I am a little confused as to how to approach this SQL query.
I have two tables (equal number of records), and I would like to return a column with which is the division between the two.
In other words, here is my not-working-correctly query:
SELECT( (SELECT v FROM Table1) / (SELECT DotProduct FROM Table2) );
How would I do this? All I want it a column where each row equals the same row in Table1 divided by the same row in Table2. The resulting table should have the same number of rows, but I am getting something with a lot more rows than the original two tables.
I am at a complete loss. Any advice?
It sounds like you have some kind of key between the two tables. You need an Inner Join:
select t1.v / t2.DotProduct
from Table1 as t1
inner join Table2 as t2
on t1.ForeignKey = t2.PrimaryKey
Should work. Just make sure you watch out for division by zero errors.
You didn't specify the full table structure so I will assume a common ID column to link rows in the tables.
SELECT table1.v/table2.DotProduct
FROM Table1 INNER JOIN Table2
ON (Table1.ID=Table2.ID)
You need to do a JOIN on the tables and divide the columns you want.
SELECT (Table1.v / Table2.DotProduct) FROM Table1 JOIN Table2 ON something
You need to substitue something to tell SQL how to match up the rows:
Something like: Table1.id = Table2.id
In case your fileds are both integers you need to do this to avoid integer math:
select t1.v / (t2.DotProduct*1.00)
from Table1 as t1
inner join Table2 as t2
on t1.ForeignKey = t2.PrimaryKey
If you have multiple values in table2 relating to values in table1 you need to specify which to use -here I chose the largest one.
select t1.v / (max(t2.DotProduct)*1.00)
from Table1 as t1
inner join Table2 as t2
on t1.ForeignKey = t2.PrimaryKey
Group By t1.v
Related
I want to join two tables in Access based on different wildcards for different rows.
The first, table1, contains rows with different wildcards and table2 contains the column that should be matched with the wildcards in table1.
I imagine the SQL code to look like:
SELECT *
FROM table2
LEFT JOIN table1
ON table2.subject LIKE table1.wildcard
The tables look like this: https://imgur.com/a/O9OPAL6
The third pictures shows the result that I want.
How do I execute the join or is there an alternative?
I don't think MySQL support non-equality conditions for JOINs. So, you can do this as:
SELECT * -- first get the matches
FROM table2 as t2, -- ugg, why doesn't it support CROSS JOIN
table1 as t1
WHERE t2.subject LIKE t1.wildcard
UNION ALL
SELECT * -- then get the non-matches
FROM table2 as t2 LEFT JOIN
table1 as t1
ON 1 = 0 -- always false but gets the same columns
WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1
FROM table1 as t1
WHERE t2.subject LIKE t1.wildcard
);
I want to get a value from an IN subquery with two columns, without needing to do two queries.
Sample:
SELECT * FROM table1 WHERE id IN(SELECT id, flags FROM table2);
Now I want to get flags directly. Is it possible, and if yes, how?
Any help is appreciated :)
It sounds like you are trying to achieve one of two things:
1) Select every field of records in table1 (and the associated table 2 flag) where the record's id is also found in the id column of table2. If that is the case, then yes, a join will accomplish what you want:
SELECT t1.*,
t2.flags
FROM table1 t1
JOIN table2 t2
ON t1.id = t2.id;
Note that JOIN is used here (rather than other types of joins such as LEFT JOIN) because JOIN will return only table1 records with a match in table2.id. LEFT JOIN, on the other hand, would return every table1 record, and table1 ids without a match in table2 would simply have null in the flags column of your returned table.
2) Select every field of records in table1 where the record's id is also found in either the id column of table2 or the flags column of table2. If that is the case, there are a few ways you could get the desired result, but achieving this using a subquery similar to the question
SELECT *
FROM table1
WHERE id IN (SELECT id FROM table2 UNION DISTINCT SELECT flags FROM table2)
You do this using join:
SELECT t1.*, t2.flags
FROM table1 t1 JOIN
table2 t2
ON t1.id = t2.id;
I am trying to write an SQL query that will return Table1, which has 10 columns. This table consists of a primary key id, 4 foreign key Id columns, and 5 other columns that I want to return but not change. The goal is to do a join to replace the foreign key Ids with their descriptions that are held in other tables.
