T-SQL Grouping Issue - sql-server

Question

I have 2 tables.
Contacts
ContactID pk
EmailAddress
FirstName
LastName
Address
Orders
OrderID pk
ContactID fk
I want to get the number or orders for each email address in Contacts like below
select
Contacts.EmailAddress,
count(distinct Orders.OrderID) AS NumOrders
from
Contacts inner join Orders on Contacts.ContactID = Orders.ContactID
group by
Contacts.EmailAddress
Problem is, I also want the first name, last name, address. But I can't group by those because each email address in Contacts could have a different first name, lastname or address associated with it.
ie:
myname#email.com, Fred, Jackson, 123 Main St
myname#email.com, Bob, Smith, 456 Spruce St.
How can I change my query so that I can get the first name, last name and address for the most recent entry made in Contacts for that email address?
Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

My first thought would be to use windowed functions.
SELECT EmailAddress,
FirstName,
Lastname,
[Address],
EmailOrderCount
FROM (SELECT c.EmailAddress,
c.FirstName,
c.LastName,
c.[Address],
COUNT(o.OrderID) OVER (PARTITION BY c.EmailAddress) EmailOrderCount,
ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY c.EmailAddress ORDER BY c.ContactID DESC) Rn
FROM Contacts c
JOIN Orders o ON c.ContactID = o.ContactID
) t
WHERE Rn = 1
Demo
another way would be to use CROSS APPLY to append the top 1 contact record to the summary rows.
SELECT c.EmailAddress,
COUNT(o.OrderID) NumOrders,
ca.FirstName,
ca.LastName,
ca.[Address]
FROM Contacts c
INNER JOIN Orders ON c.ContactId = o.ContactID
CROSS APPLY (
SELECT TOP 1
FirstName,
Lastname,
[Address]
FROM Contacts c2
WHERE c2.EmailAddress = c.EmailAddress
ORDER BY c2.ContactID DESC) ca
GROUP BY c.EmailAddress,
ca.FirstName,
ca.LastName,
ca.[Address]

Answer 2

Try this:
select
Contacts.Name,
Contacts.FirstName,
Contacts.LastName
Contacts.EmailAddress,
count(distinct Orders.OrderID) AS NumOrders
from
(
select max(ContactID) as ContactID,
EmailAddress
from Contacts
group by EmailAddress
) MinContactForEachEMailAddress
inner join
Contacts
on MinContactForEachEMailAddress.ContactID = Contacts.ContactID
inner join
Orders
on Contacts.ContactID = Orders.ContactID
group by
Contacts.EmailAddress

Answer 3

Another way to get what you want is using a CTE and taking the "maximum" row by using ROW_NUMBER.
;WITH CTE AS (
SELECT C.ContactId, C.Name, C.FirstName, C.LastName, C.EmailAddress,
ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY EmailAddress ORDER BY ContactId DESC) RowNo
FROM Contact C
)
SELECT CTE.*, COUNT(o.OrderID) OVER (PARTITION BY CTE.EmailAddress) Cnt
FROM CTE
JOIN Orders O on CTE.ContactID = O.ContactID
-- select the "maximum" row
WHERE CTE.RowNo = 1

Answer 4

An easy way to do this is to make your original query a subquery and select from it. I'm making a slight change, because it's a better practice to group by your primary key than your email address. (Is it a safe bet that each contact has just one email address, and that the basic intent is to group by person?) If so, try this:
SELECT DISTINCT c.EmailAddress, c.FirstName, c.LastName, c.Address, sub.NumOrders
FROM
(
select
Contacts.ContactID
count(distinct Orders.OrderID) AS NumOrders
from
Contacts inner join Orders on Contacts.ContactID = Orders.ContactID
group by
Contacts.ContactID
) sub
JOIN Contacts c
ON sub.ContactID = c.ContactID
If you really need to group by email address instead, then change the above subquery to your original query and change c.EmailAddress to sub.EmailAddress. Of course you may order the SELECT fields however best suits you.
Edit follows:
The ContactID must be a sequence number and you can continually put the same person in the table. So if you add the DISTINCT keyword in the outer query I believe that will give you what you need.