MS-SQL getting case specific values - sql-server

We have a table LogicalTableSharing as follows:
For a specific requirement, we need to take PhysicalCompany of each TableCode into a variable.
We tried a case-based query as follows:
declare #tablecode varchar(50)
declare #inputcompany varchar(50)
declare #query nvarchar(2500)
set #inputcompany= 91
set #query = '
select '''+#inputcompany+''' AS inputcompany,
CASE WHEN lts.TableCode = ''tsctm005'' THEN lts.PhysicalCompany ELSE NULL END as tsctm005_company,
CASE WHEN lts.TableCode = ''tccom000'' THEN lts.PhysicalCompany ELSE NULL END as tccom000_company
from LogicalTableSharing lts
where lts.LogicalCompany = '''+#inputcompany+'''
'
EXEC sp_executesql #query
which obviously gives the result as
The desired output is
What is the right approach?

Try subqueries in a FROM-less SELECT. For performance you want an index on (logicalcompany, tablecode) (or the other way round depending on which is more selective).
SELECT #inputcompany inputcompany,
(SELECT TOP 1
physicalcompany
WHERE logicalcompany = #inputcompany
AND tablecode = 'tsctm005'
ORDER BY <some criteria>) tsctm005_company,
(SELECT TOP 1
physicalcompany
WHERE logicalcompany = #inputcompany
AND tablecode = 'tccom000'
ORDER BY <some criteria>) tccom000_company;
You should find <some criteria> to order by in case of multiple possible rows to decide which one takes precedence. Unless you just want a random one possibly each time you run the query another one, that is.

Related

Searching for multiple patterns in a string in T-SQL

In t-sql my dilemma is that I have to parse a potentially long string (up to 500 characters) for any of over 230 possible values and remove them from the string for reporting purposes. These values are a column in another table and they're all upper case and 4 characters long with the exception of two that are 5 characters long.
Examples of these values are:
USFRI
PROME
AZCH
TXJS
NYDS
XVIV. . . . .
Example of string before:
"Offered to XVIV and USFRI as back ups. No response as of yet."
Example of string after:
"Offered to and as back ups. No response as of yet."
Pretty sure it will have to be a UDF but I'm unable to come up with anything other than stripping ALL the upper case characters out of the string with PATINDEX which is not the objective.
This is unavoidably cludgy but one way is to split your string into rows, once you have a set of words the rest is easy; Simply re-aggregate while ignoring the matching values*:
with t as (
select 'Offered to XVIV and USFRI as back ups. No response as of yet.' s
union select 'Another row AZCH and TXJS words.'
), v as (
select * from (values('USFRI'),('PROME'),('AZCH'),('TXJS'),('NYDS'),('XVIV'))v(v)
)
select t.s OriginalString, s.Removed
from t
cross apply (
select String_Agg(j.[value], ' ') within group(order by Convert(tinyint,j.[key])) Removed
from OpenJson(Concat('["',replace(s, ' ', '","'),'"]')) j
where not exists (select * from v where v.v = j.[value])
)s;
* Requires a fully-supported version of SQL Server.
build a function to do the cleaning of one sentence, then call that function from your query, something like this SELECT Col1, dbo.fn_ReplaceValue(Col1) AS cleanValue, * FROM MySentencesTable. Your fn_ReplaceValue will be something like the code below, you could also create the table variable outside the function and pass it as parameter to speed up the process, but this way is all self contained.
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO
CREATE FUNCTION fn_ReplaceValue(#sentence VARCHAR(500))
RETURNS VARCHAR(500)
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE #ResultVar VARCHAR(500)
DECLARE #allValues TABLE (rowID int, sValues VARCHAR(15))
DECLARE #id INT = 0
DECLARE #ReplaceVal VARCHAR(10)
DECLARE #numberOfValues INT = (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM MyValuesTable)
--Populate table variable with all values
INSERT #allValues
SELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY MyValuesCol) AS rowID, MyValuesCol
FROM MyValuesTable
SET #ResultVar = #sentence
WHILE (#id <= #numberOfValues)
BEGIN
SET #id = #id + 1
SET #ReplaceVal = (SELECT sValue FROM #allValues WHERE rowID = #id)
SET #ResultVar = REPLACE(#ResultVar, #ReplaceVal, SPACE(0))
END
RETURN #ResultVar
END
GO
I suggest creating a table (either temporary or permanent), and loading these 230 string values into this table. Then use it in the following delete:
DELETE
FROM yourTable
WHERE col IN (SELECT col FROM tempTable);
If you just want to view your data sans these values, then use:
SELECT *
FROM yourTable
WHERE col NOT IN (SELECT col FROM tempTable);

Dynamic SQL - How to use a value from a result as a column name?

