interesting query
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I wonder if anyone can help with this query which I cant figure out?
I want to limit the amount of rows (or groups) returned, it could be any number but in this case lets say 8 rows, the problem is that it must include all items within 'grp'. The results are to be ordered in the same order as entered into the table. ie dte, 'grp'.
So, my example of returning 8 rows returns everything else correctly BUT would return only half of the '445' group. How can I construct a query that has some kind of look ahead and continues to return rows until all items with the 'grp' are returned (in this case it should actually return 13 rows?
I'm pretty sure CTE is the answer, but cant work out how.
Many thanks in advance, your assistance would be much appreciated.
declare @tbl table (id int identity(1,1), grp int, dte datetime) -- live data contains many additional columns
INSERT @tbl values (1, '20 jan 2011')
INSERT @tbl values (1, '21 jan 2011')
INSERT @tbl values (2, '22 jan 2011')
INSERT @tbl values (2, '22 jan 2011')
INSERT @tbl values (445, '26 jan 2011')
INSERT @tbl values (445, '26 jan 2011')
INSERT @tbl values (445, '26 jan 2011')
INSERT @tbl values (445, '27 jan 2011')
INSERT @tbl values (445, '27 jan 2011')
INSERT @tbl values (445, '28 jan 2011')
INSERT @tbl values (445, '28 jan 2011')
INSERT @tbl values (445, '28 jan 2011')
INSERT @tbl values (445, '29 jan 2011')
INSERT @tbl values (6, '1 feb 2011')
INSERT @tbl values (8, '3 feb 2011')
INSERT @tbl values (1, '30 mar 2011')
INSERT @tbl values (1, '30 mar 2011')
INSERT @tbl values (1, '30 mar 2011')
;
WITH CTE AS
(
SELECT *,ROW_NUMBER() OVER
(PARTITION BY grp
ORDER BY dte ASC, grp)
AS RowNumber
FROM @tbl tbl
)
SELECT * FROM CTE
order by dte, grp
112011-01-20 00:00:00.0001
212011-01-21 00:00:00.0002
322011-01-22 00:00:00.0001
422011-01-22 00:00:00.0002
54452011-01-26 00:00:00.0001
64452011-01-26 00:00:00.0002
74452011-01-26 00:00:00.0003
84452011-01-27 00:00:00.0004
94452011-01-27 00:00:00.0005
104452011-01-28 00:00:00.0006
114452011-01-28 00:00:00.0007
124452011-01-28 00:00:00.0008
134452011-01-29 00:00:00.0009
1462011-02-01 00:00:00.0001
1582011-02-03 00:00:00.0001
1612011-03-30 00:00:00.0003
1712011-03-30 00:00:00.0004
1812011-03-30 00:00:00.0005
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What about grp 1?
Do you want to return entries for grp 1 in records 16, 17 and 18 as well as 1 and 2?
If not - can you specify formal criteria why rows 16, 17, 18 should not be included?
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Thankyou for you reply.
grps can be updated many times on many dates, so can appear in the table many times.
The table is ordered by date, so I am only interested in the first 'n' rows plus however many rows needed to get all items for the grp.
In this case, its 8 + 5 rows.
So the answer to your question is I am only interested in rows 1-13 and not any subsequent rows
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AllanP999 (3/13/2013)
Thankyou for you reply.grps can be updated many times on many dates, so can appear in the table many times.
The table is ordered by date, so I am only interested in the first 'n' rows plus however many rows needed to get all items for the grp.
In this case, its 8 + 5 rows.
So the answer to your question is I am only interested in rows 1-13 and not any subsequent rows
Here's one solution:
with Groupsas (
select top 8 grp
from @tbl
order by dte
)
,GroupsDistinct
as (
select distinct grp
from Groups
)
select t.*
from @tbl t
join GroupsDistinct gd on t.grp = gd.grp
This does, however, bring back ids 16, 17 and 18 because they are in grp 1 (which is selected by the Id 1 row). If these rows should not be selected, you need to modify your description of the problem, as already pointed out by Sergiy.
The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence
- Martin Rees
The absence of consumable DDL, sample data and desired results is, however, evidence of the absence of my response
- Phil Parkin -
Here's another, same caveats apply
WITH CTE AS(
SELECT id,grp,dte,
ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY dte ASC, grp) AS rn
FROM @tbl tbl
),
CTE2 AS (
SELECT id,grp,dte,rn,
MIN(rn) OVER(PARTITION BY grp) AS MinRn
FROM CTE)
SELECT id,grp,dte
--,rn,MinRn
FROM CTE2
WHERE MinRn <= 8
ORDER BY rn;
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Great I now have the solution. Many thanks to you all.
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AllanP999 (3/14/2013)
Great I now have the solution. Many thanks to you all.Which one did you use or was it a combination? It would be great if you would share what you used as a solution to help other that may stumble into this thread in the future.
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Phil's solution sorted it out thanks
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AllanP999 (3/15/2013)
Phil's solution sorted it out thanksSo, your answer on my question was not correct:
So the answer to your question is I am only interested in rows 1-13 and not any subsequent rows
as Phil's solution returns rows 16 and 17.
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