Group the common word

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Group the common word

Krtyknm

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August 6, 2012 at 10:16 am

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Hey,
Can you please provide some on idea on group the common word?
Example:
Code Desc
A1 AAAA BBBB CCCC
A1.1 AAAA BBBB CCCC DDDDD
A1.2 AAAA BBBB CCCC DDDDD EEEEE
A2 XXXX
A2.1 XXXX YYYY
A2.3 XXXX YYYY ZZZZ
Output will be
Code Desc Desc2 Desc3 Desc4
A1 AAAA BBBB CCCC AAAA BBBB CCCC
A1.1 AAAA BBBB CCCC DDDDD AAAA BBBB CCCC DDDDD
A1.2 AAAA BBBB CCCC DDDDD EEEEE AAAA BBBB CCCC DDDDD EEEEE
A2 XXXX XXXX
A2.1 XXXX YYYY XXXX YYYY
A2.3 XXXX YYYY ZZZZ XXXX YYYY ZZZZ
Thanks,
Karthik

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ColdCoffee SSC-Dedicated Points: 39972 More actions · Answer 1

You said grouping, but the output shows replicating the existing information? Did you really mean that or am I missing something?

Phil Parkin SSC Guru Points: 246960 More actions · Answer 2

Krtyknm (8/6/2012)
Hey,
Can you please provide some on idea on group the common word?
Example:
Code Desc
A1 AAAA BBBB CCCC
A1.1 AAAA BBBB CCCC DDDDD
A1.2 AAAA BBBB CCCC DDDDD EEEEE
A2 XXXX
A2.1 XXXX YYYY
A2.3 XXXX YYYY ZZZZ
Output will be
Code Desc Desc2 Desc3 Desc4
A1 AAAA BBBB CCCC AAAA BBBB CCCC
A1.1 AAAA BBBB CCCC DDDDD AAAA BBBB CCCC DDDDD
A1.2 AAAA BBBB CCCC DDDDD EEEEE AAAA BBBB CCCC DDDDD EEEEE
A2 XXXX XXXX
A2.1 XXXX YYYY XXXX YYYY
A2.3 XXXX YYYY ZZZZ XXXX YYYY ZZZZ
Thanks,
Karthik

Your input and output seem to contain random numbers of columns. Please provide sample data and results in a more consumable format, as per the link in my signature.

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Lowell SSC Guru Points: 323518 More actions · Answer 3

well this kind of gets you the data chopped up into the pieces youa r elooking for;

i'm using the famous DelimitedSplit8K you'll find links to in many posters signitures, and you can search teh site as well:

With MyCTE( Code,[Desc])

AS

(

SELECT 'A1','AAAA BBBB CCCC' UNION ALL

SELECT 'A1.1','AAAA BBBB CCCC DDDDD' UNION ALL

SELECT 'A1.2','AAAA BBBB CCCC DDDDD EEEEE' UNION ALL

SELECT 'A2','XXXX' UNION ALL

SELECT 'A2.1','XXXX YYYY' UNION ALL

SELECT 'A2.3','XXXX YYYY ZZZZ'

)

select * From MyCTE

cross apply dbo.DelimitedSplit8K([Desc],' ') x

i have no idea what you wanted for your final outoput; it was just not intuitive what you are after.

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GSquared SSC Guru Points: 260824 More actions · Answer 4

It looks to me like you're just repeating the contents of each row. "A B C" becomes "A B C A B C" (I just took out the repeating letters to make it a bit easier to read). Each row seems to do exactly that.

But that doesn't match the columns you listed in your output.

So, I really can't tell what you're trying to do here. If it's just repeat a value, then just add the value (as a string) to itself (as a string), and you'll have it.

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Krtyknm SSC Eights! Points: 884 More actions · Answer 5

Hey Guys,

Sorry for providing in incorrect format.

Please find the below.

