Amazon Redshift mechanism for aggregating a column into a string [duplicate] - sql

I have a data set in the form.
id | attribute
-----------------
1 | a
2 | b
2 | a
2 | a
3 | c
Desired output:
attribute| num
-------------------
a | 1
b,a | 1
c | 1
In MySQL, I would use:
select attribute, count(*) num
from
(select id, group_concat(distinct attribute) attribute from dataset group by id) as subquery
group by attribute;
I am not sure this can be done in Redshift because it does not support group_concat or any psql group aggregate functions like array_agg() or string_agg(). See this question.
An alternate solution that would work is if there was a way for me to pick a random attribute from each group instead of group_concat. How can this work in Redshift?

I found a way to pick up a random attribute for each id, but it's too tricky. Actually I don't think it's a good way, but it works.
SQL:
-- (1) uniq dataset
WITH uniq_dataset as (select * from dataset group by id, attr)
SELECT
uds.id, rds.attr
FROM
-- (2) generate random rank for each id
(select id, round((random() * ((select count(*) from uniq_dataset iuds where iuds.id = ouds.id) - 1))::numeric, 0) + 1 as random_rk from (select distinct id from uniq_dataset) ouds) uds,
-- (3) rank table
(select rank() over(partition by id order by attr) as rk, id ,attr from uniq_dataset) rds
WHERE
uds.id = rds.id
AND
uds.random_rk = rds.rk
ORDER BY
uds.id;
Result:
id | attr
----+------
1 | a
2 | a
3 | c
OR
id | attr
----+------
1 | a
2 | b
3 | c
Here are tables in this SQL.
-- dataset (original table)
id | attr
----+------
1 | a
2 | b
2 | a
2 | a
3 | c
-- (1) uniq dataset
id | attr
----+------
1 | a
2 | a
2 | b
3 | c
-- (2) generate random rank for each id
id | random_rk
----+----
1 | 1
2 | 1 <- 1 or 2
3 | 1
-- (3) rank table
rk | id | attr
----+----+------
1 | 1 | a
1 | 2 | a
2 | 2 | b
1 | 3 | c

This solution, inspired by Masashi, is simpler and accomplishes selecting a random element from a group in Redshift.
SELECT id, first_value as attribute
FROM(SELECT id, FIRST_VALUE(attribute)
OVER(PARTITION BY id ORDER BY random()
ROWS BETWEEN unbounded preceding AND unbounded following)
FROM dataset)
GROUP BY id, attribute ORDER BY id;

This is an answer for the related question here. That question is closed, so I am posting the answer here.
Here is a method to aggregate a column into a string:
select * from temp;
attribute
-----------
a
c
b
1) Give a unique rank to each row
with sub_table as(select attribute, rank() over (order by attribute) rnk from temp)
select * from sub_table;
attribute | rnk
-----------+-----
a | 1
b | 2
c | 3
2) Use concat operator || to combine in one line
with sub_table as(select attribute, rank() over (order by attribute) rnk from temp)
select (select attribute from sub_table where rnk = 1)||
(select attribute from sub_table where rnk = 2)||
(select attribute from sub_table where rnk = 3) res_string;
res_string
------------
abc
This only works for a finite numbers of rows (X) in that column. It can be the first X rows ordered by some attribute in the "order by" clause. I'm guessing this is expensive.
Case statement can be used to deal with NULLs which occur when a certain rank does not exist.
with sub_table as(select attribute, rank() over (order by attribute) rnk from temp)
select (select attribute from sub_table where rnk = 1)||
(select attribute from sub_table where rnk = 2)||
(select attribute from sub_table where rnk = 3)||
(case when (select attribute from sub_table where rnk = 4) is NULL then ''
else (select attribute from sub_table where rnk = 4) end) as res_string;

I haven't tested this query, but these functions are supported in Redshift:
select id, arrary_to_string(array(select attribute from mydataset m where m.id=d.id),',')
from mydataset d

Related

Oracle Query that fetches one row per each _id

I have a table like :
ID | Val | Kind
----------------------
1 | a | 2
2 | b | 1
3 | c | 4
3 | c | 33
and I need to fetch one row per each id in Oracle SQL.
any ideas?
You can use row_number() to enumerate the rows. For an arbitrary row:
select t.*
from (select t.*,
row_number() over (partition by id order by id) as seqnum
from t
) t
where seqnum = 1;
As I point out in a comment, though, this is unnecessary based on the data in your question. The ids are already unique.

