WHERE clause where value is convertible - sql

Is there a way in SQL Server using T-SQL to say:
WHERE CONVERT(date, mat1_04_05, 101) = true
I'm doing some reporting against an app that I don't have source for and the column is varchar and I can't rely on user data.
EDIT
I tried using ISDATE. However I'm still running into a conversion error this is the full query:
SELECT mat1_04_01 AS 'CaseStg',
matter.mat_no AS 'MatNo',
MAX(matter.client) AS 'Client',
MAX(mat1_03_01) AS 'InCo',
MAX(mat1_07_01) AS 'Clm Amt',
MAX(mat1_07_03) AS 'Clm Bal',
MAX(mat1_04_05) AS 'BilSnt',
MAX(mat1_01_07) AS 'Injured',
CONVERT(CHAR, MIN(CONVERT(DATE, usr1_02_01))) AS dos_start,
CONVERT(CHAR, MAX(CONVERT(DATE, usr1_02_02))) AS dos_end
FROM lntmuser.matter
INNER JOIN lntmuser.usertype1
ON lntmuser.matter.sysid = lntmuser.usertype1.mat_id
WHERE Isdate(mat1_04_05) = 1
AND Datediff(DAY, CONVERT(DATE, mat1_04_05, 101), Getdate()) > 31
AND mat1_04_01 LIKE 'BILLING MAILED OUT'
AND matter.status NOT LIKE 'CLOSED'
GROUP BY mat1_04_01,
matter.mat_no

Dude -- it doesn't make sense to use ISDATE() and CONVERT() on the same date field in your WHERE without a control structure. I.e., if ISDATE() = false, then CONVERT() is guaranteed to give you a conversion error.
Try this:
WHERE
...
CASE WHEN ISDATE(myDateField) = 1 THEN DATEDIFF(CONVERT(...)) ELSE 0 END > 31

DO you mean check to see whether that column is a date??
WHERE ISDATE(matl_04_05) = 1

Use ISDATE.
... WHERE ISDATE(mat1_04_05) = 1

Assuming I understood your original question...
IF ISDATE('2009-05-12 10:19:41.177') = 1
PRINT 'VALID'
ELSE
PRINT 'INVALID'
source: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms187347.aspx

Do you mean something like
SELECT * FROM FOO where ISDATE(mat1_04_05)

For datetime you can;
;with T(F) as (
select 'cake' union
select '01 mar 2011'
)
select cast(f as datetime) from T where isdate(F) = 1
>>F
>>2011-03-01 00:00:00.000

Related

My SQL - How to run different WHERE statements on different weekdays, like one for monday and another for friday

