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January 13, 2009 at 7:18 am

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Hi. I posted previously and NULL kindly provided a solution. Part of the code was as follows:
SELECT ProductId
,COUNT(1) OrderCount
,CASE WHEN COUNT(1) = 1 THEN SUM(MAN)/MANCount ELSE AVG(MAN) END MAN
,CASE WHEN COUNT(1) = 1 THEN SUM(PUR)/PURCount ELSE AVG(PUR) END PUR
FROM (SELECT DENSE_RANK() over (partition by ProductId order by OrderId desc) as OrderRank
Part of the solution was to return the average cost for the last 5 orders of a Product. However sort desc the last 5 orders listed are:
WO9901902
WO9901745
WO9901611
WO9901532
WO9901424
When in fact the last 5 orders appear in the middle?
WO014563
WO014377
WO014378
WO014440
WO014268
Will it be possible to return the last 5 orders with the absense of a date field?
Sample data attached for a single product with multiple orders.
Thanks,
Phil.
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Ramesh Saive SSC-Insane Points: 24275 More actions · Answer 1

Philip Horan (1/13/2009)
When in fact the last 5 orders appear in the middle?
WO014563
WO014377
WO014378
WO014440
WO014268

How could you tell that these are the last 5 orders?

Will it be possible to return the last 5 orders with the absense of a date field?

Off course yes, but you have tell SQL that this is the column that identifies the order of the records.

If you meant that the order it was entered into the database then you have to know that rows in a table does not have a specific order.

--Ramesh

2Tall SSChampion Points: 14644 More actions · Answer 2

Hi Ramesh. Having reveiwed the orders from within the existing system it came to light that what I thought was the last OrderId was not in fact the case, they just appeared to be........

I can see of no way to achieve what I have asked but I asked anyhows 🙂 (lack of date field does not help!).

Thanks for taking a look.

Phil.

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Ken McKelvey SSCoach Points: 18849 More actions · Answer 3

In the data you have provided the OrderId looks as though it may contain a 2 digit year.

If this is the case then something like the following may work:

ORDER BY

&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbspCASE

&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbspWHEN SUBSTRING(OrderID, 3, 2) < '10'

&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbspTHEN '20' + RIGHT(OrderID, 7)

&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbspELSE '19' + RIGHT(OrderID, 7)

&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbspEND

Jack Corbett SSC Guru Points: 184394 More actions · Answer 4

I think Ken is on the right track, in that we need to know how the OrderId is contructed.

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2Tall SSChampion Points: 14644 More actions · Answer 5

Thanks guys. I will need to check with the app vender.

It has come to light that I may be able to get what I am after by extracting from a second dataset (logs stock movements). The dataset in question lists ProductId multiple times with a date the stock moved (some products moved multiple times on the same day). How might I construct a query that returns the last 5 dates per product?

The dataset in question has 200000 records (lots of repatition).

I would name the table StockMovements and it would ahve 2 fields 'ProductId', 'DateMoved'.

Many Thanks,

Phil.

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