Comparing Values in a GROUP BY

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Comparing Values in a GROUP BY

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dwdwone
Yak Posting Veteran

71 Posts

Posted - 2013-06-19 : 13:32:55

Good morning. Am trying to get my head around a problem with a query I wrote. The query compares a value on an order table to values in an attached table that shows parcels and compares the two for inequality. So, the number of pieces on an order might be '1' and the number of rows in the Parcels table for that order may be '2', and so the order is flagged in the query for review. So far so good, and the query appears to work fine.

However, the eventuality I did not account for was when the order exists and shows a value for number of pieces, but no rows exist in the parcels table. What is the best way to approach this problem? Here is my code: (Sorry, indentations are not appearing even though I put them in)

DECLARE @Calendar1 AS DateTime
DECLARE @Calendar2 AS DateTime
SET @Calendar1 = '{{{ Please choose a start date. }}}'
SET @Calendar2 = '{{{ Please choose an end date. <(non inclusive)> }}}'

SELECT

O.OrderID,
O.OriginName,
O.ReadyTimeFrom,
O.Pieces AS 'Pieces On Order',
COUNT(P.OrderID) AS 'Parcels On Order'

FROM tblOrder AS O
INNER JOIN tblParcel as P ON P.OrderID = O.OrderID

WHERE
O.ReadyTimeFrom BETWEEN @Calendar1 AND @Calendar2 + 1
AND O.Status <> 4

GROUP BY
O.OrderID, O.OriginName, O.Pieces, P.OrderID, O.ReadyTimeFrom

HAVING O.Pieces <> Count(*)

ORDER BY P.OrderID DESC

Thanks!
Dan

Bustaz Kool
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

1834 Posts

Posted - 2013-06-19 : 13:47:38

[CODE]SELECT
O.OrderID,
O.OriginName,
O.ReadyTimeFrom,
O.Pieces AS 'Pieces On Order',
COUNT(P.OrderID) AS 'Parcels On Order'
FROM tblOrder AS O
LEFT OUTER JOIN tblParcel as P ON P.OrderID = O.OrderID
WHERE
O.ReadyTimeFrom BETWEEN @Calendar1 AND @Calendar2 + 1
AND O.Status <> 4
GROUP BY
O.OrderID, O.OriginName, O.Pieces, P.OrderID, O.ReadyTimeFrom
HAVING O.Pieces <> Count(*)
OR COUNT(P.OrderID) = 0
ORDER BY P.OrderID DESC[/CODE]

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shan007
Starting Member

17 Posts

Posted - 2013-06-19 : 13:51:10

I don't know whether I understood your request properly.. however I guess you are looking for the solution where you've record in Orders table, but there is no reference rows in parcel table. In such case you could use Left Join instead Inner Join. This will bring record from order table even if there is no reference rows in parcel.

i.e. LEFT OUTER JOIN tblParcel as P ON P.OrderID = O.OrderID

Let me know if it helps.

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dwdwone
Yak Posting Veteran

71 Posts

Posted - 2013-06-19 : 14:55:23

Thank you very much. I supposed it's time for me to learn about OUTER JOINs!

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