I am working on an sqlite3 shell.
SELECT * FROM tasks WHERE name in ("TaskA", "TaskD") LIMIT 5;
The above statement will print the first 5 rows only. Is there a way to write this statement so the first 5 rows from each of "TaskA" and "TaskD" results are printed?
In essence, I am trying to write a loop akin to:
FOR task in ("TaskA", "TaskD") SELECT * FROM tasks WHERE name = task LIMIT 5;
But I do not know the proper syntax.
Use ROW_NUMBER() window function:
SELECT *
FROM (
SELECT *, ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY name ORDER BY rowid) rn
FROM tasks
WHERE name IN ("TaskA", "TaskD")
)
WHERE rn <= 5
I used the column rowid to define the order of the rows.
If there is another column in your table, like a date column, that can be used to define the order, you can replace rowid with that column.
I'm trying to replace a placeholder string inside a selection of 10 random records with a random string (a name) taken from another table, using only sqlite statements.
i've done a subquery in order to replace() of the placeholder with the results of a subquery. I thought that each subquery loaded a random name from the names table, but i've found that it's not the case and each placeholder is replaced with the same string.
select id, (replace (snippet, "%NAME%", (select
name from names
where gender = "male"
) )
) as snippet
from imagedata
where timestamp is not NULL
order by random()
limit 10
I was expecting for each row of the SELECT to have different random replacement every time the subquery is invoked.
hello i'm %NAME% and this is my house
This is the car of %NAME%, let me know what you think
instead each row has the same kind of replacement:
hello i'm david and this is my house
This is the car of david, let me know what you think
and so on...
I'm not sure it can be done inside sqlite or if i have to do it in php over two different database queries.
Thanks in advance!
Seems that random() in the subquery is only evaluated once.
Try this:
select
i.id,
replace(i.snippet, '%NAME%', n.name) snippet
from (
select
id,
snippet,
abs(random()) % (select count(*) from names where gender = 'male') + 1 num
from imagedata
where timestamp is not NULL
order by random() limit 10
) i inner join (
select
n.name,
(select count(*) from names where name < n.name and gender = 'male') + 1 num
from names n
where gender = 'male'
) n on n.num = i.num
I'm searching for Multiple text in multiple column of Virtual Table. I have checked this thread, this search for a single word in multiple column.
I checked with following
SELECT * FROM table WHERE table MATCH (('A:cat OR C:cat') AND ('A:dog OR C:dog')
but it seems AND condition not working.
EDIT I have tried with following,
Select count (*) FROM Table1 WHERE TBL_VIRTUAL MATCH (('A:D* AND B:D* AND C:D*') OR ('A:tar* AND B:tar* AND C:tar*'));
Select count (*) FROM Table1 WHERE TBL_VIRTUAL MATCH (('A:D* AND B:D* AND C:D*') AND ('A:tar* AND B:tar* AND C:tar*'));
These both query return me same 109 result. Then I tried what #redneb mention in below answer:
SELECT * FROM table WHERE table MATCH '(A:D* OR B:D* OR C: D*) AND (A:tar* OR B:tar* OR C:tar*)'
SELECT * FROM table WHERE table MATCH '(A:D* OR B:D* OR C: D*) OR (A:tar* OR B:tar* OR C:tar*)'
But this return 0 result.
Any suggestion what I'm missing here!!
Try this instead:
SELECT *
FROM mytable
WHERE mytable MATCH '(A:cat OR C:cat) AND (A:dog OR C:dog)';
However, I suspect that the following query will perform faster:
SELECT *
FROM mytable
WHERE mytable MATCH '(A:cat AND C:dog) OR (A:dog AND C:cat)';
and is equivalent to the first one.
Edit: Here's a complete example. Let's create and populate a table first:
CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE mytable USING fts3(A, C);
INSERT INTO mytable VALUES
('foo','bar'),
('dog','dog'),
('cat','cat'),
('dog','cat'),
('cat','dog');
Then the query works as expected:
sqlite> SELECT * FROM mytable WHERE mytable MATCH '(A:cat AND C:dog) OR (A:dog AND C:cat)';
A C
---------- ----------
dog cat
cat dog
For OR condition type OR between i.e. : MATCH ('A:cat OR C:cat')
For AND condition just don't type anything i.e. : MATCH ('A:cat C:cat')
I need some help to build SQL Query. I have table having data like:
ID Date Name
1 1/1/2009 a
2 1/2/2009 b
3 1/3/2009 c
I need to get result something like...
