I'm coming back to Sql Server after 4 years away, using other RDBMS,
and there's a few things I'm struggling to remember how to do (if I
could do them in the first place...)
Main amongst those is EXCEPT syntax.
In DB2, if I have two sets of data and I want to exclude the second set
from the first, I can do:
SELECT col1, col2, col3, ... colN
FROM table1
EXCEPT
SELECT col1, col2, col3, ... colN
FROM table2
;
But SQL Server balks at this. I've had a quick look in the T-SQL help
for EXCEPT, but I didn't find that particularly enlightening. Any
pointers as to how I should be doing this?
These two T-SQL statements return the same results.
If Microsoft deemed it necessary to add the EXCEPT command, then what are its advantages over an INNER JOIN
-- LIST ONLY PRODUCTS THAT ARE ON A WORK ORDER
USE AdventureWorks2008R2; GO SELECT ProductID FROM Production.Product INTERSECT SELECT ProductID FROM Production.WorkOrder ;
USE AdventureWorks2008R2; GO SELECT DISTINCT Production.WorkOrder.ProductID FROM Production.Product INNER JOIN Production.WorkOrder ON Production.WorkOrder.ProductID = Production.Product.ProductID
Here's the scenario. I have a table (let's call it MyTable) that consists of four fields: Id, Source, FirstField, and SecondField, where Source only takes one of two values: Source1 and Source2.
The records in this table look as follows:
I need to return, using 3 different T-SQL queries:
1) Products that exist only in Source2 (in red above)
2) Products that exist only in Source1 (in green above)
3) Products that exist both in Source1 and Source2 (in black above)
For 1) so far I've been doing something along the lines of
SELECT * FROM MyTable WHERE Source=Source1 AND FirstField NOT IN (SELECT DISTINCT(FirstField) FROM MyTable WHERE Source=Source2)
Not being a T-SQL expert myself, I'm wondering if this is the right or more efficient way to go. I have read about INTERSECT and EXCEPT, but I am a little unclear if they could be applied in this case out of the box.
I have 2 Tables one called Reps and the other called STORES I need to use a UNION statement but my Server is saying that the "UNION" is ERROR The Query Designer does not support the UNION SQL construct.
What command would I use to put these 2 tables together? HELP!
I have a query which does 3 selects and Union ALLs each to get a final result set. The performance is unacceptable - takes around a minute to run. If I remove the Union All so that the result sets are returned individually it returns all 3 from the query in around 6 seconds (acceptable performance).
Any way to join the result sets together without using Union All.
Each result set has exactly the same structure returned...
Query below [for reference]...
WITH cte AS ( SELECT A.[PoleID], ISNULL(B.[IsSpanClear], 0) AS [IsSpanClear], B.[SurveyDate], ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY A.[PoleID] ORDER BY B.[SurveyDate] DESC) rownum FROM[UT_Pole] A LEFT OUTER JOIN [UT_Surveyed_Pole] B ON A.[PoleID] = B.[PoleID]
I want to be able to intersect many tables. I am building my query from vb code in asp .net based on key fields entered in a search engine box.my query should look like this, which will return the rows that will have the values var, var_2, var_3 in any columns. All three must be in a row for it to be a hit. I cant get this to work in ms sql. I don't know if it supports this feature.select * from t where column1 Like '%var%' or column2 like '%var%' or column3 like '%var%'intersect select * from t where column1 Like '%var_2%' or column2 like '%var_2%' or column3 like '%var_2%'intersectselect * from t where column1 Like '%var_3%' or column2 like '%var_3%' or column3 like '%var_3%' I also googled around and found a where exists... But cant seem to figure out how to do multiple tables:select * from t where exists (select * from t where column1 Like '%var_3%' or column2 like '%var_3%' or column3 like '%var_3%') i would like to add multiple conditions to the where exists table. Could anyone please tell me what I am doing wrong.
