TSQL: Inserting missing records into table - tsql

Question

I am stuck at this T-SQL query.
I have table below
Age SectioName Cost
---------------------
1 Section1 100
2 Section1 200
1 Section2 500
3 Section2 100
4 Section2 200
Lets say for each section I can have maximum 5 Age. In above table there are some missing Ages. How do I insert missing Ages for each section. (Possibly without using cursor). The cost would be zero for missing Ages
So after the insertion the table should look like
Age SectioName Cost
---------------------
1 Section1 100
2 Section1 200
3 Section1 0
4 Section1 0
5 Section1 0
1 Section2 500
2 Section2 0
3 Section2 100
4 Section2 200
5 Section2 0
EDIT1
I should have been more clear with my question. The maximum age is dynamic value. It could be 5,6,10 or someother value but it will be always less than 25.

Answer 1

I think I got it
;WITH tally AS
(
SELECT 1 AS r
UNION ALL
SELECT r + 1 AS r
FROM tally
WHERE r < 5 -- this value could be dynamic now
)
select n.r, t.SectionName, 0 as Cost
from (select distinct SectionName from TempFormsSectionValues) t
cross join
(select ta.r FROM tally ta) n
where not exists
(select * from TempFormsSectionValues where YearsAgo = n.r and SectionName = t.SectionName)
order by t.SectionName, n.r

Answer 2

You can use this query to select missing value:
select n.num, t.SectioName, 0 as Cost
from (select distinct SectioName from table1) t
cross join
(select 1 as num union select 2 union select 3 union select 4 union select 5) n
where not exists
(select * from table1 where table1.age = n.num and table1.SectioName = t.SectioName)
It creates a Cartesian product of sections and numbers 1 to 5 and then selects those that doesn't exist yet. You can then use this query for the source of insert into your table.
SQL Fiddle (it has order by added to check the results easier but it's not necessary for inserting).

Answer 3

Use below query to generate missing rows
SELECT t1.Age,t1.Section,ISNULL(t2.Cost,0) as Cost
FROM
(
SELECT 1 as Age,'Section1' as Section,0 as Cost
UNION
SELECT 2,'Section1',0
UNION
SELECT 3,'Section1',0
UNION
SELECT 4,'Section1',0
UNION
SELECT 5,'Section1',0
UNION
SELECT 1,'Section2',0
UNION
SELECT 2,'Section2',0
UNION
SELECT 3,'Section2',0
UNION
SELECT 4,'Section2',0
UNION
SELECT 5,'Section2',0
) as t1
LEFT JOIN test t2
ON t1.Age=t2.Age AND t1.Section=t2.Section
ORDER BY Section,Age
SQL Fiddle
You can utilize above result set for inserting missing rows by using EXCEPT operator to exclude already existing rows in table -
INSERT INTO test
SELECT t1.Age,t1.Section,ISNULL(t2.Cost,0) as Cost
FROM
(
SELECT 1 as Age,'Section1' as Section,0 as Cost
UNION
SELECT 2,'Section1',0
UNION
SELECT 3,'Section1',0
UNION
SELECT 4,'Section1',0
UNION
SELECT 5,'Section1',0
UNION
SELECT 1,'Section2',0
UNION
SELECT 2,'Section2',0
UNION
SELECT 3,'Section2',0
UNION
SELECT 4,'Section2',0
UNION
SELECT 5,'Section2',0
) as t1
LEFT JOIN test t2
ON t1.Age=t2.Age AND t1.Section=t2.Section
EXCEPT
SELECT Age,Section,Cost
FROM test
SELECT * FROM test
ORDER BY Section,Age
http://www.sqlfiddle.com/#!3/d9035/11