I am working on a dynamic SQL query for a MsSQL stored procedure.
There is a table search.ProfileFields that contains the actual column names in a table I need to query.
My goal is to have the SQL select the specific column in the table, dynamically from its parent query..
A little confusing, heres an example:
DECLARE #sql nvarchar(max)
SELECT #sql = '
SELECT
pfs.SectionID,
pfs.SectionName,
pfs.Link,
(
SELECT
pf.FieldID,
pf.FieldTitle,
pf.FieldSQL,
pf.Restricted,
pf.Optional,
(
SELECT
pf.FieldSQL
FROM
Resources.emp.EmployeeComplete as e
WHERE
e.QID = #QID
) as Value
FROM
search.ProfileFields as pf
WHERE
pf.SectionID = pfs.SectionID
ORDER BY
pf.[Order]
FOR XML PATH (''field''), ELEMENTS, TYPE, ROOT (''fields'')
)
FROM
search.ProfileFieldSections as pfs
WHERE
pfs.Status = 1
FOR XML PATH (''data''), ELEMENTS, TYPE, ROOT (''root'')'
PRINT #sql
EXECUTE sp_executesql #sql, N'#QID varchar(10)', #QID = #QID
In the inner most select. I am querying pf.FieldSQL. I am looking for the actual value that was received by the parent select.
search.ProfileFields has a column called FieldSQL with a few results such as Name, Age, Location.
That is what I am trying to get my inner most select to do.
SELECT Name FROM ... - Name in this case comes from the value of pf.FieldSQL.
How can I go about querying a dynamic column name in this situation?
Have a look at this answer for a couple of suggestions. If your table definition is complex or changes occasionally you probably should use pivot. Here's one that might work for you, so long as column names in the FieldSQL column are well defined, there are not too many of them, and they don't ever change or get added to:
DECLARE #sql nvarchar(max)
SELECT #sql = '
SELECT
pfs.SectionID,
pfs.SectionName,
pfs.Link,
(
SELECT
pf.FieldID,
pf.FieldTitle,
pf.FieldSQL,
pf.Restricted,
pf.Optional,
(
SELECT case pf.FieldSQL
when 'Name' then e.Name
when 'DOB' then convert(nvarchar(10), e.DOB, 126)
-- ... etc.
-- NOTE: may need to aggregated depending on uniqueness of QID:
-- when 'Name' then min(e.Name)
-- when 'DOB' then convert(nvarchar(10), min(e.DOB), 126)
end
FROM
Resources.emp.EmployeeComplete as e
WHERE
e.QID = #QID
) as Value
FROM
search.ProfileFields as pf
WHERE
pf.SectionID = pfs.SectionID
ORDER BY
pf.[Order]
FOR XML PATH (''field''), ELEMENTS, TYPE, ROOT (''fields'')
)
FROM
search.ProfileFieldSections as pfs
WHERE
pfs.Status = 1
FOR XML PATH (''data''), ELEMENTS, TYPE, ROOT (''root'')'
PRINT #sql
EXECUTE sp_executesql #sql, N'#QID varchar(10)', #QID = #QID
Take a look at "PIVOT" operators here PIVOT
Thisshould give you some ideas how to use them.

I am looking to rank search results in a SQL query

The query:
SELECT TOP 1000 t.columns
FROM dbo.teams as t
RIGHT JOIN fnParseString('Nugget,Tulsa',',') ps ON t.team_name LIKE '%'+ps.string+'%' OR t.nickname LIKE '%'+ps.string+'%'
This does return the results I want, but but the ordering isn't useful.
I may add more columns to the search.
How do I rank the rows based on accuracy and number of matched terms? I know it only needs to match one of the terms to be selected, is there a way to then count the number of terms that match the columns.
I see Need help with SQL for ranking search results but will the subselect work for an arbitrary number of search tokens
If you are open to some dynamic SQL
Declare #SearchFor varchar(max) ='Daily,Production,default' -- Any comma delim string
Declare #SearchFrom varchar(150) ='OD' -- table or even a join statemtn
Declare #SearchExpr varchar(150) ='[OD-Title]' -- Any field or even expression
Declare #ReturnCols varchar(150) ='[OD-Nr],[OD-Title]' -- Any field(s) even with alias
Set #SearchFor = 'Sign(CharIndex('''+Replace(Replace(Replace(#SearchFor,' , ',','),', ',''),',',''','+#SearchExpr+'))+Sign(CharIndex(''')+''','+#SearchExpr+'))'
Declare #SQL nvarchar(Max) = 'Select * from (Select Distinct'+#ReturnCols+',Hits='+#SearchFor+' From '+#SearchFrom + ') A Where Hits>0 Order by Hits Desc'
Exec(#SQL)
Returns
OD-Nr OD-Title Hits
3 Daily Production Summary 2
6 Default Settings 1
Non-dynamic option, for contrast. You'd have to add to the order by and the join as you add more columns to check.
SELECT TOP 1000 t.columns
FROM dbo.teams as t
RIGHT JOIN fnParseString('Nugget,Tulsa',',') ps
ON t.team_name LIKE '%'+ps.string+'%'
OR t.nickname LIKE '%'+ps.string+'%'
order by
case when t.team_name LIKE '%'+ps.string+'%' then 1 else 0 +
case when t.nickname LIKE '%'+ps.string+'%' then 1 else 0
desc