I missunderstod this a lot and thanks again for all the help.
I eventually found a solution for my case and it didn't even involve anything like
IF Monday THEN SELECT
I didn't even needed a CASE-statement.
What I had to do was to put different WHERE statements with an OR in between.
I have stated my final code bolow:
SELECT * FROM
(SELECT
t.pay_date
, t.supp_name
, t.client AS row_client
, t.ip_status
, t.bank_account
, t.remitt_curr AS remitt_curr
, t.remitt_id
, t.apar_id
, t.payment_id
FROM
aipheader t
WHERE
DATEPART(DW, GETDATE()) IN (2,3,4)
AND
t.pay_date BETWEEN '2019-01-01' AND DATEADD(DAY,-4,GETDATE())
OR
DATEPART(DW, GETDATE()) IN (5,6)
AND
t.pay_date BETWEEN '2019-01-01' AND DATEADD(DAY,-2,GETDATE())) x
ORDER BY 1
The statement above will execute the OR-block that is true, in my case the one with the rigt weekday.
********* OLD QUESTIONS BELOW ***********
I want to run different SELECT statements on different days off the week.
I can actually get the following code to work:
select
case
when DATEPART(DW, GETDATE()) = 4 then
(select 'HELLO' )
ELSE
(select 'GOODBYE')
end
On a wendsday the code above returns "HELLO", every other workday it would returns "Goodbye". So far so good!
As long as the select statement only return one value it seams to work, but I realy want a full table like below.
The only differance here should be the [* FROM table] part, and it breaks it all:
select
case
when DATEPART(DW, GETDATE()) = 4 then
(select * FROM table1)
ELSE
(select * FROM table2)
end
If I can't even make the above to work I can not make different SELECTs for different workdays, so this is the hard ting to figure out.
I have tried to encapsulate things with () and add a few SELECTs in different ways but it do not work, so it is probably some SQL principal.
I get an error that I think says that this is ok if it is only one value that's returned:
SqlState 37000 Native 116 [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL
Server]Only one expression can be specified in the select list when
the subquery is not introduced with EXISTS.
THANKS FOR ALL OF THE REPLYS I NOW UNDERSTAND IT A BIT BETTER.
I was not looking to add a column, I tought I could make a complete new SELECT statement. I now see that my CASE statement only adds a column, as you point out.
So then my first ide might be a better aproce, to actually modify the WHERE-clause in the select statement.
I have now tried that but it does not work.
SELECT * FROM aipheader t
WHERE
CASE
WHEN DATEPART(DW, GETDATE()) = 4 THEN
t.pay_date = '2019-10-15'
ELSE
t.pay_date = '2019-10-17'
END
It returns the error:
SqlState 37000 Native 102 [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL
Server]Incorrect syntax near '='.
I have tried the simpler:
SELECT * FROM aipheader t
WHERE
t.pay_date BETWEEN DATEADD(DAY,-120,GETDATE()) AND DATEADD(DAY,-5,GETDATE())
The above is a simpler form, but that one returns the right values.
But the one obove that one with the CASE-clause return the error about "="-sign.
Maybee the CASE part in a WHERE statement do not work.
After your edit, the correct way to filter your date would be the following:
SELECT
*
FROM
aipheader t
WHERE
t.pay_date = CASE WHEN DATEPART(DW, GETDATE()) = 4 THEN '2019-10-15' ELSE '2019-10-17' END
However, do you really want to hard-code the 2019-10-15 and 2019-10-17 dates? Seems like these should be computed automatically as time goes.
Be careful when using DATEPART with DW, since the week number starting point can actually change depending on the server's and/or current session settings. Check this example:
DECLARE #TestDate DATE = '2020-01-01' -- Wednesday
SET DATEFIRST 1 -- 1: Monday, 7: Sunday
SELECT DATEPART(DW, #TestDate) -- Returns 3
SET DATEFIRST 7 -- 1: Sunday, 7: Saturday
SELECT DATEPART(DW, #TestDate) -- Returns 4!
So whenever checking for a particular day of the week, make sure to force the DATEFIRST session parameter to a particular value so it's consistent with your checks.
I do not fully understand what you are trying to achieve.
Of course your statement will not work, because your select statement in the case when returns multiple columns and rows. That cannot work, because your case when statement will display one column!
So what you can do is the following:
select
case
when DATEPART(DW, GETDATE()) = 4 then
'HELLO'
ELSE
'GOODBYE'
end as [someField],
*
from
[table]
This query will have all rows and columns from table as output + the someField displaying HELLO or GOODBYE.
If you want to display different data from the table on the different dates (wednesday or not wednesday), you can alter the query this way:
select
case
when DATEPART(DW, GETDATE()) = 4 then
[table].[field1]
ELSE
[table].[field2]
end as [someField],
*
from
[table]
Is this ur looking for ? Sub query should return 1 row and specify col name
select
case
when DATEPART(DW, GETDATE()) = 4 then
(select top 1 col1 from table1 )
ELSE
(select top 1 col2 from table2 )
end as result
From table
CASE WHEN can only return a single value for each THEN, and never a Result Set with multiple rows and/or columns. That is just how CASE WHEN works.
You can achieve what you need like this:
DECLARE #DAY INT = DATEPART(DW, GETDATE())
select * FROM table
WHERE (#DAY = 4 AND table.SomeCol = SomeValue)
OR (#DAY = 5 AND table.SomeCol = SomeOtherValue)
... repeat for other days
Or like this:
DECLARE #DAY INT = DATEPART(DW, GETDATE())
IF #DAY = 4
(select * FROM table WHERE table.SomeCol = SomeValue)
ELSE IF #DAY = 5
(select * FROM table WHERE table.SomeCol = SomeOtherValue)
... repeat for other days
Or like this:
DECLARE #DAY INT = DATEPART(DW, GETDATE())
select * FROM table
WHERE #DAY = 4 AND table.SomeCol = SomeValue
UNION ALL
select * FROM table
WHERE #DAY = 5 AND table.SomeCol = SomeOtherValue
UNION ALL
... repeat for other days
My preference would probably be either the 1st or 2nd form.
A query must return before-known columns. If the tables table1 and table2 have different columns, you cannot write one query that returns, say, table1's five columns one day and table2's nine columns another.
As long as the resulting columns stay the same, however, you can join optionally. Here is a small example:
select
p.project_id,
p.project_name,
coalesce(c1.name, c2.name) as team_member,
coalesce(c1.salary, c2.salary * (1.0 + c2.tax / 100.0)) as team_member_salary,
coalesce(c1.job_name, c2.job_title) as team_member_job
from project p
left join crew1 c1 on c1.project_id = p.project_id and datepart(dw, getdate()) = 4
left join crew2 c2 on c2.project_id = p.project_id and datepart(dw, getdate()) <> 4
order by p.project_id;
Not sure I really understand what you are trying to achieve here. This example assumes that you are reading from different tables based on the date and will return all of the rows from both tables:
select * from (
select 'HELLO' as col1, * from table1 where DATEPART(DW, GETDATE()) = 4
UNION ALL
select 'GOODBYE' as col1, * from table2 where DATEPART(DW, GETDATE()) <> 4
)
order by col1

