Union two different tables with a primary ID field - sql

I have two tables
MD_Master (Medical checks)
Id
...
CD_Personal (Personal Checks)
Id
...
Each fieldname in both tables are different names, types, and data.
However, each has a Primary Key Id, and can potentially conflict with eath other.
i.e. Id 101 can exist in both MD_Master and CD_Personal
I would like to create a view combing both tables (combining MD_Medical and CD_Personal Id fields) but I don't know how to handle the Ids.
I would like the view to have a Numeric(19,0) for Id.
Would it be possible to select and do a union of these two diffeent tables and create a unique ID?
Thanks

It is not exactly clear what you are trying to do here but you can create an identifier on each row similar to this:
SELECT Id, 'M' as tbl
FROM MD_Master
UNION ALL
SELECT Id, 'P' as tbl
FROM CD_Personal
This will allow you to distinguish between each row, by seeing which table the record came from. Then if you have records with the same ID you will know what table is came from.

You can try something like this:
declare #medical table(id int, checks varchar(10))
declare #personal table(id int, checks varchar(10))
insert into #medical
select 1, 'abc1'
union
select 2, 'abc2'
insert into #personal
select 1, 'abc1'
union
select 2, 'abc22'
;WITH CTE AS (
select *, 'M' As Src from #medical
union
select *, 'P' As Src from #personal
)
SELECT checks, src, ROW_NUMBER() over (order by checks, id) new_id FROM CTE
In your case:
SELECT checks, src, ROW_NUMBER() over (order by [checks], id) new_id
FROM
(
SELECT id, [Medical checks] Checks, 'M' as Src FROM MD_Master
UNION ALL
SELECT id, [Personal checks] Checks, 'P' as Src FROM CD_Personal
)

Perhaps you can concatenate the ID with something to stop conflict? You can parse it back out again if necessary, i.e....
SELECT CONVERT(varchar, ID) + 'MD', FirstName, LastName, DOB FROM MD_Master
UNION
SELECT CONVERT(varchar, ID) + 'CD', FirstName, LastName, DOB FROM CD_Personal
What are you trying to do with the data afterwards?

Related

How to ROWCOUNT_BIG() value with union all

I have the following query in SQL Server. How do I get the number of rows of previous select query as following format?
Sample Query
select ID, Name FROM Branch
UNION ALL
SELECT ROWCOUNT_BIG(), ''
Sample Output
If you use a CTE you can count the rows and union all together:
with cte as (
select ID, [Name]
from dbo.Branch
)
select ID, [Name]
from cte
union all
select count(*) + 1, ''
from cte;
I think you want to see total count of the select statement. you can do this way.
CREATE TABLE #test (id int)
insert into #test(id)
SELECT 1
SELECT id from #test
union all
SELECT rowcount_big()
Note: Here, the ID will be implicitly converted to BIGINT datatype, based on the datatype precedence. Read more
Presumably, you are running this in some sort of application. So why not use ##ROWCOUNT?
select id, name
from . . .;
select ##rowcount_big; -- big if you want a bigint
I don't see value to including the value in the same query. However, if the underlying query is an aggregation query, there might be a way to do this using GROUPING SETS.
Here are two ways. It's better to use a CTE to define the row set so further table inserts don't interfere with the count. Since you're using ROWCOUNT_BIG() these queries use COUNT_BIG() (which also returns bigint) to count the inserted rows. In order to make sure the total always appears as the last row an 'order_num' column was added to the SELECT list and ORDER BY clause.
drop table if exists #tTest;
go
create table #tTest(
ID int not null,
[Name] varchar(10) not null);
insert into #tTest values
(115, 'Joe'),
(116, 'Jon'),
(117, 'Ron');
/* better to use a CTE to define the row set */
with t_cte as (
select *
from #tTest)
select 1 as order_num, ID, [Name]
from t_cte
union all
select 2 as order_num, count_big(*), ''
from t_cte
order by order_num, ID;
/* 2 separate queries could give inconsistent result if table is inserted into */
select 1 as order_num, ID, [Name]
from #tTest
union all
select 2 as order_num, count_big(*), ''
from #tTest
order by order_num, ID;
Both return
order_num ID Name
1 115 Joe
1 116 Jon
1 117 Ron
2 3

