"Where IN" with multiple columns (SQL Server) - sql

Question

I'm using SQL Server 2005.
The query would look like this
Select col1, col2, col3 from <subquery> where (col1,col2) in <subquery>
SQL Server doesn't seem to like that. Any way of implementing that that anyone knows of that doesn't involve converting to varchars or anything else messy?
This is the actual query.
SELECT *
FROM
(
SELECT NEWID() AS guid, UserID, RoleId, ClubId, 0 AS GroupRole
FROM dbo.Portal_UserRoles
UNION
SELECT NEWID() AS guid, dbo.Portal_UserGroups.UserId,
dbo.Portal_GroupRoles.RoleId, dbo.Portal_UserGroups.ClubId,
dbo.Portal_GroupRoles.GroupId AS GroupRole
FROM dbo.Portal_GroupRoles
INNER JOIN dbo.Portal_UserGroups
ON dbo.Portal_GroupRoles.GroupId = dbo.Portal_UserGroups.GroupId
) AS derivedtbl_1
WHERE (derivedtbl_1.RoleId,derivedtbl_1.ClubId) IN
(
SELECT Portal_GroupRoles.RoleId, Portal_ClubGroups.ClubId
FROM Portal_GroupRoles
INNER JOIN Portal_ClubGroups
ON Portal_GroupRoles.GroupId = Portal_ClubGroups.GroupId
)

Answer 1

The standard, classic way to do what you seek is an EXISTS clause:
SELECT *
FROM
(
SELECT NEWID() AS guid, UserID, RoleId, ClubId, 0 AS GroupRole
FROM dbo.Portal_UserRoles
UNION
SELECT NEWID() AS guid, dbo.Portal_UserGroups.UserId,
dbo.Portal_GroupRoles.RoleId, dbo.Portal_UserGroups.ClubId,
dbo.Portal_GroupRoles.GroupId AS GroupRole
FROM dbo.Portal_GroupRoles
INNER JOIN dbo.Portal_UserGroups
ON dbo.Portal_GroupRoles.GroupId = dbo.Portal_UserGroups.GroupId
) AS derivedtbl_1
WHERE EXISTS
(
SELECT Portal_GroupRoles.RoleId, Portal_ClubGroups.ClubId
FROM (Portal_GroupRoles
INNER JOIN Portal_ClubGroups
ON Portal_GroupRoles.GroupId = Portal_ClubGroups.GroupId) AS cgr
WHERE derivedtbl_1.RoleID = cgr.RoleId
AND derivedtbl_1.ClubId = cgr.ClubId
)
Be wary of splitting the two-column condition into two separate IN clauses; it does not give you the same answer (in general) as the applying the two-column condition in one EXISTS clause.

Answer 2

Do a join on the derived table instead of using the in
SELECT *
FROM
(
SELECT NEWID() AS guid, UserID, RoleId, ClubId, 0 AS GroupRole
FROM dbo.Portal_UserRoles
UNION
SELECT NEWID() AS guid, dbo.Portal_UserGroups.UserId,
dbo.Portal_GroupRoles.RoleId, dbo.Portal_UserGroups.ClubId,
dbo.Portal_GroupRoles.GroupId AS GroupRole
FROM dbo.Portal_GroupRoles
INNER JOIN dbo.Portal_UserGroups
ON dbo.Portal_GroupRoles.GroupId = dbo.Portal_UserGroups.GroupId
) AS derivedtbl_1
INNER JOIN
(
SELECT Portal_GroupRoles.RoleId, Portal_ClubGroups.ClubId
FROM Portal_GroupRoles
INNER JOIN Portal_ClubGroups
ON Portal_GroupRoles.GroupId = Portal_ClubGroups.GroupId
) derivedtbl_2
ON derivedtbl_1.RoleID = derivedtbl_2.RoleID
AND derivedtbl_1.ClubId = derivedtbl_2.ClubId

Answer 3

SELECT
/*
your selected fields, joins here
*/
WHERE -- (derivedtbl_1.RoleId,derivedtbl_1.ClubId) IN
EXISTS
(
-- actually you can change these two fields to * (asterisk ) or 1, whatever, even your name, what matters only is the testing of existence(see below)
SELECT Portal_GroupRoles.RoleId, Portal_ClubGroups.ClubId
FROM Portal_GroupRoles
INNER JOIN Portal_ClubGroups
ON Portal_GroupRoles.GroupId = Portal_ClubGroups.GroupId
-- here is your IN (the testing of existence):
WHERE Portal_GroupRoles.RoleId = derivedtbl_1.RoleId AND
AND derivedtbl_1.ClubId = derivedtbl_1.ClubId
)
alternatively:
SELECT
/*
your selected fields, joins here
*/
JOIN
(
SELECT Portal_GroupRoles.RoleId, Portal_ClubGroups.ClubId
FROM Portal_GroupRoles
INNER JOIN Portal_ClubGroups
ON Portal_GroupRoles.GroupId = Portal_ClubGroups.GroupId
) X
-- here is your IN:
ON X.RoleId = derivedtbl_1.RoleId
AND X.ClubId = derivedtbl_1.ClubId

Answer 4

Yours is useful syntax and is supported in standard SQL. It is not yet implemented in SQL Server but you may vote for its inclusion here.

Answer 5

You have to separate in two clauses
where col1 in (...) AND col2 in (...)
or you could refactor it a little bit
select * FROM (
SELECT NEWID() AS guid, UserID, RoleId, ClubId, 0 AS GroupRole FROM dbo.Portal_UserRoles
UNION
SELECT NEWID() AS guid, dbo.Portal_UserGroups.UserId, dbo.Portal_GroupRoles.RoleId, dbo.Portal_UserGroups.ClubId, dbo.Portal_GroupRoles.GroupId AS GroupRoles FROM dbo.Portal_GroupRoles INNER JOIN dbo.Portal_UserGroups ON dbo.Portal_GroupRoles.GroupId = dbo.Portal_UserGroups.GroupId)
AS derivedtbl_1, Portal_GroupRoles, Portal_ClubGroup
where derivedtbl_1.RoleId = Portal_GroupRoles.RoleId
and derivedtbl_1.ClubId = Portal_ClubGroups.ClubId
and Portal_GroupRoles.GroupId = Portal_ClubGroups.GroupId