I am trying to apply a Red / Amber / Green logic put in place for reporting purposes.
COLUMN_NAME will have a string of three characters with combinations of the letters 'R', 'A' and 'G.
I am trying to apply the logic:
If COLUMN_NAME contains 'R' THEN MAJOR_ISSUE
If Column COntains 'A' and NOT 'R' THEN MINOR_ISSUE
ELSE OK
Can you please tell me how I can ammend the SQL Update statement below to achieve this?
UPDATE DBO.TABLE_NAME
SET [COLUMN_RESULT] =
(
CASE WHEN COLUMN_NAME LIKE '%R%'THEN 'MAJOR_ISSUE'
WHEN COLUMN_NAME LIKE '%A%' ***AND NOT LIKE %R%*** THEN 'MINOR ISSUE'
ELSE 'OK'
END
)
Any help would be appreciated
AND is a logical operator, you need two complete boolean expressions on either side.
boolean AND boolean
LIKE is a boolean operator, which needs a string on either side.
string LIKE string
So...
WHEN COLUMN_NAME LIKE '%A%' AND COLUMN_NAME NOT LIKE '%R%' THEN 'MINOR ISSUE'
Or, with brackets to make it more obvious...
WHEN (COLUMN_NAME LIKE '%A%') AND (COLUMN_NAME NOT LIKE '%R%') THEN 'MINOR ISSUE'
A case expression checks the conditions in order, so you don't need to check for conditions that have already been processed:
update DBO.Table_Name
set Column_Result = case
when Column_Name like '%R%' then 'MAJOR_ISSUE'
-- At this point Column_Name cannot contain an 'R'.
when Column_Name like '%A%' then 'MINOR_ISSUE'
else 'OK' end;
Note that there have been various issues where case evaluates expressions without short-circuiting, e.g. a divide-by-zero might occur when you have already checked for a zero value because the expressions are being evaluated out-of-order.
Related
In TSQL, the string in the database record is 'A/A/A' or 'A/B/A' (examples). I want to parse the string and for the first instance return '1'; in the 2nd instance, return '2'. That is, if all the values between the separators are the same, return a value; otherwise return another value. What is the best way to do this?
A bit blind answer:
Read the whole value in a variable. Read the first value part in another:
declare #entire nvarchar(max), #single nvarchar(max)
select/set #entire=....
set #single=left(#entire,charindex('/',#entire)-1)
Compare entire with #single replicated after removing slashes:
set #entire=replace(#entire,'/','')
select case when replicate(#single,len(#entire)/len(#single))=#entire
then 1 else 0 end as [What you want]
Something like this should work:
SELECT
x.*,
CASE
WHEN N > 1 THEN 0
ELSE 1
END Result
FROM (
SELECT
t.Column1,
t.Column2,
t.Column3,
t.SomeColumn,
COUNT(DISTINCT s.value) N
FROM dbo.YourTable t
OUTER APPLY STRING_SPLIT(t.SomeColumn,'/') s
GROUP BY
t.Column1,
t.Column2,
t.Column3,
t.SomeColumn
) x
;
Based on your simple example (no edge cases accounted for) the following should work for you:
select string, iif(replace(s,v,'')='',1,0) as Result
from t
cross apply (
values(left(string,charindex('/', string)-1),(replace(string,'/','')))
)s(v,s);
Example Fiddle
In DB2 SQL, is it possible to SET a variable with the contents of a returned field in the SELECT statement, to use multiple times for calculated fields and criteria further along in the same SELECT statement?
The purpose is to shrink and streamline the code, by doing a calculation once at the beginning and using it multiple times later on...including the HAVING, WHERE, and ORDER BY.
To be honest, I'm not sure this is possible in any version of SQL, much less DB2.
This is on an IBM iSeries 8202 with DB2 SQL v6, which unfortunately is not a candidate for upgrade at this time. This is a very old & messy database, which I have no control over. I must regularly include "cleanup functions" in my SQL.
To to clarify the question, note the following pseudocode. Actual working code follows further below.
DECLARE smnum INTEGER --Not sure if this is correct.
SELECT
-- This is where I'm not sure what to do.
SET CAST((CASE WHEN %smnum%='' THEN '0' ELSE %smnum% END) AS INTEGER) INTO smnum,
%smnum% AS sm,
invdat,
invno,
daqty,
dapric,
dacost,
(dapric-dacost)*daqty AS profit
FROM
saleshistory
WHERE
%smNum% = 30
ORDER BY
%smnum%
Below is my actual working SQL. When adjusted for 2017 or 2016, it can return >10K rows, depending on the salesperson. The complete table has >22M rows.
That buttload of CASE((CAST... function is what I wish to replace with a variable. This is not the only example of this. If I can make it work, I have many other queries that could benefit from the technique.
