I wrote the following SQL to create a column that I can use to populate check boxes in a Grid to manage user permissions.
SELECT access_b2b.access_id,
access_b2b.description,
'active'= CASE
WHEN access_group.group_id IS NOT NULL THEN 1
ELSE 0
END
FROM access_b2b
LEFT JOIN access_group
ON access_group.access_id = access_b2b.access_id
WHERE ( access_group.group_id = 10
OR access_group.group_id IS NULL )
However, it does not select all of the entries from access_b2b. The issues is with the last line:
where (access_group.group_id=10 or access_group.group_id is null)
Without it, i get duplicate entries returned with different active values. Also, I realized that this is not the proper condition, because an entry in access_group might exist for a different access_group.group_id, meaning that not all the remaining entries will be pulled in with the access_group.group_id is null.
I am trying to write my condition so that if does something along the lines of:
This is the format I was trying to follow:
Where For Each unique access_id in access_group
select the one where group_id=10
if no group_id=10
select any other one
end
end
Ultimately, the goal is to have a column returned with 1 or 0 denoting if the access_id exists for a predetermined group id.
Please note that throughout this explanation I used group_id=10 for simplification, it will be later replaced with a SqlParameter.
Any help is appreciated, thank you so much!
SAMPLE DATA (only useful columns shown to simplify data)
access_group
access_id group_id
27 1
27 11
28 1
28 11
33 1
33 3
33 11
43 11
44 1
44 10
44 11
...
access_b2b
access_id description
1 Add
2 Edit
3 Delete
4 List
5 Payments
6 Open Files
7 Order
8 Mod
...
Change the query to and it should work:
SELECT access_b2b.access_id,
access_b2b.description,
'active'= CASE
WHEN access_group.group_id IS NOT NULL THEN 1
ELSE 0
END
FROM access_b2b
LEFT JOIN access_group
ON access_group.access_id = access_b2b.access_id
AND ( access_group.group_id = 10
OR access_group.group_id IS NULL )
If you don't want the records to be filtered by the WHERE clause, move the condition in the JOIN.
The JOIN will keep the lines and populate them with NULL if the condition is not met, while the WHERE clause will filter the result set.
Related
I'm using SQL Server 2016 and I have a view setup for novice end users.
To start, let's say there is a table like the following:
id number
=========
1 2
2 4
3 6
4 NULL
5 12
If a user makes a query on the view such as, select * from view1 where number <> 12, the view is setup to return NULL values as -99 using coalesce(number,-99):
Result of 'select * from view1 where number <> 12':
id number
=========
1 2
2 4
3 6
4 -99
Is there anyway to have the view return NULL instead of -99 (or whatever value), without the end user having to include ... or where is null in their query?
I understand NULLs and why it behaves like this, but for convenience I'd rather these end users not have to do this.
No.
The best you can do is fix the result so it decodes -99 as NULL:
SELECT id, CASE WHEN number = -99 THEN NULL ELSE number END AS number
FROM view1
WHERE number != 12
which I believe defeats the purpose of not exposing NULL values to the end user, or approach the data by accounting NULL as a valid data, using OR number IS NULL in that matter.
Try this:
select * from view1 where number <> 12 or number is null
I have 2 tables I am combining and that works but I think I designed the second table wrong as I have a column for each item of what really is a multiple choice question. The query is this:
select Count(n.ID) as MemCount, u.Pay1Click, u.PayMailCC, u.PayMailCheck, u.PayPhoneACH, u.PayPhoneCC, u.PayWuFoo
from name as n inner join
UD_Demo_ORG as u on n.ID = u.ID
where n.MEMBER_TYPE like 'ORG_%' and n.CATEGORY not like '%_2' and
(u.Pay1Click = '1' or u.PayMailCC = '1' or u.PayMailCheck = '1' or u.PayPhoneACH = '1' or u.PayPhoneCC = '1' or u.PayWuFoo = '1')
group by u.Pay1Click, u.PayMailCC, u.PayMailCheck, u.PayPhoneACH, u.PayPhoneCC, u.PayWuFoo
The results come up like this:
Count Pay1Click PayMailCC PayMailCheck PayPhoneACH PayPhoneCC PayWuFoo
8 0 0 0 0 0 1
25 0 0 0 0 1 0
8 0 0 0 1 0 0
99 0 0 1 0 0 0
11 0 1 0 0 0 0
So the question is, how can I get this to 2 columns, Count and then the headers of the next 6 headers so the results look like this:
Count PaymentType
8 PayWuFoo
25 PayPhoneCC
8 PayPhoneACH
99 PayMailCheck
11 PayMailCC
Thanks.
Try this one
Select Count,
CASE WHEN Pay1Click=1 THEN 'Pay1Click'
PayMailCC=1 THEN ' PayMailCC'
PayMailCheck=1 THEN 'PayMailCheck'
PayPhoneACH=1 THEN 'PayPhoneACH'
PayPhoneCC=1 THEN 'PayPhoneCC'
PayWuFoo=1 THEN 'PayWuFoo'
END as PaymentType
FROM ......