Execute multiple dynamic T-SQL statements and obtain a limited number of unique values while preserving order

I have a SourceTable and a table variable #TQueries containing various T-SQL predicates that target SourceTable.
The expected result is to dynamically generate SELECT statements that return a list of Id's as specified by the predicates in #TQueries. Each dynamically generated SELECT statement also needs to execute in a particular order, and the final set of values needs to be unique and the ordering must be preserved.
Fortunately, there's a limit to how many values need to be retrieved and how many dynamic queries need to be generated. The Id list should contain at most 10 Ids, and we don't expect more than 7 queries.
The following is a sample of this setup, not the actual data/database:
-- Set up some test data, this is quick and dirty just to provide some data to test against
IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.objects WHERE object_id = OBJECT_ID(N'[dbo].[SourceTable]') AND type in (N'U'))
BEGIN
-- Create a numbers table, sorta
SELECT TOP 20
IDENTITY(INT,1,1) AS Id,
ABS(CHECKSUM(NewId())) % 100 AS [SomeValue]
INTO [SourceTable]
FROM sysobjects a
END
DECLARE #TQueries TABLE (
[Ordinal] INT,
[WherePredicate] NVARCHAR(MAX),
[OrderByPredicate] NVARCHAR(MAX)
);
-- Simulate SELECTs with different order by that get different data due to varying WHERE clauses and ORDER conditions
INSERT INTO #TQueries VALUES ( 1, N'[Id] IN (6,11,13,7,10,3,15)', '[SomeValue] ASC' ) -- Sort Asc
INSERT INTO #TQueries VALUES ( 2, N'[Id] IN (9,15,14,20,17)', '[SomeValue] DESC' ) -- Sort Desc
INSERT INTO #TQueries VALUES ( 3, N'[Id] IN (20,10,1,16,11,19,9,15,17,6,2,3,13)', 'NEWID()' ) -- Sort Random
My main issue has been avoiding the use of a CURSOR or iterating through the rows one by one. The closest I've come to a set operation that meets this criteria is using a table variable to store the results of each query or a massive CTE.
Suggestions and comments are welcome.
Here's a solution that builds a single statement both to run all the queries and to return the results.
It uses a similar approach as in your answer when iterating over the #TQueries table, i.e. it also uses {...} tokens where column values from #TQuery should go, and it puts the values there with nested REPLACE() calls.
Other than that, it heavily depends on ranking functions, and I'm not sure if doesn't really abuse them. You'd need to test this method before deciding if it's better or worse than the one you've got so far.
DECLARE #QueryTemplate nvarchar(max), #FinalSQL nvarchar(max);
SET #QueryTemplate =
N'SELECT
[Id],
QueryRank = {Ordinal},
RowRank = ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY {OrderByPredicate})
FROM [dbo].[SourceTable]
WHERE {WherePredicate}
';
SET #FinalSQL =
N'WITH AllData AS (
' +
SUBSTRING(
(
SELECT
'UNION ALL ' +
REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(#QueryTemplate,
'{Ordinal}' , [Ordinal] ),
'{OrderByPredicate}', [OrderByPredicate]),
'{WherePredicate}' , [WherePredicate] )
FROM #TQueries
ORDER BY [Ordinal]
FOR XML PATH (''), TYPE
).value('.', 'nvarchar(max)'),
11, -- starting just after the first 'UNION ALL '
CAST(0x7FFFFFFF AS int) -- max int; no need to specify the exact length
) +
'),
RankedData AS (
SELECT
[Id],
QueryRank,
RowRank,
ValueRank = ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY [Id] ORDER BY QueryRank)
FROM AllData
)SELECT TOP (#top)
[Id]
FROM RankedData
WHERE ValueRank = 1
ORDER BY
QueryRank,
RowRank
';
PRINT #FinalSQL;
EXECUTE sp_executesql #FinalSQL, N'#top int', 10;
Basically, every subquery gets these auxiliary columns:
QueryRank – a constant value (within the subquery's result set) derived from [Ordinal];
RowRank – a ranking assigned to a row based on the [OrderByPredicate].
The result sets are UNIONed and then every entry of every unique value is again ranked (ValueRank) based on the query ranking.
When pulling the final result set, duplicates are suppressed (by the condition ValueRank = 1), and QueryRank and RowRank are used in the ORDER BY clause to preserve the original row order.
I used EXECUTE sp_executesql #query instead of EXECUTE (#query), because the former allows you to add parameters to the query. In particular, I parametrised the number of results to return (the argument of TOP). But you could certainly concatenate that value into the dynamic script directly, just like other things, if you prefer EXECUTE () over EXECUTE sq_executesql.
If you like, you can try this query at SQL Fiddle. (Note: the SQL Fiddle version replaces the #TQueries table variable with the TQueries table.)
This is what I've managed to piece together cobbled from my original response and improved upon by comments from #AndriyM
DECLARE #sql_prefix NVARCHAR(MAX);
SET #sql_prefix =
N'DECLARE #TResults TABLE (
[Ordinal] INT IDENTITY(1,1),
[ContentItemId] INT
);
DECLARE #max INT, #top INT;
SELECT #max = 10;';
DECLARE #sql_insert_template NVARCHAR(MAX), #sql_body NVARCHAR(MAX);
SET #sql_insert_template =
N'SELECT #top = #max - COUNT(*) FROM #TResults;
INSERT INTO #TResults
SELECT TOP (#top) [Id]
FROM [dbo].[SourceTable]
WHERE
{WherePredicate}
AND NOT EXISTS (
SELECT 1
FROM #TResults AS [tr]
WHERE [tr].[ContentItemId] = [SourceTable].[Id]
)
ORDER BY {OrderByPredicate};';
WITH Query ([Ordinal],[SqlCommand]) AS (
SELECT
[Ordinal],
REPLACE(REPLACE(#sql_insert_template, '{WherePredicate}', [WherePredicate]), '{OrderByPredicate}', [OrderByPredicate])
FROM #TQueries
)
SELECT
#sql_body = #sql_prefix + (
SELECT [SqlCommand]
FROM Query
ORDER BY [Ordinal] ASC
FOR XML PATH(''),TYPE).value('.', 'varchar(max)') + CHAR(13)+CHAR(10)
+N' SELECT * FROM #TResults ORDER BY [Ordinal]';
EXEC(#sql_body);
The basic idea is to use a table variable to hold the results of each query. I create a template for the SQL and replace the values in the template based on what is stored in #TQueries.
Once the entire script is completed I run it with EXEC.