SELECT
CAST((CASE WHEN TRIM(DASM#)='' THEN '0' ELSE TRIM(DASM#) END) AS INTEGER) AS DASM,
DAIDAT,
DAINV# AS DAINV,
DALIN# AS DALIN,
CAST(TRIM(DAITEM) AS INTEGER) AS DAITEM,
TRIM(DABSW) AS DABSW,
TRIM(DAPCLS) AS DAPCLS,
DAQTY,
DAPRIC,
DAICOS,
DADPAL,
(DAPRIC-DAICOS+DADPAL)*DAQTY AS PROFIT
FROM
VIPDTAB.DAILYV
WHERE
CAST((CASE WHEN TRIM(DASM#)='' THEN '0' ELSE TRIM(DASM#) END) AS INTEGER)=30 AND
TRIM(DABSW)='B' AND
DAIDAT BETWEEN (YEAR(CURDATE())*10000) AND (((YEAR(CURDATE())+1)*10000)-1) AND
CAST(TRIM(DACOMP) AS INTEGER)=1
ORDER BY
CAST((CASE WHEN TRIM(DASM#)='' THEN '0' ELSE TRIM(DASM#) END) AS INTEGER),
DAIDAT,
DAINV#,
DALIN#
Just use a subquery or CTE. I can't figure out the actual logic you want, but the structure looks like this:
select . . .
from (select d.*,
(CASE . . . END) as calc_field
from VIPDTAB.DAILYV d
) d
No variable declaration is needed.
Here is what your SQL would look like with the sub-query that Gordon suggested:
SELECT
DASM,
DAIDAT,
DAINV# AS DAINV,
DALIN# AS DALIN,
CAST(DAITEM AS INTEGER) AS DAITEM,
TRIM(DABSW) AS DABSW,
TRIM(DAPCLS) AS DAPCLS,
DAQTY,
DAPRIC,
DAICOS,
DADPAL,
(DAPRIC-DAICOS+DADPAL)*DAQTY AS PROFIT
FROM
(SELECT
D.*,
CAST((CASE WHEN D.DASM#='' THEN '0' ELSE D.DASM# END) AS INTEGER) AS DASM
FROM VIPDTAB.DAILYV D
) D
WHERE
DASM=30 AND
TRIM(DABSW)='B' AND
DAIDAT BETWEEN (YEAR(CURDATE())*10000) AND (((YEAR(CURDATE())+1)*10000)-1) AND
CAST(DACOMP AS INTEGER)=1
ORDER BY
DASM,
DAIDAT,
DAINV#,
DALIN#
Notice that I removed a lot of the trim() functions, and you could likely remove the rest. The way IBM resolves the Varchar vs. Char comparison thing is by ignoring trailing blanks. So trim(anything) = '' is the same as anything = ''. And since cast(' 123 ' as integer) = 123, I have removed trims from within the cast functions as well. In addition trim(dabsw) = 'B' is the same as dabsw = 'B' as long as the 'B' is the first character in dabsw. So you could even remove that trim if all you are concerned with is trailing blanks.
Here are some additional notes based on comments. The above paragraph is not talking about auto-trim. Fixed length fields will always return as fixed length fields, the trailing blanks will remain. But in comparisons and expressions where trailing blanks are unimportant, or even a hindrance, they are ignored. In expressions where trailing blanks are important, like concatenation, the trailing blanks are not ignored. Another thing, trim() removes both leading and trailing blanks. If you are using trim() to read a fixed length character field into a Varchar, then rtrim() is likely the better choice as it only removes the trailing blanks.
Also, I didn't go through your fields to make sure I got everything you need, I just used * in the sub-query. For performance, it would be best to only return the fields you need. So if you replace D.* with an actual field list, you can remove the correlation name in the from clause of the sub-query. But, the sub-query itself still needs a correlation clause.
My verification was done using IBM i v7.1.
You can encapsalate the case statement in a view. I even have the fancy profit calc in there for you to order by profit. Now the biggest issue you have is the CCSID on the view for calculated columns but that's another question.
