Can you help me on this one.I'm trying to pull data from the database of a CAD software and I wish to make a temporary table from the given table below(the output temptable is also shown below) so that i can join it to my already created table1. I'm new to SQL and it seems that a temporary table could work but i don't know how to append the data from the other row into the first row such that the behavior is similar to a sum() function but working with text. Since i cannot post pictures yet, bear with me the formatting of the original table. and the temptable i wish to make. Thanks in advance
orignal table
----Oid---- ----Cable Tray----
--0010f--- ---mv001---
--0010f--- ---mv002---
--0010f--- ---mv003---
--020ab--- ---lv001---
--020ab--- ---lv002---
output temptable
----Oid---- ----Cable Tray Route---
--0010f--- ---mv001, mv002, mv003---
--020ab--- ---lv001, lv002---
This is my sample code:
select *
from table1
join temptable on temptable.oid=table1.oid
Related
I have a dataset that I receive on a weekly basis, this dataset is a single column of unique identifiers. Currently this dataset is gathered manually by our support staff. I am trying to query this dataset (CSV file) in my WHERE clause of a SQL Query.
In order to add this dataset to my query I do some data transformation to tweak the formatting, the reformatted data is then pasted directly into the WHERE IN part of my query. Ideally I would have the ability to import this list to the SQL query directly potentially bypassing the manual effort involved in the data formatting and swapping between programs.
I am just wondering if this is possible, have tried my best to scour the internet and have had no luck finding any reference to this functionality.
Using where in makes this more complex than it needs to be. Store the IDs you want to filter on in a table called MyTableFilters with a column of the ID values you want to use as filter(s) and join from MyTable on ID to MyTableFilters on ID. The join will cause MyTable to only return rows if the ID in MyTable is also on MyTableFilters
select * from MyTable A join MyTableFilters F on A.ID = F.ID
Since you don't really need to any transformations or data manipulation of what you want to ETL you could also easily truncate and use bulk insert to keep MyFiltersTable up to date
truncate table dbo.MyFiltersTable
BULK INSERT dbo.MyFiltersTable
FROM 'X:\MyFilterTableIDSourceFile.csv'
WITH
(
FIRSTROW = 1,
DATAFILETYPE='widechar', -- UTF-16
FIELDTERMINATOR = ',',
ROWTERMINATOR = '\n',
TABLOCK,
KEEPNULLS -- Treat empty fields as NULLs.
)
I'm guessing that you currently have something like the following:
SELECT *
FROM MyTable t
WHERE t.UniqueID in ('ID12','ID345','ID84')
My recommendation would be to create table in which to store the IDs referenced in the WHERE clause. So for the above, your table would look like this:
UniqueID
========
ID12
ID345
ID84
Supposing the table is called UniqueIDs the original query then becomes:
SELECT *
FROM MyTable t
WHERE t.UniqueID in (SELECT u.UniqueID FROM UniqueIDs u)
The question you're asking is then how to populate the UniqueIDs table. You need some means to expose that table to your users. There are several ways you could go about that. A lazy but relatively effective solution would be a simple MS Access database with that table as a "linked" table. You may need to be careful about permissions.
Alternatively, assuming your wedded to the CSV, set up an SSIS job which clears down the table and then imports from that CSV into the UniqueIDs table.
Sorry for the long question/post but need some help as I've been searching for several days but havent found anything that helps. Seems like it should be easy but..here goes
I have table1 in my (Access 2010) database that has exising records. I have another table2 that after I run a query, it first deletes the data in table 2, then imports new records into that table. I run the import into table 2 on a semi regular basis but have yet to copy all those records into table 1 successfully.
I need to copy only the records from table 2 to table 1 if the records don't already exist in table1. So, each time the query or vba code would run, it would be continuing to grow table 1 without duplicating existing data.
To clarify further, it's data from the Outlook GAL so each time table2 imports that data (lname,fname,phone,email) it needs to be added to table1, but only if it doesn't already exist in table 1.
