query for inner join of table 4 - sql

I'm facing the problem of inner join of table 4
following is query given plz see & give me solution
select INSURED.FNAME + ' ' + INSURED.LNAME AS MNAME
,INSURED.MEMBCODE as MEMBERCODE
,INSURED.POLICYNO AS POLICYNO
,INSURED.POLICYFRMDATE AS POLICYFROMDATE
,INSURED.POLICYTODATE AS POLICYTODATE
, MEMBERSHIP.MRKEXTNAME AS MARKETINGEXECUTIVE
,MEMBERSHIP.EMPLOYEECOUNT AS EMPLOYEECOUNT
,INSURED.CLAIMID AS CLAIMID
,POLICY.POLICYTYPE
,POLICY.COVAMTHOSPITAL as SUMINSURED
,ORGANIZATION.ORGANIZATIONNAME
from ((INSURED
inner join MEMBERSHIP on MEMBERSHIP.MEMBERSHIPID=INSURED.MEMBERSHIPID)
inner join POLICY on MEMBERSHIP.POLICYNAME=POLICY.POLICYNAME)
inner join ORGANIZATION on ORGANIZATION.ORGANIZATIONID=MEMBERSHIP.ORGANIZATIONID
WHERE INSUREDID=427

After making it a bit more readable there doesn't seem to be much wrong. I removed the brackets as they aren't needed. I would also put the INNER JOINS the other way round as its normal to put them in this order.
SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name1
INNER JOIN table_name2
ON table_name1.column_name=table_name2.column_name
So it should look something like
select INSURED.FNAME + ' ' + INSURED.LNAME AS MNAME,
INSURED.MEMBCODE as MEMBERCODE,
INSURED.POLICYNO AS POLICYNO,
INSURED.POLICYFRMDATE AS POLICYFROMDATE,
INSURED.POLICYTODATE AS POLICYTODATE,
MEMBERSHIP.MRKEXTNAME AS MARKETINGEXECUTIVE,
MEMBERSHIP.EMPLOYEECOUNT AS EMPLOYEECOUNT,
INSURED.CLAIMID AS CLAIMID,
POLICY.POLICYTYPE,
POLICY.COVAMTHOSPITAL as SUMINSURED,
ORGANIZATION.ORGANIZATIONNAME
FROM INSURED
INNER JOIN MEMBERSHIP on INSURED.MEMBERSHIPID=MEMBERSHIP.MEMBERSHIPID
INNER JOIN POLICY on POLICY.POLICYNAME=MEMBERSHIP.POLICYNAME
INNER JOIN ORGANIZATION on MEMBERSHIP.ORGANIZATIONID=ORGANIZATION.ORGANIZATIONID
WHERE INSUREDID=427
You need to tell us what the problem is. Does it return results different to what you are expecting or does it fail with an error.
You should also tell us which database you are using.
Also there appears to be something odd about your table structure. You would not normally store PolicyName in your Membership Table rather you should be linking with ID Fields of some kind rather than PolicyName Strings...Something Like
INNER JOIN POLICY on POLICY.POLICYID=MEMBERSHIP.POLICYID
You got it right for with OrganizationID and MEMBERSHIPID
In short you need to tell us more about it.

Replace INNER JOIN with LEFT OUTER JOIN.

Get rid of the brackets around your inner join statements.

Related

Is it true that all joins following a left join in a SQL query must also be left joins? Why or why not?