create or replace view VIPDTAB.DAILYVQ as
SELECT
CAST((CASE WHEN TRIM(DASM#)='' THEN '0' ELSE TRIM(DASM#) END) AS INTEGER) AS DASM,
DAIDAT,
DAINV# AS DAINV,
DALIN# AS DALIN,
CAST(TRIM(DAITEM) AS INTEGER) AS DAITEM,
TRIM(DABSW) AS DABSW,
TRIM(DAPCLS) AS DAPCLS,
DAQTY,
DAPRIC,
DAICOS,
DADPAL,
(DAPRIC-DAICOS+DADPAL)*DAQTY AS PROFIT
FROM
VIPDTAB.DAILYV
now you can
select dasm, count(*) from vipdtab.dailyvq where dasm = 0 group by dasm order by dasm
or
select * from vipdtab.dailyvq order by profit desc
I have the following case statement to prepare as a dynamic as shown below:
Example:
I have the case statement:
case cola
when cola between '2001-01-01' and '2001-01-05' then 'G1'
when cola between '2001-01-10' and '2001-01-15' then 'G2'
when cola between '2001-01-20' and '2001-01-25' then 'G3'
when cola between '2001-02-01' and '2001-02-05' then 'G4'
when cola between '2001-02-10' and '2001-02-15' then 'G5'
else ''
end
Note: Now I want to create dynamic case statement because of the values dates and name passing as a parameter and it may change.
Declare
dates varchar = '2001-01-01to2001-01-05,2001-01-10to2001-01-15,
2001-01-20to2001-01-25,2001-02-01to2001-02-05,
2001-02-10to2001-02-15';
names varchar = 'G1,G2,G3,G4,G5';
The values in the variables may change as per the requirements, it will be dynamic. So the case statement should be dynamic without using loop.
You may not need any function for this, just join to a mapping data-set:
with cola_map(low, high, value) as (
values(date '2001-01-01', date '2001-01-05', 'G1'),
('2001-01-10', '2001-01-15', 'G2'),
('2001-01-20', '2001-01-25', 'G3'),
('2001-02-01', '2001-02-05', 'G4'),
('2001-02-10', '2001-02-15', 'G5')
-- you can include as many rows, as you want
)
select table_name.*,
coalesce(cola_map.value, '') -- else branch from case expression
from table_name
left join cola_map on table_name.cola between cola_map.low and cola_map.high
If your date ranges could collide, you can use DISTINCT ON or GROUP BY to avoid row duplication.
Note: you can use a simple sub-select too, I used a CTE, because it's more readable.
Edit: passing these data (as a single parameter) can be achieved by passing a multi-dimensional array (or an array of row-values, but that requires you to have a distinct, predefined composite type).
Passing arrays as parameters can depend on the actual client (& driver) you use, but in general, you can use the array's input representation:
-- sql
with cola_map(low, high, value) as (
select d[1]::date, d[2]::date, d[3]
from unnest(?::text[][]) d
)
select table_name.*,
coalesce(cola_map.value, '') -- else branch from case expression
from table_name
left join cola_map on table_name.cola between cola_map.low and cola_map.high
// client pseudo code
query = db.prepare(sql);
query.bind(1, "{{2001-01-10,2001-01-15,G2},{2001-01-20,2001-01-25,G3}}");
query.execute();
Passing each chunk of data separately is also possible with some clients (or with some abstractions), but this is highly depends on your driver/orm/etc. you use.
I want to search a column and get values where value containts \ .
I tried select * from "Values" where "ValueName" like '\'. But returns no value.
Also tried like "\" and like'\''%' etc. But no results.
See the DB2 Documentation on the LIKE predicate, in particular the parts about escape expressions.
What you want is
select * from Values where ValueName like '\\%' escape '\'
To give an example of usage:
create table backslash_escape_test
(
backslash_escape_test_column varchar(20)
);
insert into backslash_escape_test(backslash_escape_test_column)
values ('foo\');
insert into backslash_escape_test(backslash_escape_test_column)
values ('no slashes here');
insert into backslash_escape_test(backslash_escape_test_column)
values ('foo\bar');
insert into backslash_escape_test(backslash_escape_test_column)
values ('\bar');
select count(*) from backslash_escape_test where
backslash_escape_test_column like '%\\%' escape '\';
returns 3 (all 3 rows with \ in them).
select count(*) from backslash_escape_test where
backslash_escape_test_column like '\\%' escape '\';
returns 1 (the \bar row).
select * from Values where ValueName like '%\\%'
values is a not so good name because it may be confused with the values keyword
Don't escape it. You just need wildcards around it like this:
select count(*)
from escape_test
where test_column like '%\%'
But, suppose you really do need to escape the slash. Here's a simpler, more straightforward answer:
The escape-expression allows you to specify whatever character for escaping that you wish. So why use a character that you're looking for, thus requiring you to escape it? Use any other character instead. I'll use a plus sign as an example, but it could be a backslash, pound-sign, question-mark, anything other than a character you are looking for or one of the wildcard characters (% or _).
select count(*)
from escape_test
where test_column like '%\%' escape '+';
Now you don't have to add anything into your like-pattern.
