Can I use Merge to insert a record when it's doesn't exist like below,
MERGE INTO [dbo].[Test] AS [Target]
USING (SELECT DISTINCT [Name] FROM [dbo].[Test]) AS [Source]
ON [Target].[Name] = [Source].[Name]
WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN
INSERT ([Id], [Name])
VALUES (NEWID(), 'Hello');
If the record with value Hello does not exists in table Test, insert it otherwise don't do anything. With above code record is not inserted even I don't have this record in table. And there are no errors.
I know how to accomplish this using insert ... where not exists (...) but am specifically wanting to know how to do it using a merge statement.
The reason your merge statement wasn't working is that you were merging the same table, dbo.Test, back onto itself, so of course there is no missing record.
You can insert a single missing record as follows, where you create a source query to contain the record(s) you wish to insert:
declare #Test table (id uniqueidentifier, [Name] nvarchar(64))
select * from #Test
-- Returns
-- id | Name
-- ----------------------------------------------
MERGE INTO #Test AS [Target]
USING (select 'Hello' [Name]) AS [Source]
ON [Target].[Name] = [Source].[Name]
WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN
INSERT ([Id], [Name])
VALUES (NEWID(), [Name]);
select * from #Test
-- Returns
-- id | Name
-- ----------------------------------------------
-- C1C87CD5-F745-436D-BD8D-55B2AF431BED | Hello
I agree with the answer from Dale K. Its correct.
If I suppose you might have a source_table from where the data needs to get inserted and not to get inserted if the record already exists then you can do the following.
Instead of the MERGE you can
insert
into dbo.Test
(id
,name
)
select top 1
newID()
,'Hello'
from dbo.Test a
where not exists(select 1
from dbo.Test b
where b.name='Hello')
I need to insert multiple Table variables into one temp table.
One of the table variables is:
DECLARE ##TempTable_Number TABLE (Number bigint)
insert into ##TempTable_Number (Number) values ('000000000000');
insert into ##TempTable_Number (Number) values ('100000000000');
This works for inserting just one table variable
select * into ##GlobalTempTable_1 from ##TempTable_Number
I have a couple more table variables like
DECLARE ##TempTable_ID TABLE (Number int)
insert into ##TempTable_ID (ID) values ('1');
insert into ##TempTable_ID (ID) values ('12');
etc...
I tried this to insert data from multiple table variables into one TempTable:
Select * into ####GlobalTempTable_1 From ##TempTable_ID, ##TempTable_Number;
The query goes to a continuous loop...
EDIT:
One of the table variables is:
DECLARE ##TempTable_Number TABLE (Number bigint, ID int)
insert into ##gvTempTable (Number) values ('21212321332332');
insert into ##gvTempTable (Number) values ('100000000000');
insert into ##gvTempTable (ID) values ('1');
insert into ##gvTempTable (ID) values ('12');
select * into ##GlobalTempTable from ##gvTempTable;
select * from ##GlobalTempTable;
This returns a kind of a cartesian product
Use UNION ALL:
SELECT ID
INTO ##GlobalTempTable_1
FROM ##TempTable_ID
UNION ALL
SELECT Number
FROM ##TempTable_Number;
LiveDemo
Select * into ####GlobalTempTable_1 From ##TempTable_ID, ##TempTable_Number;
The query goes to a continuous loop...
It is probably not loop but very long query. Keep in mind that you do Cartesian product.
So your query is the same as:
SELECT *
INTO ##GlobalTempTable_1
FROM ##TempTable_ID
CROSS JOIN ##TempTable_Number;
And the result is NxM records where N is number of records in first table and M in the second.
Try like this,
DECLARE #TempTable TABLE (
ID INT
,Number BIGINT
)
INSERT INTO #TempTable (Number)
VALUES ('21212321332332');
INSERT INTO #TempTable (Number)
VALUES ('100000000000');
INSERT INTO #TempTable (ID)
VALUES ('1');
INSERT INTO #TempTable (ID)
VALUES ('12');
--select * into #GlobalTempTable from ##gvTempTable;
--select * from ##GlobalTempTable;
SELECT *
FROM #TempTable
SELECT A.ID
,B.Number
FROM (
SELECT ID
,ROW_NUMBER() OVER (
ORDER BY ID
) TempId
FROM #TempTable
WHERE id IS NOT NULL
) A
INNER JOIN (
SELECT number
,ROW_NUMBER() OVER (
ORDER BY id
) TempId
FROM #TempTable
WHERE number IS NOT NULL
) B ON A.TempId = B.TempId
I have a MERGE query to update data. In case of no match I am inserting records to source getting the output to a temporary table.
