I have two tables, Invoices and members, connected by PK/FK relationship through the field InvoiceNum. I have created the following sql and it works fine, and pulls 44 records as expected.
SELECT
INVOICES.InvoiceNum,
INVOICES.GroupNum,
INVOICES.DivisionNum,
INVOICES.DateBillFrom,
INVOICES.DateBillTo
FROM INVOICES
INNER JOIN MEMBERS ON INVOICES.InvoiceNum = MEMBERS.InvoiceNum
WHERE MEMBERS.MemberNum = '20032526000'
Now, I want to replace INVOICES.GroupNum and INVOICES.DivisionNum in the above query with GroupName and DivisionName. These values are present in the Groups and Divisions tables which also have the corresponding Group_num and Division_num fields. I have created the following sql. The problem is that it now pulls 528 records instead of 44!
SELECT
INVOICES.InvoiceNum,
INVOICES.DateBillFrom,
INVOICES.DateBillTo,
DIVISIONS.DIVISION_NAME,
GROUPS.GROUP_NAME
FROM INVOICES
INNER JOIN MEMBERS ON INVOICES.InvoiceNum = MEMBERS.InvoiceNum
INNER JOIN GROUPS ON INVOICES.GroupNum = GROUPS.Group_Num
INNER JOIN DIVISIONS ON INVOICES.DivisionNum = DIVISIONS.Division_Num
WHERE MEMBERS.MemberNum = '20032526000'
Any help is greatly appreciated.
You have at least one relation between your tables which is missing in your query. It gives you extra records. Find all common fields. Say, are divisions related to groups?
The statement is fine, as far as the SQL syntax goes.
But the question you have to ask yourself (and answer it):
How many rows in Groups do you get for that given GroupNum?
Ditto for Divisions - how many rows exist for that DivisionNum?
It would appear that those numbers aren't unique - multiple rows exist for each number - therefore you get multiple rows returned
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I have a select query which combined several tables. PRODUCTION_ORDER_RESULTS, PRODUCTION_ORDERS and SERVICE_GUARANTY_NEW have common value however STOCKS table does not.
SELECT PR_ORDERS.ARRIVED_CITY,
PR_ORDERS.MONTAJ_DATE,
PR_ORDER_RESULT.TRANSFER_DATE,
PR_ORDERS.P_ORDER_ID,
PR_ORDER_RESULT.P_ORDER_ID,
SG.SALE_CONSUMER_ID,
SG.IS_SERI_SONU,
S.BRAND_ID,
S.PROPERTY
FROM workcube_test_1.PRODUCTION_ORDER_RESULTS PR_ORDER_RESULT,
workcube_test_1.PRODUCTION_ORDERS PR_ORDERS,
workcube_test_1.SERVICE_GUARANTY_NEW SG,
workcube_test_1.STOCKS S
WHERE PR_ORDER_RESULT.P_ORDER_ID = PR_ORDERS.P_ORDER_ID
AND PR_ORDER_RESULT.PR_ORDER_ID = SG.PROCESS_ID
when I run the query, it shows the output as below.
The problem here is there are four data rows returned from PRODUCTION_ORDER_RESULTS, PRODUCTION_ORDERS, SERVICE_GUARANTY_NEW and once I have added the STOCKS table, arrived_city, montaj_date, transfer_date columns are side by side with STOCKS table's rows, but the columns value should be null, not filled with data.
The way I tried is UNION of STOCKS table, however unioned table values are ignored, can not use them in html blocks.
there needs to be at least one more join condition among tables where there's for STOCKS table, I think there might exist such a column STOCK_ID within a table such as PRODUCTION_ORDER_RESULTS in order to join with STOCKS table. I think this should be the reason for multiple returning rows. If there's no common column, then the returning data will be produced as many as the number of records within STOCK table due to existing CROSS JOIN logic within the current query. So rearrange your query as
SELECT PR_ORDERS.ARRIVED_CITY,
PR_ORDERS.MONTAJ_DATE,
PR_ORDER_RESULT.TRANSFER_DATE,
PR_ORDERS.P_ORDER_ID,
PR_ORDER_RESULT.P_ORDER_ID,
SG.SALE_CONSUMER_ID,
SG.IS_SERI_SONU,
S.BRAND_ID,
S.PROPERTY
FROM workcube_test_1.PRODUCTION_ORDER_RESULTS PR_ORDER_RESULT
JOIN workcube_test_1.PRODUCTION_ORDERS PR_ORDERS
ON PR_ORDER_RESULT.P_ORDER_ID = PR_ORDERS.P_ORDER_ID
JOIN workcube_test_1.SERVICE_GUARANTY_NEW SG
ON PR_ORDER_RESULT.PR_ORDER_ID = SG.PROCESS_ID
JOIN workcube_test_1.STOCKS S
ON PR_ORDER_RESULT.STOCK_ID = S.ID
I have two tables
tblData_VendorMasterSSPaymentTerms
tblData_VendorMasterSSPaymentTermsCLM
tblData_VendorMasterSSPaymentTerms contains a field labled VMSSPayTerms_AribaContractID which the values exist in table tblData_VendorMasterSSPaymentTermsCLM
So in table tblData_VendorMasterSSPaymentTermsCLM I want to create a calculated column that counts how many records in tblData_VendorMasterSSPaymentTerms contains the Contract ID for that record.
