Get values from 2nd Table

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Get values from 2nd Table

kk_tech

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July 23, 2013 at 5:58 pm

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Can someone show me how to combine these two tables and get one result set
CREATE TABLE_1
(
Field1 VARCHAR(4) NULL, Field2 VARCHAR(4) NULL, Field3 VARCHAR(4) NULL
)
INSERT INTO TABLE_1
VALUES(Field1, Field2, Field3)
(A, B, NULL),
(NULL, A, NULL),
(A, B, C),
(NULL, NULL, NULL),
CREATE TABLE_2
(
FieldName VARCHAR(4) NOT NULL, Title VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL)
INSERT INTO TABLE_2
(FieldName, Title)
Values (A, xyz),
(D, yyy)
(B, zzz)
Fieldname column data in TABLE_2 are matching in random column(Field1, Field2, and Field3) in TABLE_1
RESULT should shows Title of A or B etc... like
Field1, Field2, Field3
Title, Title, Title

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iamsql1 SSC Eights! Points: 817 More actions · Answer 1

Dear,

Use Union all operator to unified the result set.

Go to : http://www.w3schools.com/sql/sql_union.asp

Note. Datatype and no of columns should be same when you use union / union all,

Cheers

Dwain Camps SSC Guru Points: 86948 More actions · Answer 2

Let's start by correcting your DDL and sample data so that it will run in MS SQL (converted to temp tables to reduce clutter in my sandbox):

CREATE TABLE #TABLE_1

(

Field1 VARCHAR(4) NULL, Field2 VARCHAR(4) NULL, Field3 VARCHAR(4) NULL

);

INSERT INTO #TABLE_1 (Field1, Field2, Field3)

VALUES ('A', 'B', NULL),(NULL, 'A', NULL),('A', 'B', 'C'),(NULL, NULL, NULL);

CREATE TABLE #TABLE_2

(

FieldName VARCHAR(4) NOT NULL, Title VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL);

INSERT INTO #TABLE_2 (FieldName, Title)

Values ('A', 'xyz'),('D', 'yyy'),('B','zzz');

Next we'll apply the CROSS APPLY VALUES approach to UNPIVOT from #TABLE_1, eliminating NULLs and then doing a JOIN to #TABLE_2.

SELECT b.Field, c.Title

FROM #TABLE_1 a

CROSS APPLY (

VALUES (Field1),(Field2),(Field3)) b (Field)

INNER JOIN #Table_2 c ON b.Field = c.FieldName

WHERE Field IS NOT NULL;

Go

DROP TABLE #Table_1;

DROP TABLE #Table_2;

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aaron.reese SSChampion Points: 13498 More actions · Answer 3

You have an answer to the original question but I would like to point out that it smacks of poor table design. Why do you have values in a child table that are related to more than one column in the parent table. What is the real world application of this structure, we may be able to suggest a more suitable database layout that avoids the pain and confusion of CROSS APPLY or UNPIVOT

kk_tech Default port Points: 1492 More actions · Answer 4

These table are not from production database, this is how table are created to hold data, so I am trying to clean and combine data from both tables.

kk_tech Default port Points: 1492 More actions · Answer 5

I was able to get the result based on your answer, but first I had to use OUTER APPLY for FIELD1 and then CROSS APPLY on every other fields (FIELD2, FIELD3, FIELD4 and FIELD5). If I don't use OUTER APPLY then I don't get result for some reason. It was very helpful, but I still need to understand myself.