Order two parts of a union independently of one another

Is it possible to do something like this:
select name from table1 order by name
union
select name from table2 order by name
I know I can do this:
select name from table1
union
select name from table2 order by name
However, I want the names from table1 to appear first. I have spent the last hour Googling this and I have go nowhere. For example, I have looked here: How to order by with union in SQL?
The query needs to be a bit more complicated:
select name
from ((select distinct name, 1 as is_1 from table1)
union
(select distinct name, 0 from table2)
) n
group by name
order by max(is_1), name;
This uses select distinct in the subqueries because that can take advantage of an index on name.
Add a "sort" field and put the union inside a subquery so you can sort after the union.
untested
select a.name
from (
select name, 1 sort
from table1
union all
select name, 2 sort
from table2
) a
order by a.sort, a.name
I changed it to union all to make it clear this approach won't do a union. You could also select the sort column if you want to see it. If you don't want duplicate names, then this approach won't work.
You need another column to sort on. UNION does not allow the individual queries to have an ORDER BY clause.
Adding in a column to sort on before name allows for it to sort the individual result sets. See my example below:
CREATE TABLE #Table1 (Name VARCHAR(50))
CREATE TABLE #Table2 (Name VARCHAR(50))
INSERT INTO #Table1 VALUES ('Bart'), ('Lisa'), ('Maggie')
INSERT INTO #Table2 VALUES ('Chris'), ('Meg'), ('Stewie')
SELECT Name, 0 AS Sort FROM #Table1
UNION
SELECT Name, 1 AS Sort FROM #Table2
ORDER BY Sort, Name

Perform a function after union of two tables

I have two tables that I want to union together then perform some math functions on the combined table.
I know how to do the math for each separate table, but throwing in a union table to go off of is out of my league.
Here's the math for one table using column header "UnitsReceived" and "AsnPsUnits"
The other table would have headers: "cUnitsReceived" and "cAsnPsUnits"
select VendName,
1-abs(((cast(sum(UnitsReceived) as decimal(5,0))) - (cast(sum(AsnPsUnits) as decimal(5,0)))) /(cast(sum(AsnPsUnits) as decimal(5,0)))) as ASNpsAcc
from VenTest2
where ID<20
group by VendName
How would I perform this function after the union of two tables?
You'll need to get the unioned tables into some table object before performing your function. This could be done using:
A Common Table Expression
with cte as (
select ID, VALUE from A
union all
select ID, VALUE from B
)
select
*
,myfunction(VALUE) as MyFunctionResult
from
cte
A temp table
select ID, VALUE into #myTempTable from A
insert into #myTempTable select ID, VALUE from B
select
*
,myfunction(VALUE) as MyFunctionResult
from
#myTempTable
A table variable
declare #myTableVariable table (ID int, VALUE decimal)
insert into #myTableVariable
select ID, VALUE from A
union all
select ID, VALUE from B
select
*
,myfunction(VALUE) as MyFunctionResult
from
#myTableVariable
A sub query
select
*
,myfunction(VALUE) as MyFunctionResult
from
(
select ID, VALUE from A
union all
select ID, VALUE from B
) mySubQuery
This will help with the subq being the union
select VendName,
1-abs(((cast(sum(UnitsReceived) as decimal(5,0))) - (cast(sum(AsnPsUnits) as decimal(5,0)))) /(cast(sum(AsnPsUnits) as decimal(5,0)))) as ASNpsAcc
from
(
select ID, UnitsReceived, AsnPsUnits from VenTest2 where ID<20
union
select ID1, UnitsReceived1, AsnPsUnits1 from VenTest1
)a
group by VendName
This is not the way, brothers:
select VendName,
1-abs(((cast(sum(UnitsReceived) as decimal(10,2))) - (cast(sum(AsnPsUnits) as decimal(10,2)))) /(cast(sum(AsnPsUnits) as decimal(10,2)))) as ASNpsAcc
from VenTest2
where ID<10
group by VendName
union
select cVendName,
1-abs(((cast(sum(cUnitsReceived) as decimal(10,2))) - (cast(sum(casnpsunits) as decimal(10,2)))) /(cast(sum(cAsnPsUnits) as decimal(10,2)))) as ASNpsAcc
from CTest
where id <10
group by cvendname