I have a small start of SQL but cannot get it to work properly because I'm not sure how to add the other fields into this SQL statement properly (unfortunately I don't know a whole lot about SQL or creating an append query):
INSERT INTO [Current] ( FirstName )
SELECT DISTINCT tblglobaladdresslistimport.First
FROM tblglobaladdresslistimport LEFT JOIN [Current] ON tblglobaladdresslistimport.First = Current.FirstName
WHERE Current.FirstName Is Null;
How about this :
INSERT INTO [Current](FirstName, LastName, Phone, Email)
SELECT DISTINCT
tblglobaladdresslistimport.First
, tblglobaladdresslistimport.Last
, tblglobaladdresslistimport.Phone
, tblglobaladdresslistimport.Email
FROM
tblglobaladdresslistimport LEFT JOIN [Current]
ON tblglobaladdresslistimport.First = Current.FirstName
AND tblglobaladdresslistimport.Last = Current.LastName
AND tblglobaladdresslistimport.Phone = Current.Phone
AND tblglobaladdresslistimport.Email = Current.Email
WHERE Current.FirstName Is Null
AND Current.LastName Is Null
AND Current.Phone Is Null
AND Current.Email Is Null;
Adjust column names if I guessed it wrong. That assumed that you don't have primary key, so data in tblglobaladdresslistimport considered already exists if there is a row in Current having same value for all columns.
I have a table that looks like the below table:
Every time the user loan a book a new record is inserted.
The data in this table is derived or taken from another table which has no dates.
I need to update this tables based on the records in the other table: Meaning I only need to update this table based on what changes.
Example: Lets say the user return the book Starship Troopers and the book return is indicated to Yes.
How do I update just that column?
What I have tried:
I tried using the MERGE Statement but it works only with unique rows of data, meaning you get an error if the same ID appears more than once.
I also tried using a basic UPDATE Statement and a JOIN but that's not going well.
I am asking because I have ran out of ideas.
Thanks for reading
If you need to update BooksReturn in target table based on the same column in source table
UPDATE t
SET t.booksreturn = s.booksreturn
FROM target t JOIN source s
ON t.userid = s.userid
AND t.booksloaned = s.booksloaned
Here is SQLFiddle demo
You can do this by simple Update & Insert statement.....
Two table A & B
From B you want to insert data into A if not exists other wise Update that data....
,First Insert into temp table....
SELECT *
INTO #MYTEMP
FROM B
WHERE BOOKSLOANED NOT IN (SELECT BOOKSLOANED
FROM A)
,Second Check data and insert into A.
INSERT INTO A
SELECT *
FROM #MYTEMP
And at last write one simple update statement which update all data of A. If any change then it also reflect to that data otherwise data as it is.
You can also update from #MYTEMP table.
When extracting data from a table (schema and data) I can do this by right clicking on the database and by going to tasks->Generate Scripts and it gives me all the data from the table including the create script, which is good.
This though gives me all the data from the table - can this be changed to give me only some of the data from the table? e.g only data on the table after a certain dtmTimeStamp?
Thanks,
I would recommend extracting your data into a separate table using a query and then using generate scripts on this table. Alternatively you can extract the data separately into a flatfile using the export data wizard (include your column headers and use comma seperators with double quote field delimiters).
To make a copy of your table:
SELECT Col1 ,Col2
INTO CloneTable
FROM MyTable
WHERE Col3 = #Condition
(Thanks to #MarkD for adding that)
I have two tables with the same column anomaly_id. I want to copy the row of anomaly_id from the first table to the second table using this code
UPDATE amb.anamoly_log_update
SET anamoly_id = t2.anomaly_id
FROM amb.anamoly_log_update t1
INNER JOIN amb.anomaly_fee t2 ON t1.anamoly_id=t2.anomaly_id
Even after I did that it shows 0 rows affected, when there is data in amb.anomaly.fee (source table)
Please help
Edit: Comment from post: I just want to copy all the anamoly_id from amb.anamoly_fee to amb.anamoly_log_update. My code might be nonsensical. Please do review it.
To copy the id from anomaly_fee to anamoly_log_update use :
INSERT INTO anamoly_log_update (anamoly_id)
SELECT anamoly_id FROM anomaly_fee
with both columns it looks like that:
INSERT INTO anamoly_log_update (anamoly_id,PID)
SELECT anamoly_id,PID FROM anomaly_fee
You only would copy the data if they where in both tables .. and then there is nothing update because you do not change the data => 0 rows affected
ON t1.anamoly_id=t2.anomaly_id
please think about what you really want to do and change your description ..
Does amb.anamoly_log_update contain at least one row corresponding to the anamoly_id that's present in amb.anamoly_fee? You are trying to join on two tables on anamoly_id.
You need to provide other linkage between tables than t1.anamoly_id=t2.anomaly_id or the query will do nothing
merge into amb.anamoly_log_update as t1
using amb.anomaly_fee as t2
on t1.anamoly_id=t2.anomaly_id
when matched then
update set t1.anamoly_id = t2.anomaly_id