To hold myself to the same standard of proof that #Michael demonstrated --
create table escape_test
( test_column varchar(20) );
insert into escape_test
(test_column)
values ('foo\'),
('no slashes here'),
('foo\bar'),
('\bar');
select 'test1' trial, count(*) result
from escape_test
where test_column like '%\%'
UNION
select 'test2', count(*)
from escape_test
where test_column like '%\\%' escape '\'
UNION
select 'test3', count(*)
from escape_test
where test_column like '%\%' escape '+'
;
Which returns the same number of rows for each method:
TRIAL RESULT
----- ------
test1 3
test2 3
test3 3
I have a table with a varchar column, and I want to find values that match a certain number. So lets say that column contains the following entries (except with millions of rows in real life):
123456789012
2345678
3456
23 45
713?2
00123456789012
So I decide I want all the rows which are numerically 123456789012 write a statement that looks something like this:
SELECT * FROM MyTable WHERE CAST(MyColumn as bigint) = 123456789012
It should return the first and last row, but instead the whole query blows up because it can't convert the "23 45" and "713?2" to bigint.
Is there another way to do the conversion that will return NULL for values that can't convert?
SQL Server does NOT guarantee boolean operator short-circuit, see On SQL Server boolean operator short-circuit. So all solution using ISNUMERIC(...) AND CAST(...) are fundamentally flawed (they may work, but hey can arbitrarily fail later dependiong on the generated plan). A better solution is using CASE, as Thomas suggests: CASE ISNUMERIC(...) WHEN 1 THEN CAST(...) ELSE NULL END. But, as gbn pointed out, ISNUMERIC is notoriously finicky in identifying what 'numeric' means and many cases where one would expect it to return 0 it returns 1. So mixing the CASE with the LIKE:
CASE WHEN MyRow NOT LIKE '%[^0-9]%' THEN CAST(MyRow as bigint) ELSE NULL END
But the real problem is that if you have millions of rows and you have to search them like this, you'll always end up scanning end-to-end since the expression is not SARG-able (no matter how we rewrite it). The real issue here is data purity, and should be addressed at the appropriate level, where the data is populated. Another thing to consider is if is possible to create a persisted computed column with this expression and create a filtered index on it which eliminates NULL (ie. non-numeric). That would speed up things a little.
If you are using SQL Server 2012 you can use the 2 new methods:
TRY_CAST()
TRY_CONVERT()
Both methods are equivalent. They return a value cast to the specified data type if the cast succeeds; otherwise, returns null. The only difference is that CONVERT is SQL Server specific, CAST is ANSI. using CAST will make your code more portable (although not sure if any other database provider implements TRY_CAST)
ISNUMERIC will accept empty string and values like 1.23 or 5E-04 so could be unreliable.
And you don't know what order things will be evaluated in so it could still fail (SQL is declarative, not procedural, so the WHERE clause probably won't be evaluated left to right)
So:
you want to accept value that consist only of the characters 0-9
you need to materialise the "number" filter so it's applied before CAST
Something like:
SELECT
*
FROM
(
SELECT TOP 2000000000 *
FROM MyTable
WHERE MyColumn NOT LIKE '%[^0-9]%' --double negative rejects anything except 0-9
ORDER BY MyColumn
) foo
WHERE
CAST(MyColumn as bigint) = 123456789012 --applied after number check
Edit: quick example that fails.
CREATE TABLE #foo (bigintstring varchar(100))
INSERT #foo (bigintstring )VALUES ('1.23')
INSERT #foo (bigintstring )VALUES ('1 23')
INSERT #foo (bigintstring )VALUES ('123')
SELECT * FROM #foo
WHERE
ISNUMERIC(bigintstring) = 1
AND
CAST(bigintstring AS bigint) = 123
SELECT *
FROM MyTable
WHERE ISNUMERIC(MyRow) = 1
AND CAST(MyRow as float) = 123456789012
The ISNUMERIC() function should give you what you need.
SELECT * FROM MyTable
WHERE ISNUMERIC(MyRow) = 1
AND CAST(MyRow as bigint) = 123456789012
And to add a case statement like Thomas suggested:
SELECT * FROM MyTable
WHERE CASE(ISNUMERIC(MyRow)
WHEN 1 THEN CAST(MyRow as bigint)
ELSE NULL
END = 123456789012
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms186272.aspx
SELECT *
FROM MyTable
WHERE (ISNUMERIC(MyColumn) = 1) AND (CAST(MyColumn as bigint) = 123456789012)
Additionally you can use a CASE statement in order to get null values.
SELECT
CASE
WHEN (ISNUMERIC(MyColumn) = 1) THEN CAST(MyColumn as bigint)
ELSE NULL
END AS 'MyColumnAsBigInt'
FROM tableName
If you require additional filtering, for numerics which are not valid to be cast to bigint, you can use the following instead of ISNUMERIC:
PATINDEX('%[^0-9]%',MyColumn)) = 0
If you need decimal values instead of integers, cast to float instead and change the regex to '%[^0-9.]%'