Rows with Min() values

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Rows with Min() values

popq79 34287

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January 23, 2013 at 7:23 am

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Hi All
Can someone help me how to select the row with min(E_DATE+E_Time) for each PATIID from the below table?

PATID NAME A_DATE E_DATE E_TIME E_ID
00001 AAA 01/01/2013 01/01/2013 06:00:00 X9625
00001 AAA 01/01/2013 01/01/2013 14:00:00 A2505
00002 BBB 01/03/2012 03/04/2012 15:45:00 G2582
00002 BBB 01/01/2012 01/02/2012 13:45:00 P4484
00002 BBB 01/01/2012 04/01/2012 11:45:00 M1402
...
...
Results need to be like below (ie. min (E_DATE+E_TIME) for each PATID
PATID NAME A_DATE E_DATE E_TIME E_ID
00001 AAA 01/01/2013 01/01/2013 06:00:00 X9625
00002 BBB 01/01/2012 04/01/2012 11:45:00 M1402
Please note I'm using SQL2000.
Thanks in advance

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Sean Lange SSC Guru Points: 286590 More actions · Answer 1

I see you are pretty new around here. Can you please take a look at the first link in my signature for best practices when posting questions?

Also, if at all possible you should ALWAYS store date time information in a datetime field. From what you posted I am guessing these are stored as varchar values. As we work through your issue you will see how painful that can be.

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popq79 34287 SSC Enthusiast Points: 141 More actions · Answer 2

Sorry my mistake, these are datetime fields (but I'm using 2 fields - one to store date and the other for time)

Is there a way to do a select to obtain the result I want?

Sean Lange SSC Guru Points: 286590 More actions · Answer 3

popq79 34287 (1/23/2013)
Sorry my mistake, these are datetime fields (but I'm using 2 fields - one to store date and the other for time)

What are trying to gain there? The datetime datatype holds both.

Is there a way to do a select to obtain the result I want?

Yes as I said please see the link in my signature for best practices. If you can post ddl (create table scripts), sample data (insert statements) you will find lots of people willing and able to help. Given the sample you posted it looks like maybe E_ID is your primary key?

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Richard Warr SSCertifiable Points: 6966 More actions · Answer 4

... sorry, didn't notice you were on SQl Server 2000. I han an answer for 2005+.

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popq79 34287 (1/23/2013)
Hi All
Can someone help me how to select the row with min(E_DATE+E_Time) for each PATIID from the below table?

PATID NAME A_DATE E_DATE E_TIME E_ID
00001 AAA 01/01/2013 01/01/2013 06:00:00 X9625
00001 AAA 01/01/2013 01/01/2013 14:00:00 A2505
00002 BBB 01/03/2012 03/04/2012 15:45:00 G2582
00002 BBB 01/01/2012 01/02/2012 13:45:00 P4484
00002 BBB 01/01/2012 04/01/2012 11:45:00 M1402
...
...
Results need to be like below (ie. min (E_DATE+E_TIME) for each PATID
PATID NAME A_DATE E_DATE E_TIME E_ID
00001 AAA 01/01/2013 01/01/2013 06:00:00 X9625
00002 BBB 01/01/2012 04/01/2012 11:45:00 M1402
Please note I'm using SQL2000.
Thanks in advance

I cobbled together an example of this but I don't quite understand your business rules here. You said you wanted to get the earliest for each PATID but for PATID 00002 you did not get the earliest. The earliest one would be for E_ID P4484 not M1402 as you posted.

Here is the example of what I think you want.

IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#SomeTable') IS NOT NULL

drop table #SomeTable

create table #SomeTable

(

PATID char(5),

Name char(3),

A_DATE datetime,

E_DATE datetime,

E_TIME datetime,

E_ID char(5) primary key

)

insert #SomeTable

select '00001', 'AAA', '01/01/2013', '01/01/2013', '06:00:00', 'X9625' union all

select '00001', 'AAA', '01/01/2013', '01/01/2013', '14:00:00', 'A2505' union all

select '00002', 'BBB', '01/03/2012', '03/04/2012', '15:45:00', 'G2582' union all

select '00002', 'BBB', '01/01/2012', '01/02/2012', '13:45:00', 'P4484' union all

select '00002', 'BBB', '01/01/2012', '04/01/2012', '11:45:00', 'M1402'

select st.*

from #SomeTable st

join

(

select PATID, MIN(E_DATE + E_TIME) as E_DATETIME

from #SomeTable

group by PATID

) x on x.PATID = st.PATID and x.E_DATETIME = st.E_DATE + st.E_TIME

Please notice how I posted a sample table and populated with data. This is what we would like to see when posting questions. This way we all know what the datatypes are and the people who help answer questions (all volunteer) can get to work on the issue instead of setting up the problem.

I still don't quite get why you want to have 2 datetime fields to hold one piece of information. Especially when you have to constantly add them together to get the whole thing. :w00t:

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