With MyCTE( Code,[Desc])

AS

(

SELECT 'A1','AAAA BBBB CCCC' UNION ALL

SELECT 'A1.1','AAAA BBBB CCCC DDDDD' UNION ALL

SELECT 'A1.2','AAAA BBBB CCCC DDDDD EEEEE' UNION ALL

SELECT 'A2','XXXX' UNION ALL

SELECT 'A2.1','XXXX YYYY' UNION ALL

SELECT 'A2.3','XXXX YYYY ZZZZ'

)

select * From MyCTE

;With MyCTEOutput( Code,[Desc],[Desc1],Desc2,Desc3)

AS

(

SELECT 'A1','AAAA BBBB CCCC','AAAA BBBB CCCC','','' UNION ALL

SELECT 'A1.1','AAAA BBBB CCCC DDDDD','AAAA BBBB CCCC','DDDDD','' UNION ALL

SELECT 'A1.2','AAAA BBBB CCCC DDDDD EEEEE', 'AAAA BBBB CCCC','DDDDD','EEEEE' UNION ALL

SELECT 'A2','XXXX','','','' UNION ALL

SELECT 'A2.1','XXXX YYYY','XXXX','YYYY','' UNION ALL

SELECT 'A2.3','XXXX YYYY ZZZZ','XXXX','YYYY','ZZZZ'

)

SELECT * FROM MyCTEOutput

Basically, we need to keep the common word in all the rows.

Thanks,

Karthik

GSquared SSC Guru Points: 260824 More actions · Answer 6

Do you know before-hand how many columns you'll have in the final output? If not, you'll need some sort of dynamic SQL to write the query for you. That'll get complex fast!

Alternatively, can the output be in XML format? If so, then the variable "columns" doesn't matter. A recursive For XML query will do what's needed for that.

If it's a fixed number of columns, then you can do this with a recursive CTE. It's just a hierarchy crawl, with variable data in the "repeating sets" columns.

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Krtyknm SSC Eights! Points: 884 More actions · Answer 7

Ok. Here the columns will be added dynamically based on the first row and second row description value. If the first description value is AAA BBB CCC and second description value os AAA BBB CCC DDD EEE, then two coulmn will be added for DDD and EEE.

So we need to separate the common words in the column desc for the code A1 (group).

Let me know if it is not make sense.

Thanks,

Karthik

GSquared SSC Guru Points: 260824 More actions · Answer 8

That makes sense.

That means a variable number of columns, from what I can see. That's fairly complex to code, unless XML is an option for the output.

Will the application that reads this data accept variable columns? Most won't, but it can be built to do so in some cases.

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Krtyknm SSC Eights! Points: 884 More actions · Answer 9

Krtyknm

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August 6, 2012 at 1:37 pm

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Yes, variable columns are accepted in the code.

GSquared SSC Guru Points: 260824 More actions · Answer 10

Okay. So what you'll need to do is break the data up by word, so you have the row ID (A, A1) and each "word" as a separate row. Look at Jeff Moden's article on string parsing, on this site, to get an idea of how to do that.

Then you'll crawl the hierarchy (if it's more than one level deep), or join to the parent directly (if the hierarchy is only one level deep), by row, parent, and "word". That will give you the common words.

Then take the rest of the words and run a dynamic pivot on them. If you Bing/Google "T-SQL dynamic pivot", you'll find good articles on that subject. I think Jeff Moden has one on that, too. If not, I think Phil Factor and Robyn Page have one on Simple-Talk.com.

It'll be a little complex, but if you do what those articles say, you'll be able to get it.

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Krtyknm SSC Eights! Points: 884 More actions · Answer 11

I have parsed the string using space as a delimmiter, however not sure how to make it as a hierarchy. Also i need to the keep the first row value in all the rows within a group (A0). Can you please provide some guidance.

Thanks,

Karthik

Krtyknm SSC Eights! Points: 884 More actions · Answer 12

Guys,

Thanks for your help.

I have worked out using Recursive CTE to get the desired results.

Thanks,

Karthik

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004340 More actions · Answer 13

Krtyknm (8/7/2012)
Guys,
Thanks for your help.
I have worked out using Recursive CTE to get the desired results.
Thanks,
Karthik

This is a two way street, Karthik. If you came up with a solution, the right thing to do would be to share it here with the folks that tried to help. Thanks.

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