Datepart Calculation in Where clause

I am having problem with the datepart calculation in the Where clause of a query. The query returns result without the calculation but nothing if i add the condition.
DECLARE #StatusId INT;
SELECT #StatusId = Id FROM company.Status WHERE Name = 'Signed' AND CompanyId = 1;
SELECT FORMAT(CAST(cont.CreatedDate AS DATE), 'MM/dd') AS newDate,
SUM(CASE WHEN cont.UpdatedDate IS NOT NULL THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS TotalSignedLeads
FROM client.testw cont
WHERE cont.CompanyId = 1
AND cont.AffiliateId = 1
AND cont.CreatedDate BETWEEN '7-01-2017' AND '7-09-2017'
AND DATEPART(dw, cont.CreatedDate) NOT IN (1, 7) //This causes problem.
AND cont.StatusId = #StatusId
GROUP BY CAST(cont.CreatedDate AS DATE)
ORDER BY newDate ;
This is the data above query gives without the datepart condition.
newDate TotalSignedLeads
07/08 7
Well since you are casting cont.CreatedDate as a date in the top of the query, I suspect it's actually a varchar... thus you need
...
and datepart(weekday, cast(cont.CreatedDate as date)) not in (1,7)
...
bad-habits-to-kick-using-shorthand-with-date-time-operations
If you aren't getting an error, then you don't have any rows which meet that condition. Perhaps your DATEFIRST setting isn't what you think it is.
Also, not sure what GROUP BY CAST(#StatusId.CreatedDate AS DATE) is meant to be...
I suspect that you want a query more like this:
SELECT FORMAT(CAST(cont.CreatedDate AS DATE), 'MM/dd') AS newDate,
COUNT(cont.UpdatedDate) AS TotalSignedLeads
FROM client.testw cont
WHERE cont.CompanyId = 1 AND
cont.AffiliateId = 1 AND
cont.CreatedDate BETWEEN '2017-07-01' AND '2017-09-01' AND
DATEPART(dw, CAST(cont.CreatedDate AS DATE)) NOT IN (1, 7) AND //This causes problem.
cont.StatusId = #StatusId
GROUP BY FORMAT(CAST(cont.CreatedDate AS DATE), 'MM/dd')
ORDER BY newDate ;
Changes:
The dates for comparison are in a standard format, so they should be interpreted correctly.
The GROUP BY uses the same structure as the SELECT for the columns.
The SUM(CASE) is replaced by the much simpler COUNT().
The value for CreatedDate is cast as a DATE. To be honest, I'm not sure that will fix any problem, because that should be happening anyway.