I think indeed you made a mistake in the structure of the second table. Instead of creating a row for each multiple choice question, i would suggest transforming all those columns to a 'answer' column, so you would have the actual name of the alternative as the record in that column.
But for this, you have to change the structure of your tables, and change the way the table is populated. you should get the name of the alternative checked and put it into your table.
More on this, you could care for repetitive data in your table, so writing over and over again the same string could make your table grow larger.
if there are other things implied to the answer, other informations in the UD_Demo_ORG table, then you can normalize the table, creating a payment_dimension table or something like this, give your alternatives an ID such as
ID PaymentType OtherInfo(description, etc)...
1 PayWuFoo ...
2 PayPhoneCC ...
3 PayPhoneACH ...
4 PayMailCheck ...
5 PayMailCC ...
This is called a dimension table, and then in your records, you would have the ID of the payment type, and not the information you don't need.
So instead of a big result set, maybe you could simplify by much your query and have just
Count PaymentId
8 1
25 2
8 3
99 4
11 5
as a result set. it would make the query faster too, and if you need other information, you can then join the table and get it.
BUT if the only field you would have is the name, perhaps you could use the paymentType as the "id" in this case... just consider it. It is scalable if you separate to a dimension table.
Some references for further reading:
http://beginnersbook.com/2015/05/normalization-in-dbms/ "Normalization in DBMS"
http://searchdatamanagement.techtarget.com/answer/What-are-the-differences-between-fact-tables-and-dimension-tables-in-star-schemas "Differences between fact tables and dimensions tables"
How do I output data stored in Table 1 so that each like account number has that also has the same CPT group's together but the ones that do not match fall to the bottom of the list?
I have one table: select * from CPTCounts and this is what is displays
Format (relevant fields only):
account OriginalCPT Count ModifiedCPT Count
11 0 71010 1
11 71010 1 0
2 0 71010 1
2 0 71020 9
2 0 73130 1
2 0 77800 1
2 71010 1 0
2 71020 8 0
2 73130 1 0
2 73610 1 0
2 G0202 4 0
31 99010 1 0
31 0 99010 4
31 0 99700 2
What I want the results to be grouped like is below... and display like this or similar.
Account OriginalCPT Count ModifiedCPT Count
11 71010 1 71010 1
2 71010 1 71010 1
2 71020 8 0
2 73130 1 0
2 73610 1 0
2 G0202 4 0
31 99010 1 99010 4
31 0 99700 2
I have one table with the values above;
Select * from #CPTCounts
The grouping I am looking for is the Original = Modified CPT and sometimes I will not have a value in one side or the other but most of the times I will have a match. I would like to place all of the unmatched ones at the bottom of the account.
any suggestions?
I was thinking of creating a second table and joining the two with the account but how do I return each value?
select cpt1.account, cpt1.originalCPT, cpt1.count, cpt2.modifiedcpt, cpt2.count
from #cptcounts cpt1
join #cptcounts cpt2 on cpt1.accont = cpt2.account
but am having trouble with that solution.
I'm not sure I have an exact solution, but perhaps some food for thought at least. The fact that you need either the "original" or the "modified" set of columns makes me think that you need a full outer join rather than a left join. You don't mention which database you are using. In MySql, for example, full joins can be emulated by means of a union of a left and a right join, as in the following:
select cpt1.account, cpt1.originalCPT, cpt1.countO, cpt2.modifiedcpt, cpt2.countM
from CPTCounts cpt1
left outer join CPTCounts cpt2
on cpt1.account = cpt2.account
and cpt1.originalCPT=cpt2.modifiedCPT
where cpt1.account is not null
and (cpt1.originalCPT is not null or cpt2.modifiedCPT is not null)
union
select cpt1.account, cpt1.originalCPT, cpt1.countO, cpt2.modifiedcpt, cpt2.countM
from CPTCounts cpt1
right outer join CPTCounts cpt2
on cpt1.account = cpt2.account
and cpt1.originalCPT=cpt2.modifiedCPT
where cpt2.account is not null
and (cpt1.originalCPT is not null or cpt2.modifiedCPT is not null)
order by originalCPT, modifiedCPT, account
The ordering brings the non-matching rows to the top, but that seemed a lesser problem than getting the matching to work.
(Your output data is a bit confusing, because the CPT 71020, for example, occurs in both original and modified columns, but you haven't shown it as one of the matching ones in your result set. I'm presuming this is because it is just an example... but if I'm wrong, then I am missing some part of your intention.)
You can play around in this SQL Fiddle.
