to create the inner join between dbo.report_tac_agent and dbo.d_agent_define first. This is now a set of join data.
The combination of those tables are then joined to your list table, which I am assuming is the driving table here. If I am understand what you are trying to do with your sub select, this should work for you.
As stated by the other poster you should use table names on your columns (e.g. map.fname), it just makes things easy to understand. I didn't in my example because I am note 100% sure which columns go with which tables. Please let me know if this doesn't do it for you and how the data it returns is wrong. That will make it easier to solve in needed.