T-SQL cursor or if or case when - sql

Question

I have this table:
Table_NAME_A:
quotid itration QStatus
--------------------------------
5329 1 Assigned
5329 2 Inreview
5329 3 sold
4329 1 sold
4329 2 sold
3214 1 assigned
3214 2 Inreview
Result output should look like this:
quotid itration QStatus
------------------------------
5329 3 sold
4329 2 sold
3214 2 Inreview
T-SQL query, so basically I want the data within "sold" status if not there then "inreview" if not there then "assigned" and also at the same time if "sold" or "inreview" or "assigned" has multiple iteration then i want the highest "iteration".
Please help me, thanks in advance :)

Answer 1

This is a prioritization query. One way to do this is with successive comparisons in a union all:
select a.*
from table_a a
where quote_status = 'sold'
union all
select a.*
from table_a a
where quote_status = 'Inreview' and
not exists (select 1 from table_a a2 where a2.quoteid = a.quoteid and a2.quotestatus = 'sold')
union all
select a.*
from table_a a
where quote_status = 'assigned' and
not exists (select 1
from table_a a2
where a2.quoteid = a.quoteid and a2.quotestatus in ('sold', 'Inreview')
);
For performance on a larger set of data, you would want an index on table_a(quoteid, quotestatus).

Answer 2

You want neither cursors nor if/then for this. Instead, you'll use a series of self-joins to get these results. I'll also use a CTE to simplify getting the max iteration at each step:
with StatusIterations As
(
SELECT quotID, MAX(itration) Iteration, QStatus
FROM table_NAME_A
GROUP BY quotID, QStats
)
select q.quotID, coalesce(sold.Iteration,rev.Iteration,asngd.Iteration) Iteration,
coalesce(sold.QStatus, rev.QStatus, asngd.QStatus) QStatus
from
--initial pass for list of quotes, to ensure every quote is included in the results
(select distinct quotID from table_NAME_A) q
--one additional pass for each possible status
left join StatusIterations sold on sold.quotID = q.quotID and sold.QStatus = 'sold'
left join StatusIterations rev on rev.quotID = q.quotID and rev.QStatus = 'Inreview'
left join StatusIterations asngd on asngd.quotID = q.quotID and asngd.QStatus = 'assigned'
If you have a table that equates a status with a numeric value, you can further improve on this:
Table: Status
QStatus Sequence
'Sold' 3
'Inreview' 2
'Assigned' 1
And the code becomes:
select t.quotID, MAX(t.itration) itration, t.QStatus
from
(
select t.quotID, MAX(s.Sequence) As Sequence
from table_NAME_A t
inner join Status s on s.QStatus = t.QStatus
group by t.quotID
) seq
inner join Status s on s.Sequence = seq.Sequence
inner join table_NAME_A t on t.quotID = seq.quotID and t.QStatus = s.QStatus
group by t.quoteID, t.QStatus
The above may look like complicated at first, but it can be faster and it will scale easily beyond three statuses without changing the code.