Would it be possible to get the matched records to temporary table as well? Basically to avoid duplication of data in further processing I need to have copy of matched records.
This is my MERGE command:
MERGE Product.ProductHeaderRepository AS t
USING (SELECT GETDATE() as d, c1, c2, c3,
Name FROM Supplier.ProductHeaderImport
WHERE (BatchID = #BatchID) ) AS s
ON dbo.GetProductHeaderId(s.c1,S.c2,S.c3) <0
WHEN NOT MATCHED BY TARGET THEN
INSERT (Name, c1,c2,c3) VALUES (Name, c2,c2,c3)
OUTPUT INSERTED.iD, s.c1, s.c2, s.c3 INTO #TmpTable;
You could create a MATCHED clause that does not change anything and just updates a variable, e.g.
DECLARE #T1 TABLE (A INT, B INT);
DECLARE #T2 TABLE (A INT, B INT);
DECLARE #T3 TABLE (Action VARCHAR(20), A INT, B INT);
INSERT #T1 VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3);
INSERT #T2 VALUES (1, 0), (2, NULL), (4, 0);
DECLARE #I INT; -- VARIABLE TO UPDATE
MERGE #T2 B
USING #T1 A
ON A.A = B.A
WHEN MATCHED THEN
UPDATE SET #I = 1 -- DO NOTHING MEANINGFUL IN THE UPDATE;
WHEN NOT MATCHED BY TARGET THEN
INSERT (A, B) VALUES (A.A, A.B)
OUTPUT $action, ISNULL(inserted.A, deleted.A), ISNULL(inserted.B, deleted.B) INTO #T3;
SELECT *
FROM #T3;
Will return:
Action A B
INSERT 3 3
UPDATE 1 0
UPDATE 2 NULL
So if you add a new column to #TmpTable to store the action you can get your matched rows using:
SELECT *
FROM #TmpTable
WHERE Action = 'UPDATE';
And your new rows using:
SELECT *
FROM #TmpTable
WHERE Action = 'INSERT';
I would like to INSERT multpile rows (using INSERT SELECT), and OUTPUT all the new and old IDs into a "mapping" table.
How can I get the original ID (or any source values) in the OUTPUT clause? I don't see a way to get any source values there.
Here is a minimal code example:
-- create some test data
declare #t table (id int identity, name nvarchar(max))
insert #t ([name]) values ('item 1')
insert #t ([name]) values ('another item')
-- duplicate items, storing a mapping from src ID => dest ID
declare #mapping table (srcid int, [newid] int)
insert #t ([name])
output ?????, inserted.id into #mapping-- I want to use source.ID but it's unavailable here.
select [name] from #t as source
-- show results
select * from #t
select * from #mapping
My actual scenario is more complex, so for example I cannot create a temp column on the data table in order to store a "original ID" temporarily, and I cannot uniquely identify items by anything other than the 'ID' column.
Interesting question. For your example, a possible cheat is to depend on the fact that you are doubling the number of rows. Assuming that rows are never deleted and the [id] column remains dense:
-- create some test data
declare #t table (id int identity, name nvarchar(max))
insert #t ([name]) values ('item 1')
insert #t ([name]) values ('another item')
-- duplicate items, storing a mapping from src ID => dest ID
declare #mapping table (srcid int, [newid] int)
declare #Rows as Int = ( select Count(42) from #t )
insert #t ([name])
output inserted.id - #Rows, inserted.id into #mapping
select [name] from #t as source order by source.id -- Note 'order by' clause.
-- show results
select * from #t
select * from #mapping
I have
SELECT * FROM Table1 WHERE Col1 IN(4,2,6)
I want to select and return the records with the specified order which i indicate in the IN clause
(first display record with Col1=4, Col1=2, ...)
I can use
SELECT * FROM Table1 WHERE Col1 = 4
UNION ALL
SELECT * FROM Table1 WHERE Col1 = 6 , .....
but I don't want to use that, cause I want to use it as a stored procedure and not auto generated.