Find the count of IDs that have the same value

I'd like to get a count of all of the Ids that have have the same value (Drops) as other Ids. For instance, the illustration below shows you that ID 1 and 3 have A drops so the query would count them. Similarly, ID 7 & 18 have B drops so that's another two IDs that the query would count totalling in 4 Ids that share the same values so that's what my query would return.
+------+-------+
| ID | Drops |
+------+-------+
| 1 | A |
| 2 | C |
| 3 | A |
| 7 | B |
| 18 | B |
+------+-------+
I've tried the several approaches but the following query was my last attempt.
With cte1 (Id1, D1) as
(
select Id, Drops
from Posts
),
cte2 (Id2, D2) as
(
select Id, Drops
from Posts
)
Select count(distinct c1.Id1) newcnt, c1.D1
from cte1 c1
left outer join cte2 c2 on c1.D1 = c2.D2
group by c1.D1
The result if written out in full would be a single value output but the records that the query should be choosing should look as follows:
+------+-------+
| ID | Drops |
+------+-------+
| 1 | A |
| 3 | A |
| 7 | B |
| 18 | B |
+------+-------+
Any advice would be great. Thanks
You can use a CTE to generate a list of Drops values that have more than one corresponding ID value, and then JOIN that to Posts to find all rows which have a Drops value that has more than one Post:
WITH CTE AS (
SELECT Drops
FROM Posts
GROUP BY Drops
HAVING COUNT(*) > 1
)
SELECT P.*
FROM Posts P
JOIN CTE ON P.Drops = CTE.Drops
Output:
ID Drops
1 A
3 A
7 B
18 B
If desired you can then count those posts in total (or grouped by Drops value):
WITH CTE AS (
SELECT Drops
FROM Posts
GROUP BY Drops
HAVING COUNT(*) > 1
)
SELECT COUNT(*) AS newcnt
FROM Posts P
JOIN CTE ON P.Drops = CTE.Drops
Output
newcnt
4
Demo on SQLFiddle
You may use dense_rank() to resolve your problem. if drops has the same ID then dense_rank() will provide the same rank.
Here is the demo.
with cte as
(
select
drops,
count(distinct rnk) as newCnt
from
( select
*,
dense_rank() over (partition by drops order by id) as rnk
from myTable
) t
group by
drops
having count(distinct rnk) > 1
)
select
sum(newCnt) as newCnt
from cte
Output:
|newcnt |
|------ |
| 4 |
First group the count of the ids for your drops and then sum the values greater than 1.
select sum(countdrops) as total from
(select drops , count(id) as countdrops from yourtable group by drops) as temp
where countdrops > 1;

Get row which matched in each group

I am trying to make a sql query. I got some results from 2 tables below. Below results are good for me. Now I want those values which is present in each group. for example, A and B is present in each group(in each ID). so i want only A and B in result. and also i want make my query dynamic. Could anyone help?
| ID | Value |
|----|-------|
| 1 | A |
| 1 | B |
| 1 | C |
| 1 | D |
| 2 | A |
| 2 | B |
| 2 | C |
| 3 | A |
| 3 | B |
In the following query, I have placed your current query into a CTE for further use. We can try selecting those values for which every ID in your current result appears. This would imply that such values are associated with every ID.
WITH cte AS (
-- your current query
)
SELECT Value
FROM cte
GROUP BY Value
HAVING COUNT(DISTINCT ID) = (SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT ID) FROM cte);
Demo
The solution is simple - you can do this in two ways at least. Group by letters (Value), aggregate IDs with SUM or COUNT (distinct values in ID). Having that, choose those letters that have the value for SUM(ID) or COUNT(ID).
select Value from MyTable group by Value
having SUM(ID) = (SELECT SUM(DISTINCT ID) from MyTable)
select Value from MyTable group by Value
having COUNT(ID) = (SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT ID) from MyTable)
Use This
WITH CTE
AS
(
SELECT
Value,
Cnt = COUNT(DISTINCT ID)
FROM T1
GROUP BY Value
)
SELECT
Value
FROM CTE
WHERE Cnt = (SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT ID) FROM T1)