How to add column dynamically in where clause

I want to include column in where clause depending on the condition.
e.g
select * From emp
where id=7,
and if(code is not null) then code=8;
how can i do this in sql server
If I understand you correct, you could make use of COALESCE.
COALESCE()
Returns the first nonnull expression
among its arguments.
SQL Statement
SELECT *
FROM emp
WHERE id=7
AND code = COALESCE(#code, code)
If code is a column rather than a variable the query in your question would be rewritten as follows.
SELECT *
FROM emp
WHERE id=7 AND (code IS NULL OR code=8)
You'll probably have to create a query dynamically, as a string, and then use the Execute method to actually execute it. This approach has some potentially optimization issues, but it's commonly done. You might wan to Google T-SQL Dynamic Query, or something like that.
Also use this in case of Null value in #var1.
Select * from ABC where Column1 = isNull(#var1, Column1)
here is the example:
declare #SQL varchar(500)
declare #var1 int
set int = 1
set #SQL = 'Select * from ABC Where 1 = 1'
if(#var1 = 1)
set #SQL + #SQL ' And column1 = ' #var1
exec(#SQL)
You can use COALESCE function.
Well,
I don't know if i understood your question, but i guess that you want to include the value of the code column in the results.
If i'm right it can be done in the select part instead of the where clause. i. e.
Select ..., case when code is not null then 8 else code end as code from emp where id = 7
The other interpretation is that you want to filter rows where code <> 8,that would be
Select * from emp where id = 7 and (code is null OR code = 8)

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