I have: 4 tables and 1 table variable. CCenters (ID, Name) Campaigns (ID, Name) Rel (ID, CCenterID, CampaignID) - [many to many] and @SCampaigns (ID, CampaignID) - represents the selected campaigns by the user
performing the commands below I would get the centers associated with the campaigns selected.SELECT CCenterID FROM Rel INNER JOIN @Campaigns ON @SCampaigns.CampaignID = Rel.CampaignID But what I really want are the common centers to the selected campaigns. Thanks
Hi,I've used the minus functionality which is available in Oracle andi would like to use it in SQL server, but i don't know how to. Thefolllowing is how it works in OracleSelect symbols from symbol_tableminusselect tsymbols from tradeIt returns a list of all the symbols from symbol_table which are notpresent in trade.Similarly, the intersect will return only those which are common toboth.I was wondering if someone throw some light on this problem for me.Thanks in advance,Sumanth
I am trying to update all records in #newtable that exist in #mastertable. I have been using Intersect to show me the duplicate records, but now I need to update a field in #newtable This was my syntax to show the records that exist in both tables, how can I change this to an update statement? The field in #newtable I want to update is [alreadyexists] and I want to update it with a yes value
So update #newtable set [alreadyexists] = 'yes' select uno, mucha, pablo, company from #Newtable intersect select uno, mucha, pablo, company from #mastertable
Hi,We are in the process of buying a new server to run mssql. Howeverbefore this as a tempory fix to using a msaccess backend i believethrough odbc i need to address the following issue:SELECT ai.entry_date as CallTime,ai.agent_login as AgentsLogin,ai.campaign as MarketingCampaign,ai.agent_input2 as ProductsSold,ai.first_name as Cust_FirstName,ai.last_name as Cust_LastName,ai.agent_input1 as Cust_PersonalNumber,ai.street_address as Cust_AddressStreet,ai.city as Cust_AddressCity,ai.state as Cust_AddressState,ai.zip as Cust_AddressZIP,rec.file_name as AgreementRecordingFileFROM agent_input ai, leads l, recordings recWHERE ai.whole_phone_number = l.whole_phone_number ANDl.call_status = 1110 ANDrec.whole_phone_number = l.whole_phone_number ANDrec.last_name = l.last_name ANDrec.agent = ai.agent_login ANDrec.campaign = l.campaign ANDlast_call_date between #04/24/2006 12:00 AM# and #04/25/2006 11:59 PM#ORDER BY ai.agent_login, ai.entry_dateI want to make the recordings entry optional so the same results comeout whether it matches a recording or not. If it does i want it topopulate the AgreementRecordingFile column above, if not just put a ''as you would with '' as AgreementRecordFile.Does anyone know how you can do this, in a access based database systemusing SQL through i believe ODBC?ThanksDavid
What i need to perform is a check that compares the data stored in both tables in order to know if there is any difference between them. Of course, the structure of both tables are the same.
I use the SP sp_addlinkedserver to link the servers, but the problem is that EXCEPT and INTERSECT didn't work.
I have a table (let's call it MyTable) that consists of four fields:
Id, Source, FirstField, and SecondField, where Source only takes one of two values: Source1 and Source2. The records in this table look as follows:
Id Source FirstField Secondfield
1 Source1 Product 3 name Product 3 description
[code]...
I need to return, using 3 different T-SQL queries:
1) Products that exist only in Source2 (in red above) 2) Products that exist only in Source1 (in green above) 3) Products that exist both in Source1 and Source2 (in black above)
For 1) so far I've been doing something along the lines of SELECT * FROM MyTable WHERE Source=Source1 AND FirstField NOT IN (SELECT DISTINCT (FirstField) FROM MyTable WHERE Source=Source2)
I have read about INTERSECT and EXCEPT, but I am a little unclear if they could be applied in this case out of the box.
This provides a good example for my situation. In this example, you will see a Movie dimension with four attributes; Genre, Language, Movie, and Theme. I have a similar setup except mine is Top Level Hierarchy>Categories>Values which are all under the one hierarchy.
My Question: I have the dimension setup as a multi-value parameter in one of my reports. When I filter on a value in Genre and in Language, it provides all values from that genre and all values from that language. I really only want the values that include both.
If I filter on Western and English, I get Movie1-5 when all I really want is Movie2 only. Is there any way to have this do an Intersect within the same dimension or do I have to build each one out into its own dimension?
I'm working on a softwear and I have to create some Update. This softwear used first MS Access as a database, and now I have to create the code which allows it to use MS SQL-server. This softwear is created in VB6.
I've got some error when I'm using the UNION ALL function. This error appears: "incorrect syntax towards the key word ' union' "
'dalafouzos: 24/09/2002 I added the lines below to include the DLR entries in the ol_old table SQLStmt = SQLStmt & " union all select * from ol_table_old where [Subject_no] = " & dlr_subject & " " ord$ = SQL_Order() SQLStmt = SQLStmt & ord$
'GOpenLocalDb (FOR_READ) ' open the database Set DLRset = New ADODB.Recordset DLRset.CursorLocation = adUseClient DLRset.Open SQLStmt, g_objConn, adOpenKeyset, adLockReadOnly, adCmdText "
when the error appears the value of SQLStmt is :
"select * from ol_table_temp where [Subject_no] = 1020 Order by [Date] DESC, [Time] DESC union all select * from ol_table_old where [Subject_no] = 1020 Order by [Date] DESC, [Time] DESC "
I have created a phone list and am using a union to be able to display letter category. However, what I would like to do is only show the letter category if their is an employee with the corresponding last name.
For example, if someone does not have a last name starting with "Z", then "Z" should not show up on my report.