sql query distinct with Row_Number

I am fighting with the distinct keyword in sql.
I just want to display all row numbers of unique (distinct) values in a column & so I tried:
SELECT DISTINCT id, ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY id) AS RowNum
FROM table
WHERE fid = 64
however the below code giving me the distinct values:
SELECT distinct id FROM table WHERE fid = 64
but when tried it with Row_Number.
then it is not working.
This can be done very simple, you were pretty close already
SELECT distinct id, DENSE_RANK() OVER (ORDER BY id) AS RowNum
FROM table
WHERE fid = 64
Use this:
SELECT *, ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY id) AS RowNum FROM
(SELECT DISTINCT id FROM table WHERE fid = 64) Base
and put the "output" of a query as the "input" of another.
Using CTE:
; WITH Base AS (
SELECT DISTINCT id FROM table WHERE fid = 64
)
SELECT *, ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY id) AS RowNum FROM Base
The two queries should be equivalent.
Technically you could
SELECT DISTINCT id, ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY id ORDER BY id) AS RowNum
FROM table
WHERE fid = 64
but if you increase the number of DISTINCT fields, you have to put all these fields in the PARTITION BY, so for example
SELECT DISTINCT id, description,
ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY id, description ORDER BY id) AS RowNum
FROM table
WHERE fid = 64
I even hope you comprehend that you are going against standard naming conventions here, id should probably be a primary key, so unique by definition, so a DISTINCT would be useless on it, unless you coupled the query with some JOINs/UNION ALL...
This article covers an interesting relationship between ROW_NUMBER() and DENSE_RANK() (the RANK() function is not treated specifically). When you need a generated ROW_NUMBER() on a SELECT DISTINCT statement, the ROW_NUMBER() will produce distinct values before they are removed by the DISTINCT keyword. E.g. this query
SELECT DISTINCT
v,
ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY v) row_number
FROM t
ORDER BY v, row_number
... might produce this result (DISTINCT has no effect):
+---+------------+
| V | ROW_NUMBER |
+---+------------+
| a | 1 |
| a | 2 |
| a | 3 |
| b | 4 |
| c | 5 |
| c | 6 |
| d | 7 |
| e | 8 |
+---+------------+
Whereas this query:
SELECT DISTINCT
v,
DENSE_RANK() OVER (ORDER BY v) row_number
FROM t
ORDER BY v, row_number
... produces what you probably want in this case:
+---+------------+
| V | ROW_NUMBER |
+---+------------+
| a | 1 |
| b | 2 |
| c | 3 |
| d | 4 |
| e | 5 |
+---+------------+
Note that the ORDER BY clause of the DENSE_RANK() function will need all other columns from the SELECT DISTINCT clause to work properly.
All three functions in comparison
Using PostgreSQL / Sybase / SQL standard syntax (WINDOW clause):
SELECT
v,
ROW_NUMBER() OVER (window) row_number,
RANK() OVER (window) rank,
DENSE_RANK() OVER (window) dense_rank
FROM t
WINDOW window AS (ORDER BY v)
ORDER BY v
... you'll get:
+---+------------+------+------------+
| V | ROW_NUMBER | RANK | DENSE_RANK |
+---+------------+------+------------+
| a | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| a | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| a | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| b | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| c | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| c | 6 | 5 | 3 |
| d | 7 | 7 | 4 |
| e | 8 | 8 | 5 |
+---+------------+------+------------+
Using DISTINCT causes issues as you add fields and it can also mask problems in your select. Use GROUP BY as an alternative like this:
SELECT id
,ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY id) AS RowNum
FROM table
where fid = 64
group by id
Then you can add other interesting information from your select like this:
,count(*) as thecount
or
,max(description) as description
How about something like
;WITH DistinctVals AS (
SELECT distinct id
FROM table
where fid = 64
)
SELECT id,
ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY id) AS RowNum
FROM DistinctVals
SQL Fiddle DEMO
You could also try
SELECT distinct id, DENSE_RANK() OVER (ORDER BY id) AS RowNum
FROM #mytable
where fid = 64
SQL Fiddle DEMO
Try this:
;WITH CTE AS (
SELECT DISTINCT id FROM table WHERE fid = 64
)
SELECT id, ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY id) AS RowNum
FROM cte
WHERE fid = 64
Try this
SELECT distinct id
FROM (SELECT id, ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY id) AS RowNum
FROM table
WHERE fid = 64) t
Or use RANK() instead of row number and select records DISTINCT rank
SELECT id
FROM (SELECT id, ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY id ORDER BY id) AS RowNum
FROM table
WHERE fid = 64) t
WHERE t.RowNum=1
This also returns the distinct ids
Question is too old and my answer might not add much but here are my two cents for making query a little useful:
;WITH DistinctRecords AS (
SELECT DISTINCT [col1,col2,col3,..]
FROM tableName
where [my condition]
),
serialize AS (
SELECT
ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY [colNameAsNeeded] ORDER BY [colNameNeeded]) AS Sr,*
FROM DistinctRecords
)
SELECT * FROM serialize
Usefulness of using two cte's lies in the fact that now you can use serialized record much easily in your query and do count(*) etc very easily.
DistinctRecords will select all distinct records and serialize apply serial numbers to distinct records. after wards you can use final serialized result for your purposes without clutter.
Partition By might not be needed in most cases

