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WayneS SSC Guru Points: 95460 More actions · Answer 1

Welsh Corgi (7/13/2015)
I can copy and paste but not the whole line when I try and scroll.
Could you please place the code outside of the CQL Code Tag?
Thanks.:-)

It might be easier to start the copy at the end of the line before the code block, and to end it at the beginning of the line after the code block.

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July 14, 2015 at 9:26 am

#1812371

click at the start

scroll to the end

shift click

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 3

Welsh Corgi (7/13/2015)
drew.allen (7/13/2015)
ISNULL() requires an opening paren and the subquery also requires an opening paren. You are trying to conflate them. You also have the second argument of the ISNULL() in the middle of the subquery.
update #tmpTotals SET StateCount = ISNULL((SELECT SUM(DayCount) FROM #tmpTotals t WHERE Loss_state = #tmpTotals.Loss_State ), 0)
Drew
Hi Drew,
I can't copy sand paste the code.:blush:

UPDATE #tmpTotals

SETStateCount = ISNULL(( SELECT SUM(DayCount)

FROM #tmpTotals t

WHERE Loss_state = #tmpTotals.Loss_State

), 0);

How's this format? Should be much easier to copy/paste! You just have to highlight and scroll down now.

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Ed Wagner SSC Guru Points: 287026 More actions · Answer 4

With all the talk about copy/paste of the code, I have the ask the obvious. Do you understand how the code works? If you don't understand what it's doing, then don't use it. Wayne's signature says it all - you'll be the one supporting it. Make sure you understand what you copy/paste from the internet.

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Ed Wagner (7/14/2015)
With all the talk about copy/paste of the code, I have the ask the obvious. Do you understand how the code works? If you don't understand what it's doing, then don't use it. Wayne's signature says it all - you'll be the one supporting it. Make sure you understand what you copy/paste from the internet.

Wayne's code does come with a money back guarantee though!

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Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 6

SQLRNNR (7/14/2015)
Ed Wagner (7/14/2015)
With all the talk about copy/paste of the code, I have the ask the obvious. Do you understand how the code works? If you don't understand what it's doing, then don't use it. Wayne's signature says it all - you'll be the one supporting it. Make sure you understand what you copy/paste from the internet.
Wayne's code does come with a money back guarantee though!

And you get what you pay for also!

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Lynn Pettis (7/14/2015)
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Ed Wagner (7/14/2015)
With all the talk about copy/paste of the code, I have the ask the obvious. Do you understand how the code works? If you don't understand what it's doing, then don't use it. Wayne's signature says it all - you'll be the one supporting it. Make sure you understand what you copy/paste from the internet.
Wayne's code does come with a money back guarantee though!
And you get what you pay for also!

Sorry, but I must disagree. I think we get a whole lot more than we pay for on SSC.

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sgmunson SSC Guru Points: 110640 More actions · Answer 8

Welsh Corgi (7/13/2015)
What is wrong with the following Statement?
update #tmpTotals set StateCount = (Select ISNULL Sum(DayCount),0) from #tmpTotals t where Loss_state = #tmpTotals.Loss_State )

As the first responder indicated, it's just a missing parenthesis for the ISNULL function.

UPDATE #tmpTotals

SET StateCount = (

SELECT ISNULL(SUM(DayCount),0)

FROM #tmpTotals AS t

WHERE t.Loss_state = #tmpTotals.Loss_State

)

If that can't be copied, here's the plain text:

UPDATE #tmpTotals

SET StateCount = (

SELECT ISNULL(SUM(DayCount),0)

FROM #tmpTotals AS t

WHERE t.Loss_state = #tmpTotals.Loss_State

)

Enjoy...

EDIT: Corrected query based on Gail Shaw's (aka GilaMonster) subsequent post.

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SolveSQL SSChasing Mays Points: 647 More actions · Answer 9

Apart from your syntax error (which i have not checked)

what's the purpose of comparing same column from same table?

..."WHERE Loss_state = #tmpTotals.Loss_State"

Luis Cazares SSC Guru Points: 183706 More actions · Answer 10

SolveSQL (7/14/2015)
Apart from your syntax error (which i have not checked)
what's the purpose of comparing same column from same table?
..."WHERE Loss_state = #tmpTotals.Loss_State"

That's used to get a correlated subquery and get the proper value for each row instead of a single value for all rows in the table.

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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 11

SolveSQL (7/14/2015)
what's the purpose of comparing same column from same table?
..."WHERE Loss_state = #tmpTotals.Loss_State"

He's not.

The table inside the subquery is aliased as t and the binding order for columns is to first check tables inside the subquery and then tables outside, so the comparison is bound as

WHERE t.Loss_state = #tmpTotals.Loss_State

It should have been written with the column explicitly qualified for safety.

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ChrisM@Work SSC Guru Points: 186127 More actions · Answer 12

Instead of updating the temp table, why not calculate the value when you populate it, like this:

SUM(DayCount) OVER(PARTITION BY Loss_State)

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