SQL Server DATE conversion error

Here is my query:
SELECT
*
FROM
(SELECT
A.Name, AP.PropertyName, APV.Value AS [PropertyValue],
CONVERT(DATETIME, APV.VALUE, 101) AS [DateValue]
FROM dbo.Account AS A
JOIN dbo.AccountProperty AS AP ON AP.AccountTypeId = A.AccountTypeId
JOIN dbo.AccountPropertyValue AS APV ON APV.AccountPropertyId = APV.AccountPropertyId
AND APV.AccountId = A.AccountId
WHERE
A.AccountTypeId = '19602AEF-27B2-46E6-A068-7E8C18B0DD75' --VENDOR
AND AP.PropertyName LIKE '%DATE%'
AND ISDATE(APV.Value) = 1
AND LEN(SUBSTRING( REVERSE(APV.Value), 0 , CHARINDEX( '/', REVERSE(APV.Value)))) = 4 --ENSURE 4 digit year
) AS APV
WHERE
APV.DateValue < GETDATE()
It results in the following error:
Conversion failed when converting date and/or time from character string.
If you comment out the WHERE APV.DateValue < GETDATE() clause then there is no error and I get the 300+ rows. When I enable the WHERE clause I get the error.
So you are going to tell me my data is jacked up right? Well that's what I thought, so I tried to figure out where the problem in the data was, so I started using TOP() to isolate the location. Problem was once I use the TOP() function the error went away, I only have 2000 rows of data to begin with. So I put a ridiculous TOP(99999999) on the inner SELECT and now the entire query works.
The inner SELECT returns the same number of rows with or without the TOP().
WHY???
FYI, this is SQL that works:
SELECT
*
FROM
(SELECT TOP(99999999)
A.Name, AP.PropertyName, APV.Value AS [PropertyValue],
CONVERT(DATETIME, APV.VALUE, 101) AS [DateValue]
FROM dbo.Account AS A
JOIN dbo.AccountProperty AS AP ON AP.AccountTypeId = A.AccountTypeId
JOIN dbo.AccountPropertyValue AS APV ON APV.AccountPropertyId = APV.AccountPropertyId
AND APV.AccountId = A.AccountId
WHERE
A.AccountTypeId = '19602AEF-27B2-46E6-A068-7E8C18B0DD75' --VENDOR
AND AP.PropertyName LIKE '%DATE%'
AND ISDATE(APV.Value) = 1
AND LEN(SUBSTRING(REVERSE(APV.Value), 0 , CHARINDEX( '/', REVERSE(APV.Value)))) = 4
) AS APV
WHERE
APV.DateValue < GETDATE()
The problem that you are facing is that SQL Server can evaluate the expressions at any time during the query processing -- even before the WHERE clause gets evaluated. This can be a big benefit for performance. But, the consequence is that errors can be generated by rows not in the final result set. (This is true of divide-by-zero as well as conversion errors.)
Fortunately, SQL Server has a work-around for the conversion problem. Use try_convert():
TRY_CONVERT( DATETIME, APV.VALUE, 101) AS [DateValue]
This returns NULL rather than an error if there is a problem.
The reason why some versions work and others don't is because of the order of execution. There really isn't a way to predict what does and does not work -- and it could change if the execution plan for the query changes for other reasons (such as table statistics). Hence, use try_convert().
My guess is that your date is such that APV.VALUE contains also data that cannot be converted into a date, and should be filtered out using the other criteria?
Since SQL Server can decide to limit the data first using the criteria you have given:
APV.DateValue < CONVERT( DATETIME, GETDATE(),101)
And if there is data that cannot be converted into the date, then you will get the error.
To make it more clear, this is what is being filtered:
CONVERT( DATETIME, APV.VALUE, 101) AS [DateValue]
And if there is any data that cannot be converted into a date using 101 format, the filter using getdate() will fail, even if the row would not be included in the final result set for example because AP.PropertyName does not contain DATE.
Since you're using SQL Server 2012, using try_convert instead of convert should fix your problem
And why it works with top? In that case SQL Server cannot use the criteria from the outer query, because then the result might change, because it might affect the number of rows returned by top
Because number of records in the table < 999..99. And regarding the error it seems like SQL engine evaluates the WHERE clause after converting to date so you can try this:
SELECT *
FROM (
SELECT A.Name
, AP.PropertyName
, APV.Value AS [PropertyValue]
,
CASE
WHEN SDATE(APV.Value) = 1
THEN CONVERT( DATETIME, APV.VALUE, 101)
ELSE NULL
END AS [DateValue]
FROM dbo.Account AS A
JOIN dbo.AccountProperty AS AP
ON AP.AccountTypeId = A.AccountTypeId
JOIN dbo.AccountPropertyValue AS APV
ON APV.AccountPropertyId = APV.AccountPropertyId
AND APV.AccountId = A.AccountId
WHERE A.AccountTypeId = '19602AEF-27B2-46E6-A068-7E8C18B0DD75' --VENDOR
AND AP.PropertyName LIKE '%DATE%'
AND LEN( SUBSTRING( REVERSE(APV.Value), 0 , CHARINDEX( '/', REVERSE(APV.Value)))) = 4 --ENSURE 4 digit year
) AS APV
WHERE APV.DateValue IS NOT NULL AND APV.DateValue < GETDATE()