Inserting unique value from another table

Tables: I have 3 tables
They are cust, new_cust, old_cust
all of them have 3 columns, they are id, username, name
each of them have possibilities to have same data as the others.
I would like to make "whole" table that consisting all of them but only the uniques.
I've Tried
Creating a dummy table
I've tried to create the dummy table called "Temp" table by
select *
into Temp
from cust
insert all table to dummy
Then I insert all of them into they Temp table
insert into temp
select * from new_cust
insert into temp
select * from old_cust
taking uniques using distinct
After they all merged I'm using distinct to only take the unique id value
select distinct(id), username, fullname
into Whole
from temp
it did decreasing some rows
Result
But after I move it to whole table I would like to put primary key on id but I got the message that there are some duplicate values. Is there any other way?
I am guessing that you want unique ids. And you want these prioritized by the tables in some order. If so, you can do this with union all and row_number():
select id, username, name
from (select c.*,
row_number() over (partition by id order by priority) as seqnum
from ((select id, username, name, 1 as priority
from new_cust
) union all
(select id, username, name, 2 as priority
from cust
) union all
(select id, username, name, 3 as priority
from old_cust
)
) c
) c
where seqnum = 1;
Try this:
insert into temp
select * from new_cust
UNION
select * from old_cust
Union will avoid the duplicate entries and you can then create a primary key on ID column
Try this below query...
WITH cte as (
SELECT id, username, NAME,
ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY t1.id ORDER BY t1.username, t1.name ) AS rn
FROM cust t1
LEFT JOIN new_cust t2 ON t1.Id = t2.Id
LEFT JOIN old_cust t3 ON t2.Id = t3.Id
)
SELECT id, username, NAME
FROM cte
WHERE rn = 1
Note:-
Put all the query inside a CTE(Common table expression)
with a new column(rn) that you will use to filter the results.
This new Column will produce ROW_NUMBER()....PARTITION BY username,name.....
But after I move it to whole table I would like to put primary key on
id but I got the message that there are some duplicate values.?
That's because You are trying to insert ID value from each of the tables to Whole table.
Just insert username and name and skip ID. ID is IDENTITY and it MUST be unique.
Run this on Your current Whole table to see if You have duplicated Id's:
select COUNT(ID), username
from whole
GROUP BY username
HAVING COUNT(ID) > 1
To get unique customers recreate table Whole and make ID col IDENTITY:
IF OBJECT_ID ('dbo.Whole') IS NOT NULL DROP TABLE dbo.Whole;
CREATE TABLE Whole (ID INT NOT NULL IDENTITY(1,1), Name varchar(max), Username varchar(max))
Insert values into Whole table:
INSERT INTO Whole
SELECT Name, Username FROM cust
UNION
SELECT Name, Username FROM new_cust
UNION
SELECT Name, Username FROM old_cust
Make ID col PK.
What does Unique mean for your row ?
If it is only the username, and you don't care about keeping the old ID values,
this will favor the new_cust data over the old_cust data.
SELECT
ID = ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY all_temp.username)
, all_temp.*
INTO dbo.Temp
FROM
(
SELECT nc.username, nc.[name] FROM new_cust AS nc
UNION
SELECT oc.username, oc.[name]
FROM old_cust AS oc
WHERE oc.username NOT IN (SELECT nc1.username FROM new_cust AS nc1) --remove the where part if needed
) AS all_temp
ALTER TABLE dbo.Temp ALTER COLUMN ID INTEGER NOT NULL
ALTER TABLE dbo.Temp ADD PRIMARY KEY (ID)
If by Unique you mean both the username and name then just remove the where part in the union

SQL Server query for getting single value from each column into a single column

I'll start directly by explaining with an example. Suppose I have a table which has 3 columns as shown.
Now what I am trying to achieve is, I want the first values of each individual column into a single column. So it would be something like this,
I have tried a few queries here including using TOP 1 and other incorrect ways. But I am still missing something here to achieve the exact output.
Need some guidance here on how to achieve this. Thank you.
SAMPLE TABLE
SELECT * INTO #TEMP
FROM
(
SELECT 1 BATCH_ID,'AAA' ASSIGNMENTTITLE,'FILE' ASSIGNMENTTYPE
UNION ALL
SELECT 1,'AAA1','FILE'
UNION ALL
SELECT 1,'AAA','FILE'
)TAB
If you need the second row specifically you can do the below
QUERY
;WITH CTE AS
(
-- Order row according to default format
SELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY (SELECT(0))) RNO,*
FROM #TEMP
)
SELECT CAST(BATCH_ID AS VARCHAR(20)) FROM CTE WHERE RNO=2
UNION ALL
SELECT ASSIGNMENTTITLE FROM CTE WHERE RNO=2
UNION ALL
SELECT ASSIGNMENTTYPE FROM CTE WHERE RNO=2
Click here to view result
UPDATE
Since there are 3 items in each record, it can be puzzled unless and otherwise an a column is for each items in a record.
;WITH CTE AS
(
-- Order row according to default format
SELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY (SELECT(0))) RNO,*
FROM #TEMP
)
SELECT CAST(BATCH_ID AS VARCHAR(20)),RNO
FROM CTE
UNION ALL
SELECT ASSIGNMENTTITLE,RNO
FROM CTE
UNION ALL
SELECT ASSIGNMENTTYPE,RNO
FROM CTE
ORDER BY RNO
Click here to view result
You can use the concat() function to create a column consisting of all the desired values
More info here
Simply you can try this. If want specific for a row use rowid. For all columns Use unpivot
create table #temp(id int, name varchar(100), title varchar(100))
insert into #temp values(1,'aaa','file')
insert into #temp values(1,'aaas','filef')
insert into #temp values(1,'aaaww','filefs')
select * from #temp
select top 1 cast(id as varchar) title from #temp
union
select top 1 name from #temp
union
select top 1 title from #temp
drop table #temp
This might help you
select top 1 convert(varchar(10), batch_id) ASSIGNMENTTITLE from table
union all
select top 1 ASSIGNMENTTITLE from table
union all
select top 1 ASSIGNMENTTYPE from table
If this is really what you want: "I want the first values of each individual column into a single column" it would be:
select ASSIGNMENTTITLE
from (
select min(convert(varchar(10), batch_id)) ASSIGNMENTTITLE,
1 ColOrder from table
union all
select min(ASSIGNMENTTITLE),
2 ColOrder from table
union all
select min(ASSIGNMENTTYPE),
3 ColOrder from table
) as data
order by ColOrder