Grouping SQL Results based on order

I have table with data something like this:
ID | RowNumber | Data
------------------------------
1 | 1 | Data
2 | 2 | Data
3 | 3 | Data
4 | 1 | Data
5 | 2 | Data
6 | 1 | Data
7 | 2 | Data
8 | 3 | Data
9 | 4 | Data
I want to group each set of RowNumbers So that my result is something like this:
ID | RowNumber | Group | Data
--------------------------------------
1 | 1 | a | Data
2 | 2 | a | Data
3 | 3 | a | Data
4 | 1 | b | Data
5 | 2 | b | Data
6 | 1 | c | Data
7 | 2 | c | Data
8 | 3 | c | Data
9 | 4 | c | Data
The only way I know where each group starts and stops is when the RowNumber starts over. How can I accomplish this? It also needs to be fairly efficient since the table I need to do this on has 52 Million Rows.
Additional Info
ID is truly sequential, but RowNumber may not be. I think RowNumber will always begin with 1 but for example the RowNumbers for group1 could be "1,1,2,2,3,4" and for group2 they could be "1,2,4,6", etc.
For the clarified requirements in the comments
The rownumbers for group1 could be "1,1,2,2,3,4" and for group2 they
could be "1,2,4,6" ... a higher number followed by a lower would be a
new group.
A SQL Server 2012 solution could be as follows.
Use LAG to access the previous row and set a flag to 1 if that row is the start of a new group or 0 otherwise.
Calculate a running sum of these flags to use as the grouping value.
Code
WITH T1 AS
(
SELECT *,
LAG(RowNumber) OVER (ORDER BY ID) AS PrevRowNumber
FROM YourTable
), T2 AS
(
SELECT *,
IIF(PrevRowNumber IS NULL OR PrevRowNumber > RowNumber, 1, 0) AS NewGroup
FROM T1
)
SELECT ID,
RowNumber,
Data,
SUM(NewGroup) OVER (ORDER BY ID
ROWS BETWEEN UNBOUNDED PRECEDING AND CURRENT ROW) AS Grp
FROM T2
SQL Fiddle
Assuming ID is the clustered index the plan for this has one scan against YourTable and avoids any sort operations.
If the ids are truly sequential, you can do:
select t.*,
(id - rowNumber) as grp
from t
Also you can use recursive CTE
;WITH cte AS
(
SELECT ID, RowNumber, Data, 1 AS [Group]
FROM dbo.test1
WHERE ID = 1
UNION ALL
SELECT t.ID, t.RowNumber, t.Data,
CASE WHEN t.RowNumber != 1 THEN c.[Group] ELSE c.[Group] + 1 END
FROM dbo.test1 t JOIN cte c ON t.ID = c.ID + 1
)
SELECT *
FROM cte
Demo on SQLFiddle
How about:
select ID, RowNumber, Data, dense_rank() over (order by grp) as Grp
from (
select *, (select min(ID) from [Your Table] where ID > t.ID and RowNumber = 1) as grp
from [Your Table] t
) t
order by ID
This should work on SQL 2005. You could also use rank() instead if you don't care about consecutive numbers.