T-SQL: Check if date is in proper format within Where-Clause

How is it possible to check within the where-clause, if the date parameter is set and if it's in the proper format (dd/mm/yyyy).
Here is my SP with parameter #birthdaysearch in format (dd/mm/yyyy):
Select *
From Clients as c
WHERE
CASE ISDATE(#birthdaysearch)
WHEN 0 THEN (c.BirthDay LIKE '%')
WHEN 1 THEN (c.BirthDay LIKE CONVERT(datetime,#birthdaysearch,103))
END
Why isn't that working?
Thanks for your help!
You have incorrect syntax:
Select *
From Clients as c
WHERE ISDATE(#birthdaysearch) = 0 OR
(ISDATE(#birthdaysearch) = 1 AND c.BirthDay LIKE CONVERT(datetime, #birthdaysearch, 103))
or:
Select *
From Clients as c
WHERE c.BirthDay LIKE CASE WHEN ISDATE(#birthdaysearch) = 0 THEN '%'
ELSE CONVERT(datetime, #birthdaysearch, 103) END
But it is very strange why are you comparing dates with LIKE?
I suggest you the following:
Select *
From Clients as c
WHERE c.BirthDay = CASE ISDATE(#birthdaysearch) WHEN 0 THEN c.BirthDay
ELSE CAST(#birthdaysearch AS DATE) END
Given the conversation in the comments, I think the following would be appropriate:
Select *
From Clients as c
WHERE COALESCE(#BirthDaySearch, c.BirthDay) = c.BirthDay
So, given that your parameter is a datetime type, and is nullable, there is no need to check the date format, as it will always be valid (or null) when it hits the sproc.

is there a way to use an if statement in the WHERE part of the SQL query?

Is there a way to use an if statement in the where part of the SQL query? For example:
SELECT count(*)
from table_name tb
where ( if (#enddate>dateadd("d",2,#date) then date > tb.date
else dateadd("d",2,#date)>tb.date) )
I need to somehow do this check where I check if the date 2 days later is not greater than the end date, otherwise I have to use the end date by default.
You can use CASE expression:
SELECT count(*)
FROM table_name tb
WHERE (CASE WHEN (#enddate>dateadd("d",2,#date)) THEN date > tb.date
ELSE
dateadd("d",2,#date)>tb.date
END);
this answer is tailored onto to the case explained into the question as the issue to solve and not on the title.
to handle that case there is no need for a special solution and/or keyword, it is handled nicely using a regular WHERE clause:
SELECT count(*)
from table_name tb
where (#enddate > dateadd("d",2,#date) AND date > tb.date)
OR
(dateadd("d",2,#date) > tb.date))
I found the following:
CASE
WHEN (DATENAME(dw,#st) = 'Monday')
AND (
((Day(#st) = 01))
OR ((Day(#st) = 02))
OR ((Day(#st) = 03))
)
THEN DATEADD(DAY,-2,#st)
ELSE DATEADD(DAY, - 1, DATEADD(m, DATEDIFF(m, 0, GETDATE()), 0))
END
And it actually works quite nicely.
This will only run when the first working day of the month is a Monday, hence that's when I want to get the weekend's data. Otherwise, I already have it.