SELECT LastName, FirstName, Dept, Phone UNION ALL
SELECT v.letter,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL FROM (VALUES('A'),('B'),('C'),('D'),('E'),('F'),('G'),('H'),('I'),('J'),('K'),('L'),('M'),('N'),('O'),('P'),('Q'),('R'),('S'),('T'),('U'),('V'),('W'),('X'),('Y'),('Z')) AS v(letter) ORDER BY vchLastName, vchFirstName
I'm importing an Excel spreadsheet into SQL Server using the spreadsheet as a linked server. I've written the following query to do so:
Use TESTDB go
SELECT * INTO VTAble FROM LINKSER...[DIST1$] UNION ALL SELECT * FROM LINKSER...[DIST2$] UNION ALL SELECT * FROM LINKSER...[DIST3$] UNION ALL SELECT * FROM LINKSER...[DIST4$] UNION ALL SELECT * FROM LINKSER...[DIST5$] UNION ALL SELECT * FROM LINKSER...[DIST6$] UNION ALL SELECT * FROM LINKSER...[DIST7$]
.... and it continues for 28 tables.
The spreadsheet tables are suposed to be identical, however I receive this error:
Msg 205, Level 16, State 1, Line 2
All queries combined using a UNION, INTERSECT or EXCEPT operator must have an equal number of expressions in their target lists.
I'm guessing that in a couple places in the spreadsheet their is some variance in the data. I've experimented with running the query without SELECT statements for certain tables and have identified that there is something wrong with those tables. Is there a more systematic way I can locate the spreadsheet errors?
I have a Union All transformation with 4 inputs and one output when I debug the package the sum of the different inputs rows does not match the row count in output.
I don't understand, I've used the Union All transform many times and I've never seen this.
I have TSQL query using UNION ALL. First subset returns 92 rows, second subset return 0 (ZERO) rows. Now if I execute them separately they execute subsecond. If I put UNION ALL between them then it hangs forever exactly on 88s row.
I understand I need to provide execution plans, actual queries etc but before going into all this details, why on earth even in theory UNION ALL with empty result will result in a hang of the first subset?
Based on estimated execution plan 2 subqueries are performed in parallel and then CONCATENTION is being used which shall result with just first subset immediately displayed in result.
Estimated execution plan attached, I can not get actual execution plan because query never completes.
I have a query which wants to union join the data. no matter how many times I tried, I got an error. How to change my union query?
select distinct b.lev5 AS "LEVEL 1",b.lev5NAME, C.lev7 "FUND", C.lev7NAME,round (sum(a.data),2) AS AMOUNT (Select distinct b.lev5 from bf_data a inner join bf_orgn_cnsl_tbl b on a.bf_orgn_cd = b.bf_orgn_cd
What I am trying to accomplish is to make a few extra columns with specified date ranges.
I have FY14 date range in the parameters at the top .. I would like to add a FY 15 column so the year would move up by 1.and also I need to add 2 more columns Prior year current month and This year, current month.
<code> DECLARE @Fy14_start datetime DECLARE @Fy14_end datetime SET @Fy14_start = '2013-07-01' SET @Fy14_end = '2014-06-30' SELECT x.ACCOUNT_NAME, X.STATUS_CODE, COUNT(X.PATIENT_CODE) AS FY14
i've tried using the SELECT SQL sentence on PPC with UNION and INNER JOIN in combination with DATEDIFF function which works fine on ordinary SQL but obviously does not work on compact edition. Is there some workaround?
SQL sentence that works:
Code Snippet
SELECT * FROM ( SELECT 'O' Type, O.Name , OC.Name Contact, Birthday FROM OutletContact OC INNER JOIN Outlet O ON OC.OutletID=O.OutletID UNION SELECT 'W' Type, W.Name,WC.Name Contact, Birthday FROM WholesalerContact WC INNER JOIN Wholesaler W ON W.WholesalerID=WC.WholesalerID ) S WHERE Birthday IS NOT NULL AND (DATEDIFF(day,GETDATE(),Birthday) BETWEEN 0 AND 14)
I am trying to run a UNION ALL query in SQL SERVER 2014 on multiple large CSV files - the result of which i want to get into a table in SQL Server. below is the query which works in MSAccess but not on SQL Server 2014:
SELECT * INTO tbl_ALLCOMBINED FROM OPENROWSET ( 'Microsoft.JET.OLEDB.4.0' , 'Text;Database=D:DownloadsCSV;HDR=YES', 'SELECT t.*, (substring(t.[week],3,4))*1 as iYEAR, ''SPAIN'' as [sCOUNTRY], ''EURO'' as [sCHAR],
[Code] ....
What i need is:
1] to create the resultant tbl_ALLCOMBINED table
2] transform this table using PIVOT command with following transformation as shown below:
PAGEFIELD: set on Level = 'Item' COLUMNFIELD: Sale_Week (showing 1 to 52 numbers for columns) ROWFIELD: sCOUNTRY, sCHAR, CATEGORY, MANUFACTURER, BRAND, DESCRIPTION, EAN (in this order) DATAFIELD: 'Sale Value with Innovation'
3] Can the transformed form show columnfields >255 columns i.e. if i want to show all KPI values in datafield?
P.S: the CSV's contain the same number of columns and datatype but the columns are >100, so i dont think it will be feasible to use a stored proc to create a table specifying that number of columns.