Here is one attempt with the first FK Id:
Select * from Table1 t1
left join Table2 t2
on t1.BranchId = t2.BranchId;
This left join returns the description from table2, but does not replace it.
Here is another with the first FK Id:
Select t2.BranchName from Table1 t1
left join Table2 t2
on t1.BranchId = t2.BranchId;
This returns the name I want, but does not return table1 fully.
For the sake of an example you could pretend that OtherName3, OtherName4, OtherName5 are in tables Table3, Table4, Table5, respectively.
This may seem trivial for experienced SQL devs, but I am having a hard time figuring out the syntax.
Thanks!
I'm not sure what you mean by replace it.
I think you just need to list out all the columns you want:
Select t1.col1, t1.col2, t1.col3, . . .,
t2.name
from Table1 t1 left join
Table2 t2
on t1.BranchId = t2.BranchId;
I don't know what you mean by 'replace' but you just need to qualify what columns from which table you want. That goes for all tables you are joined to, especially if they have the same column name in multiple tables. I put junk columns in since I don't know your tables but you should get the general idea.
Select t2.BranchName, t1.BranchId, t1.Name, t1.Amount, t2.BranchLocation from Table1 t1
left join Table2 t2
on t1.BranchId = t2.BranchId;
I think this is what you are looking for:
select t1.*, t2.BranchName from Table1 t1
left join Table2 t2
on t1.BranchId = t2.BranchId;
Return Table1 fully (all columns) and only the description (BranchName) from Table2.
If using SQL Server, see all syntax options for the SELECT clause here:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms176104.aspx
I'm breaking my head here where I'm going wrong.
The following query:
SELECT SUM(table1.col1) FROM table1
returns value x.
And the following query:
SELECT SUM(table1.col1) FROM table2 RIGHT OUTER JOIN table1 ON table2.ID = table1.ID
returns value y. (I need the Join for the other data of table2). Why is the 2nd example returning a different value than in the first?
Make life easier on yourself, your colleagues that will support your code, and your clients by temporarily ignoring the existence of RIGHT OUTER JOIN. Use Table1 as the "from table" instead of table2.
Then, If aggregating, you will often find it necessary to do this BEFORE joining, so that the numbers are accurate. e.g.
SELECT T1.SUMCOL1
FROM (
SELECT id, SUM(col1) as SUMCOL1 FROM Table1 GROUP BY id
) T1
LEFT OUTER JOIN table2 T2 on T1.id = T2.ID
Obvious answer is because table2 is many to table1's one. That is, there are multiple rows in table2 for one id in table1. You may also be eliminating rows from table1 if the id isn't present in table2.
Compare:
SELECT COUNT(*) FROM table1
To:
SELECT COUNT(*) FROM table2 RIGHT OUTER JOIN table1 ON table2.ID = table1.ID
If you get different results, you're aggregating duplicates or eliminating rows from table1.
If you want to avoid this, you'll need to use a subquery.
I have two tables where each one contains columns with numbers. I need to compare columns in both tables and extract the number that does exist in first table, and does not exist in second one. I don't need unique value.
I wrote this query:
SELECT Table1.Numbers, Table1.Name
FROM Table1, Table2
WHERE Table1.Numbers != Table2.numbers
Since I am working on several million records can someone recommend more efficient query which would provide me with identical results?
I would use NOT EXISTS:
SELECT Table1.Numbers, Table1.Name
FROM Table1
WHERE NOT EXISTS(
SELECT 1 FROM Table2
WHERE Table1.Numbers=Table2.Numbers
)
Other approaches:
Should I use NOT IN, OUTER APPLY, LEFT OUTER JOIN, EXCEPT, or NOT EXISTS?
You can do this easily by checking for the existance on the number in Table2.
SELECT T1.Numbers
,T1.Name
FROM Table1 T1
WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM Table2 T2 WHERE T2.Numbers = T1.Numbers)
Try this (assuming that your Numbers column are not nullable)
SELECT T1.Numbers, T1.Name
FROM Table1 AS T1
LEFT JOIN Table2 AS T2 ON T1.Numbers = T2.Numbers
WHERE T2.Numbers IS NULL;
SELECT
Table1.Numbers, Table1.Name
FROM
Table1, Table2
GROUP BY
Table1, Table2
HAVING
COUNT(*) > 1