Selecting non-overlapping Date Ranges

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Selecting non-overlapping Date Ranges

tom 69406

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September 3, 2019 at 2:16 pm

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#3676879

I want to select non-overlapping date ranges, which share a common value. I have prepared the following to illustrate my problem

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS #SampleRanges;
CREATE TABLE #SampleRanges (
RowNum INT  NOT NULL IDENTITY(1,1) PRIMARY KEY,
SampleDate DATETIME NOT NULL,
SampleValue BIGINT NOT NULL);

INSERT INTO #SampleRanges (SampleDate, SampleValue)
SELECT '2018-08-30 05:07:17', 31267   UNION ALL
SELECT '2018-08-30 05:07:18', 31267   UNION ALL
SELECT '2018-08-30 05:12:35', 31267   UNION ALL
SELECT '2018-08-30 07:10:10', 134159490   UNION ALL
SELECT '2018-08-30 07:13:54', 134159490   UNION ALL
SELECT '2018-08-30 07:17:19', 134159490   UNION ALL
SELECT '2018-08-30 07:22:16', 134159490   UNION ALL
SELECT '2018-08-30 07:25:42', 134159490   UNION ALL
SELECT '2018-08-30 07:28:03', 64498   UNION ALL
SELECT '2018-08-30 07:28:07', 64498   UNION ALL
SELECT '2018-08-30 08:16:14', 64498   UNION ALL
SELECT '2018-08-30 08:16:37', 134159490   UNION ALL
SELECT '2018-08-30 08:20:27', 134159490   UNION ALL
SELECT '2018-08-30 08:27:53', 460350737   UNION ALL
SELECT '2018-08-30 08:28:04', 15375002   UNION ALL
SELECT '2018-08-30 08:28:05', 15375002   UNION ALL
SELECT '2018-08-30 08:28:22', 134159490;

-- DESIRED OUTPUT
/*
RangeStartDate,  RangeEndDate, SampleValue, ValueCount
 '2018-08-30 05:07:17','2018-08-30 05:12:35', 31267, 3
 '2018-08-30 07:10:10','2018-08-30 07:25:42', 134159490, 5
 '2018-08-30 07:28:03','2018-08-30 08:16:14', 64498, 2  
 '2018-08-30 08:16:37','2018-08-30 08:20:27', 134159490, 2
 '2018-08-30 08:27:53','2018-08-30 08:27:53', 460350737, 1
 '2018-08-30 08:28:04','2018-08-30 08:28:05',15375002, 2
 '2018-08-30 08:28:22','2018-08-30 08:28:22', 134159490, 1 
*/

-- what I have tried
SELECT MIN(S1.SampleDate) AS RangeStartDate, MAX(S1.SampleDate) AS RangeEndDate, S1.SampleValue, COUNT(S1.SampleValue) AS ValueCount
FROM #SampleRanges AS S1
-- LEFT OUTER JOIN #SampleRanges AS S2 ON S1.SampleValue = S2.SampleValue AND S1.RowNum+1 = S2.RowNum
GROUP BY S1.SampleValue
ORDER BY RangeStartDate 
-- This is nearly there, but produces a single range for Value 134159490, which overlaps other ranges, instead of 3 non-overlapping ranges for thate Value.
-- I know I have to somehow JOIN the table to itself, but the JOIN I have written makes no difference

Mark Cowne

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September 3, 2019 at 3:14 pm
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#3676907
This is a gaps and islands problem
```
WITH Src AS (
SELECT SampleDate, SampleValue,
ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY SampleDate) -
ROW_NUMBER() OVER(PARTITION BY SampleValue ORDER BY SampleDate) AS grp
FROM #SampleRanges
)
SELECT MIN(SampleDate) AS RangeStartDate,
MAX(SampleDate) AS RangeEndDate,
SampleValue,
COUNT(*) AS ValueCount
FROM Src
GROUP BY grp,SampleValue
ORDER BY RangeStartDate;
```
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tom 69406 SSC-Addicted Points: 446 More actions · Answer 1

Brilliant. Great solution

I knew I'd come across this before, but "gaps and islands" are terms I'd forgotten , so I can now search properly for this type of problem.

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September 4, 2019 at 9:04 am

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https://www.sqlservercentral.com/search/gaps+and+islands