I know it's a bit late but the best way would be
SELECT *
FROM Table1
WHERE Col1 IN( 4, 2, 6 )
ORDER BY CHARINDEX(CAST(Col1 AS VARCHAR), '4,2,67')
Or
SELECT CHARINDEX(CAST(Col1 AS VARCHAR), '4,2,67')s_order,
*
FROM Table1
WHERE Col1 IN( 4, 2, 6 )
ORDER BY s_order
You have a couple of options. Simplest may be to put the IN parameters (they are parameters, right) in a separate table in the order you receive them, and ORDER BY that table.
The solution is along this line:
SELECT * FROM Table1
WHERE Col1 IN(4,2,6)
ORDER BY
CASE Col1
WHEN 4 THEN 1
WHEN 2 THEN 2
WHEN 6 THEN 3
END
select top 0 0 'in', 0 'order' into #i
insert into #i values(4,1)
insert into #i values(2,2)
insert into #i values(6,3)
select t.* from Table1 t inner join #i i on t.[in]=t.[col1] order by i.[order]
Replace the IN values with a table, including a column for sort order to used in the query (and be sure to expose the sort order to the calling application):
WITH OtherTable (Col1, sort_seq)
AS
(
SELECT Col1, sort_seq
FROM (
VALUES (4, 1),
(2, 2),
(6, 3)
) AS OtherTable (Col1, sort_seq)
)
SELECT T1.Col1, O1.sort_seq
FROM Table1 AS T1
INNER JOIN OtherTable AS O1
ON T1.Col1 = O1.Col1
ORDER
BY sort_seq;
In your stored proc, rather than a CTE, split the values into table (a scratch base table, temp table, function that returns a table, etc) with the sort column populated as appropriate.
I have found another solution. It's similar to the answer from onedaywhen, but it's a little shorter.
SELECT sort.n, Table1.Col1
FROM (VALUES (4), (2), (6)) AS sort(n)
JOIN Table1
ON Table1.Col1 = sort.n
I am thinking about this problem two different ways because I can't decide if this is a programming problem or a data architecture problem. Check out the code below incorporating "famous" TV animals. Let's say that we are tracking dolphins, horses, bears, dogs and orangutans. We want to return only the horses, bears, and dogs in our query and we want bears to sort ahead of horses to sort ahead of dogs. I have a personal preference to look at this as an architecture problem, but can wrap my head around looking at it as a programming problem. Let me know if you have questions.
CREATE TABLE #AnimalType (
AnimalTypeId INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY
, AnimalType VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL
, SortOrder INT NOT NULL)
INSERT INTO #AnimalType VALUES (1,'Dolphin',5)
INSERT INTO #AnimalType VALUES (2,'Horse',2)
INSERT INTO #AnimalType VALUES (3,'Bear',1)
INSERT INTO #AnimalType VALUES (4,'Dog',4)
INSERT INTO #AnimalType VALUES (5,'Orangutan',3)
CREATE TABLE #Actor (
ActorId INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY
, ActorName VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL
, AnimalTypeId INT NOT NULL)
INSERT INTO #Actor VALUES (1,'Benji',4)
INSERT INTO #Actor VALUES (2,'Lassie',4)
INSERT INTO #Actor VALUES (3,'Rin Tin Tin',4)
INSERT INTO #Actor VALUES (4,'Gentle Ben',3)
INSERT INTO #Actor VALUES (5,'Trigger',2)
INSERT INTO #Actor VALUES (6,'Flipper',1)
INSERT INTO #Actor VALUES (7,'CJ',5)
INSERT INTO #Actor VALUES (8,'Mr. Ed',2)
INSERT INTO #Actor VALUES (9,'Tiger',4)
/* If you believe this is a programming problem then this code works */
SELECT *
FROM #Actor a
WHERE a.AnimalTypeId IN (2,3,4)
ORDER BY case when a.AnimalTypeId = 3 then 1
when a.AnimalTypeId = 2 then 2
when a.AnimalTypeId = 4 then 3 end
/* If you believe that this is a data architecture problem then this code works */
SELECT *
FROM #Actor a
JOIN #AnimalType at ON a.AnimalTypeId = at.AnimalTypeId
WHERE a.AnimalTypeId IN (2,3,4)
ORDER BY at.SortOrder
DROP TABLE #Actor
DROP TABLE #AnimalType
ORDER BY CHARINDEX(','+convert(varchar,status)+',' ,
',rejected,active,submitted,approved,')
Just put a comma before and after a string in which you are finding the substring index or you can say that second parameter.
And first parameter of CHARINDEX is also surrounded by , (comma).