I have a Sybase table (which I can't alter) that I am trying to get into a specific table format. The table contains three columns all which are string values, with an id (which is not unique), a "position" which is a number that represents a field name, and a field column that is the value. The table looks like:
id position field
100 0 John
100 1 Jane
100 2 25
100 3 50
101 0 Dave
101 3 30
Position 0 means "SalesRep1", Position 1 means "SR1Commission", Position 2 means "SalesRep2", and Position 3 means "SR2Commission".
I am trying to get a table that looks like following, with the Commission columns being decimals instead of strings:
id SalesRep1 SR1Commission SalesRep2 SR2Commisson
100 John 25 Jane 50
101 Dave 30 NULL NULL
I've gotten close using CASE, but I end up with only one value per row and not sure there's a way to do what I want. I also have problems with trying to get CAST included to change the commission values from strings to decimals. Here's what I have so far:
SELECT id
CASE "position" WHEN '0' THEN field END AS SalesRep1,
CASE "position" WHEN '1' THEN field END AS SalesRep2,
CASE "position" WHEN '2' THEN field END AS SR1Commission,
CASE "position" WHEN '3' THEN field END AS SR2Commission
FROM v_custom_field WHERE id = ?
This gives me the following result when querying for id 100:
id SalesRep1 SR1Commission SalesRep2 SR2Commission
100 John NULL NULL NULL
100 NULL 25 NULL NULL
100 NULL NULL Jane NULL
100 NULL NULL NULL 50
This is close, but I want to 'collapse' the rows down into one row based off of the id as well as cast the commission values to numbers. I tried adding in a CAST(field AS DECIMAL) I'm not sure if this is even the right direction to go, and was looking into PIVOT, but Sybase doesn't seem to support that.
This is known as an entity-attribute-value table. They're a pain to work with because they're one step removed from being relational data, but they're very common for user-defined fields in applications.
If you can't use PIVOT, you'll need to do something like this:
SELECT DISTINCT s.id,
f0.field AS SalesRep1,
CAST(f1.field AS DECIMAL(20,5)) AS SR1Commission,
f2.field AS SalesRep2,
CAST(f3.field AS DECIMAL(20,5)) AS SR2Commission
FROM UnnamedSalesTable s
LEFT JOIN UnnamedSalesTable f0
ON f0.id = s.id AND f0.position = 0
LEFT JOIN UnnamedSalesTable f1
ON f1.id = s.id AND f1.position = 1
LEFT JOIN UnnamedSalesTable f2
ON f2.id = s.id AND f2.position = 2
LEFT JOIN UnnamedSalesTable f3
ON f3.id = s.id AND f3.position = 3
It's not very fast because it's a ton of self-joins followed by a DISTINCT, but it does work.
I am a long time fan of Stack Overflow but I've come across a problem that I haven't found addressed yet and need some expert help.
I have a query that is sorted chronologically with a date-time compound key (unique, never deleted) and several pieces of data. What I want to know is if there is a way to find the start (or end) of a region where a value changes? I.E.
DateTime someVal1 someVal2 someVal3 target
1 3 4 A
1 2 4 A
1 3 4 A
1 2 4 B
1 2 5 B
1 2 5 A
and my query returns rows 1, 4 and 6. It finds the change in col 5 from A to B and then from B back to A? I have tried the find duplicates method and using min and max in the totals property however it gives me the first and last overall instead of the local max and min? Any similar problems?
I didn't see any purpose for the someVal1, someVal2, and someVal3 fields, so I left them out. I used an autonumber as the primary key instead of your date/time field; but this approach should also work with your date/time primary key. This is the data in my version of your table.
pkey_field target
1 A
2 A
3 A
4 B
5 B
6 A
I used a correlated subquery to find the previous pkey_field value for each row.
SELECT
m.pkey_field,
m.target,
(SELECT Max(pkey_field)
FROM YourTable
WHERE pkey_field < m.pkey_field)
AS prev_pkey_field
FROM YourTable AS m;
Then put that in a subquery which I joined to another copy of the base table.
SELECT
sub.pkey_field,
sub.target,
sub.prev_pkey_field,
prev.target AS prev_target
FROM
(SELECT
m.pkey_field,
m.target,
(SELECT Max(pkey_field)
FROM YourTable
WHERE pkey_field < m.pkey_field)
AS prev_pkey_field
FROM YourTable AS m) AS sub
LEFT JOIN YourTable AS prev
ON sub.prev_pkey_field = prev.pkey_field
WHERE
sub.prev_pkey_field Is Null
OR prev.target <> sub.target;
This is the output from that final query.
pkey_field target prev_pkey_field prev_target
1 A
4 B 3 A
6 A 5 B
Here is a first attempt,
SELECT t1.Row, t1.target
FROM t1 WHERE (((t1.target)<>NZ((SELECT TOP 1 t2.target FROM t1 AS t2 WHERE t2.DateTimeId<t1.DateTimeId ORDER BY t2.DateTimeId DESC),"X")));