I remember this rule of thumb from back in college that if you put a left join in a SQL query, then all subsequent joins in that query must also be left joins instead of inner joins, or else you'll get unexpected results. But I don't remember what those results are, so I'm wondering if maybe I'm misremembering something. Anyone able to back me up on this or refute it? Thanks! :)
For instance:
select * from customer
left join ledger on customer.id= ledger.customerid
inner join order on ledger.orderid = order.id -- this inner join might be bad mojo
Not that they have to be. They should be (or perhaps a full join at the end). It is a safer way to write queries and express logic.
Your query is:
select *
from customer c left join
ledger l
on c.id = l.customerid inner join
order o
on l.orderid = o.id
The left join says "keep all customers, even if there is no matching record in ledger. The second says, "I have to have a matching ledger record". So, the inner join converts the first to an inner join.
Because you presumably want all customers, regardless of whether there is a match in the other two tables, you would use a left join:
select *
from customer c left join
ledger l
on c.id = l.customerid left join
order o
on l.orderid = o.id
You remember correctly some parts of it!
The thing is, when you chain join tables like this
select * from customer
left join ledger on customer.id= ledger.customerid
inner join order on ledger.orderid = order.id
The JOIN is executed sequentialy, so when customer left join ledger happens, you are making sure all joined keys from customer return (because it's a left join! and you placed customers to the left).
Next,
The results of the former JOIN are joined with order (using inner join), forcing the "the first join keys" to match (1 to 1) with the keys from order so you will end up only with records that were matched in order table as well
Bad mojo? it really depends on what you are trying to accomplish.
If you want to guarantee all records from customers return, you should keep "left joining" to it.
You can, however, make this a little more intuitive to understand (not necessarily a better way of writing SQL!) by writing:
SELECT * FROM
(
(SELECT * from customer) c
LEFT JOIN
(SELECT * from ledger) l
ON
c.id= l.customerid
) c_and_l
INNER JOIN (OR PERHAPS LEFT JOIN)
(SELECT * FROM order) as o
ON c_and_l.orderid (better use c_and_l.id as you want to refer to customerid from customers table) = o.id
So now you understand that c_and_l is created first, and then joined to order (you can imagine it as 2 tables are joining again)

SQL Inner Join Issue/Alternative Join

I'm trying to correct this query where I need to join the table capcase first and then join table called capstatus second.There are different tables from capcase status and capcaseservicesprovidedstatus where foreign keys can be seen and I need to join the correct tables. I'm wondering if maybe I need to use a join other than an 'inner join' to accomplish this task or confirm what I'm doing wrong with my query as the last two lines are the ones I believe are issue. Any help is appreciated, thank you in advance.
SELECT family.Id as Family_ID, person.firstName + ' ' + person.lastName as Name, capcaseServicesProvided.idperson as Person_ID,capcaseservicesProvided.idCase as Case_ID, capcaseServicesProvided.Id as Service_ID,capStatus.Status as Case_Status, capServices.Service, capStatusService.ServiceStatus as Service_Status,
capcaseServicesProvided.Qty, capServicesUnit.Unit, capcaseServicesProvided.Date as Service_Date, capCase.DateApplied as Case_Date
FROM capcaseServicesProvided
INNER JOIN person on capcaseServicesProvided.idperson = person.Id
INNER JOIN capServices on capcaseServicesProvided.idService = capServices.Id
INNER JOIN capServicesUnit on capcaseServicesProvided.Unit = capServicesUnit.Id
INNER JOIN capStatusService on capcaseServicesProvided.Status = capStatusService.Id
INNER JOIN family on person.idFamily = family.Id
INNER JOIN capStatus on capcaseServicesProvided.Status= capStatus.Id
INNER JOIN capCase on capCaseServicesProvided.Date = capCase.DateApplied;
I would like to suggest an approach rather than attempt a specific solution. Note we know absolutely nothing about your tables or their design so asking us to understand either requires quite a bit of information, so ultimately it is better for you to learn about JOINS and/or how to solve such dilemmas yourself.
I suggest you reduce the size of the initial query to the ABSOLUTE MINIMUM which looks (I think) like this:
SELECT
family.Id AS Family_ID
, person.firstName + ' ' + person.lastName AS Name
, capcaseServicesProvided.idperson AS Person_ID
, capcaseservicesProvided.idCase AS Case_ID
, capcaseServicesProvided.Id AS Service_ID
FROM capcaseServicesProvided
INNER JOIN person ON capcaseServicesProvided.idperson = person.Id
INNER JOIN family ON person.idFamily = family.Id
;
Now assuming the minimum query is correct, try joining ONE EXTRA TABLE and including the columns needed from it into the select clause. Start by adding the extra table using an INNER JOIN. If you notice that some rows you want disappear change that to a LEFT JOIN
e.g.
SELECT
family.Id AS Family_ID
, person.firstName + ' ' + person.lastName AS Name
, capcaseServicesProvided.idperson AS Person_ID
, capcaseservicesProvided.idCase AS Case_ID
, capcaseServicesProvided.Id AS Service_ID
, capServices.Service
FROM capcaseServicesProvided
INNER JOIN person ON capcaseServicesProvided.idperson = person.Id
INNER JOIN family ON person.idFamily = family.Id
INNER JOIN capServices ON capcaseServicesProvided.idService = capServices.Id
-- or if needed --LEFT JOIN capServices ON capcaseServicesProvided.idService = capServices.Id
;
Keep repeating this cycle until you have joined all the needed tables.
I suspect you just need one or more LEFT JOINS but without sample data from each table and DDL for each table it is really hard to tell you which tables need these.