This is what I have put together so far but it is still coming up with an error
SELECT Count(VMSSPayTerms_AribaContractID)
From tblData_VendorMasterSSPaymentTerms
Where VMSSPayTerms_AribaContractID=VMSSPayTermsCLM_ContractID
Can someone help me identify what I am doing wrong here?
You must join the tables, group by VMSSPayTermsCLM_ContractID and count:
select
c.VMSSPayTermsCLM_ContractID,
count(t.VMSSPayTerms_AribaContractID) counter
from tblData_VendorMasterSSPaymentTermsCLM c inner join tblData_VendorMasterSSPaymentTerms t
on t.VMSSPayTerms_AribaContractID = c.VMSSPayTermsCLM_ContractID
group by c.VMSSPayTermsCLM_ContractID
I am trying to get two tables that aren't related to pull a column of data each.
I have one table called AlphaData and one called TLAuth. Each includes a column that is labelled invoice and I need to pull both columns so I can at least start a comparison. TLAuth will include some of the invoice numbers from AlphaData, but not all of them.
Right now I am using the following code:
SELECT Alphadata.Invoice, TLAuth.Invoice
FROM Alphadata
INNER JOIN TlAuth
ON TLauth.TLAUthID = Alphadata.TLAUthID;
But every time I run this it comes up totally blank. There is definitely data in there, I can pull one column of data from each, but not both at the same time. I have even setup a relationship (1 to Many from TL Auth to Alphadata) and it doesn't seem to work so any help would be grand.
If the tables could not match you should use left join
SELECT Alphadata.Invoice, TLAuth.Invoice
From Alphadata
LEFT JOIN TlAuth ON TLauth.TLAUthID=Alphadata.TLAUthID;
I have two tables: Company and Contact, with a relationship of one-to-many.
I have another table Track which identifies some of the companies as parent companies to other companies.
I want to write a SQL query that selects the parent companies from Track and the amount of contacts that each parent has.
SELECT Track.ParentId, Count(Contact.companyId)
FROM Track
INNER JOIN Contact
ON Track.ParentId = Contact.companyId
GROUP BY Track.ParentId
however The result holds less records than when I run the following query:
SELECT DISTINCT Track.ParentId
FROM Track
I tried the first query with an added DISTINCT and it returned the same results (less then what it was meant to).
You're performing an INNER JOIN with the Contact table, which means that any rows from the first table (Track in this case) with no matches to the JOINed table will not show up in your results. Try using a LEFT OUTER JOIN instead.
The COUNT with Contact.companyId will only count rows where there is a match (Contact.companyId is not NULL). Since you're counting contacts that's fine as they will count as 0. If you were trying to count some other set of data and tried to do a COUNT on a specific column (rather than COUNT(*)) then any NULL values in that column would not count towards your total, which might or might not be what you want.
I used an INNER JOIN which returns only records that are identical in both tables.
To return all records from Track table, and records that match in the Contact table, I need to use LEFT JOIN.
I have a database with two tables
One with games
and one with participants
A game is able to have more participants and these are in a different table.
Is there a way to combine these two into one query?
Thanks
You can combine them using the JOIN operator.
Something like
SELECT *
FROM games g
INNER JOIN participants p ON p.gameid = g.gameid
Explanation on JOIN operators
INNER JOIN - Match rows between the two tables specified in the INNER
JOIN statement based on one or more
columns having matching data.
Preferably the join is based on
referential integrity enforcing the
relationship between the tables to
ensure data integrity.
o Just to add a little commentary to the basic definitions
above, in general the INNER JOIN
option is considered to be the most
common join needed in applications
and/or queries. Although that is the
case in some environments, it is
really dependent on the database
design, referential integrity and data
needed for the application. As such,
please take the time to understand the
data being requested then select the
proper join option.
o Although most join logic is based on matching values between
the two columns specified, it is
possible to also include logic using
greater than, less than, not equals,
etc.
LEFT OUTER JOIN - Based on the two tables specified in the join
clause, all data is returned from the
left table. On the right table, the
matching data is returned in addition
to NULL values where a record exists
in the left table, but not in the
right table.
o Another item to keep in mind is that the LEFT and RIGHT OUTER
JOIN logic is opposite of one another.
So you can change either the order of
the tables in the specific join
statement or change the JOIN from left
to right or vice versa and get the
same results.
RIGHT OUTER JOIN - Based on the two tables specified in the join
clause, all data is returned from the
right table. On the left table, the
matching data is returned in addition
to NULL values where a record exists
in the right table but not in the left
table.
Self -Join - In this circumstance, the same table is
specified twice with two different
aliases in order to match the data
within the same table.
CROSS JOIN - Based on the two tables specified in the join clause, a
Cartesian product is created if a
WHERE clause does filter the rows.
The size of the Cartesian product is
based on multiplying the number of
rows from the left table by the number
of rows in the right table. Please
heed caution when using a CROSS JOIN.
FULL JOIN - Based on the two tables specified in the join clause,
all data is returned from both tables
regardless of matching data.
example
table Game has columns (gameName, gameID)
table Participant has columns (participantID, participantName, gameID)
the GameID column is the "link" between the 2 tables. you need a common column you can join between 2 tables.
SELECT gameName, participantName
FROM Game g
JOIN Participat p ON g.gameID = p.gameID
This will return a data set of all games and the participants for those games.
The list of games will be redundant unless you structure it some other way due to multiple participants to that game.
sample data
WOW Bob
WOW Jake
StarCraft2 Neal
Warcraft3 James
Warcraft3 Rich
Diablo Chris