SQL syntax error Multiple inner join

SELECT *
FROM tproducts
INNER JOIN torder ON tproducts.Product_ID=torder.Product_ID
INNER JOIN tcustomer ON torder.Customer_ID=tcustomer.Customer_ID
Can anyone see what is wrong with this as VB.net says that there is a missing operator and i cant spot it?
In MS Access, you need to use parentheses for multiple joins:
SELECT *
FROM (tproducts INNER JOIN
torder
ON tproducts.Product_ID = torder.Product_ID
) INNER JOIN
tcustomer
ON torder.Customer_ID = tcustomer.Customer_ID;
No other database requires this, and using parentheses like this looks awkward for any other database.

Query with columns from 4 tables in SQL

Can anyone who knows SQL, specifically the flavor used in Microsoft Access 2013, tell me what I'm doing wrong here?
SELECT custid, custname, ordno, itemno, itemname
FROM cust
INNER JOIN order
ON cust.custid = order.custid
INNER JOIN orderitems
ON order.ordno = orderitems.ordno
INNER JOIN inv
ON orderitems.itemno = inv.itemno;
I've already read other, similar questions, and tried the methods they used in their solutions, but I'm getting a "Syntax error in FROM clause.", almost no matter what I try.
* * *
SOLUTION: Thanks for the replies! In addition to adding square brackets around "order" and using TableName.ColumnName syntax in SELECT, I had to use parentheses for my multiple INNER JOINs. Here is the fixed code:
SELECT cust.custid, cust.custname, [order].ordno, orderitems.itemno, inv.itemname
FROM ((cust
INNER JOIN [order]
ON cust.custid = [order].custid)
INNER JOIN orderitems
ON [order].ordno = orderitems.ordno)
INNER JOIN inv
ON orderitems.itemno = inv.itemno;
SELECT cust.custid --<-- Use two part name here
,cust.custname
,[order].ordno
,orderitems.itemno --<-- Only guessing here use the correct table name
,inv.itemname --<-- Only guessing here use the correct table name
FROM cust
INNER JOIN [order]
ON cust.custid = [order].custid --<-- used square brackets [] around ORDER as it is
INNER JOIN orderitems -- a key word.
ON [order].ordno = orderitems.ordno
INNER JOIN inv
ON orderitems.itemno = inv.itemno;
In your Select Statament you need to use Two Part name i.e TableName.ColumnName since these column can exist in more than one Tables in your FROM clause you need to tell sql server that columns in your select coming from which table in your from clause.

Mysql statement (syntax error on FULL JOIN)

What is wrong with my sql statement, it says that the problem is near the FULL JOIN, but I'm stumped:
SELECT `o`.`name` AS `offername`, `m`.`name` AS `merchantName`
FROM `offer` AS `o`
FULL JOIN `offerorder` AS `of` ON of.offerId = o.id
INNER JOIN `merchant` AS `m` ON o.merchantId = m.id
GROUP BY `of`.`merchantId`
Please be gentle, as I am not a sql fundi
MySQL doesn't offer full join, you can either use
a pair of LEFT+RIGHT and UNION; or
use a triplet of LEFT, RIGHT and INNER and UNION ALL
The query is also very wrong, because you have a GROUP BY but your SELECT columns are not aggregates.
After you convert this properly to LEFT + RIGHT + UNION, you still have the issue of getting an offername and merchantname from any random record per each distinct of.merchantid, and not even necessarily from the same record.
Because you have an INNER JOIN condition against o.merchant, the FULL JOIN is not necessary since "offerorder" records with no match in "offer" will fail the INNER JOIN. That turns it into a LEFT JOIN (optional). Because you are grouping on of.merchantid, any missing offerorder records will be grouped together under "NULL" as merchantid.
This is a query that will work, for each merchantid, it will show just one offer that the merchant made (the one with the first name when sorted in lexicographical order).
SELECT MIN(o.name) AS offername, m.name AS merchantName
FROM offer AS o
LEFT JOIN offerorder AS `of` ON `of`.offerId = o.id
INNER JOIN merchant AS m ON o.merchantId = m.id
GROUP BY `of`.merchantId, m.name
Note: The join o.merchantid = m.id is highly suspect. Did you mean of.merchantid = m.id? If that is the case, change the LEFT to RIGHT join.