1 1/1/2009 a
2 1/2/2009 b
3 1/3/2009 c
4 1/4/2009 Null
5 1/5/2009 Null
6 1/6/2009 Null
7 1/7/2009 Null
8 1/8/2009 Null
............................
............................
............................
30 1/30/2009 Null
31 1/31/2009 Null
I want query something like..
Select * from tbl **where month(Date)=1 AND year(Date)=2010**
Above is not completed query.
I need to get all the record of particular month, even if some date missing..
I guess there must be equi Join in the query, I am trying to build this query using Equi join
Thanks
BIG EDIT
Now understand the OPs question.
Use a common table expression and a left join to get this effect.
DECLARE #FirstDay DATETIME;
-- Set start time
SELECT #FirstDay = '2009-01-01';
WITH Days AS
(
SELECT #FirstDay as CalendarDay
UNION ALL
SELECT DATEADD(d, 1, CalendarDay) as CalendarDay
FROM Days
WHERE DATEADD(d, 1, CalendarDay) < DATEADD(m, 1, #FirstDay)
)
SELECT DATEPART(d,d.CalendarDay), **t.date should be (d.CalendarDay)**, t.Name FROM Days d
LEFT JOIN tbl t
ON
d.CalendarDay = t.Date
ORDER BY
d.CalendarDay;
Left this original answer at bottom
You need DATEPART, sir.
SELECT * FROM tbl WHERE DATEPART(m,Date) = 1
If you want to choose month and year, then you can use DATEPART twice or go for a range.
SELECT * FROM tbl WHERE DATEPART(m,Date) = 1 AND DATEPART(yyyy,Date) = 2009
Range :-
SELECT * FROM tbl WHERE Date >= '2009-01-01' AND Date < '2009-02-01'
See this link for more info on DATEPART.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms174420.aspx
You can use less or equal to.
Like so:
select * from tbl where date > '2009-01-01' and date < '2009-02-01'
However, it is unclear if you want month 1 from all years?
You can check more examples and functions on "Date and Time Functions" from MSDN
Create a temporary table containing all days of that certain month,
Do left outer join between that table and your data table on tempTable.month = #month.
now you have a big table with all days of the desired month and all the records matching the proper dates + empty records for those dates who have no data.
i hope that's what you want.
I have an column in table where this column name is items it contains value like this
itemID items
1 school,college
2 place, country
3 college,cricket
4 School,us,college
5 cricket,country,place
6 football,tennis,place
7 names,tennis,cricket
8 sports,tennis
Now I need to write a search query
Ex: if the user types 'cricket' into a textbox and clicks the button I need to check in the column items for cricket.
In the table I have 3 rows with cricket in the items column (ItemId = 3, 5, 7)
If the user types in tennis,cricket then I need to get the records that match either one. So I need to get 5 row (ItemId = 3, 5, 6, 7, 8)
How do I write a query for this requirement?
You need to start by redesigning your database as this is is a very bad structure. You NEVER store a comma delimited list in a field. First think about waht fields you need and then design a proper database.
The very bad structure of this table (holding multiple values in one column) is the reason you are facing this issue. Your best option is to normalize the table.
But if you can't, then you can use the "Like" operator, with a wildcard
Select * From Table
Where items Like '%cricket%'
or
Select * From Table
Where items Like '%cricket%'
or items Like '%tenis%'
You will need to dynamically construct these sql queries from the inputs the user makes. The other alternative is to write code on the server to turn the comma delimited list of parameters into a table variable or temp table and then join to it..
Delimited values in columns is almost always a bad table design. Fix your table structure.
If for some reason you are unable to do that, the best you can hope for is this:
SELECT * FROM [MyTable] WHERE items LIKE '%CRICKET%'
This is still very bad, for two important reasons:
Correctness. It would return values that only contain the word cricket. Using your tennis example, what if you also had a "tennis shoes" item?
Performance. It's not sargable, which means the query won't work with any indexes you may have on that column. That means your query will probably be incredibly slow.
If you need help fixing this structure, the solution is to add another table — we'll call it TableItems — with a column for your ItemID that will be a foreign key to your original table and an item field (singular) for each of your item values. Then you can join to that table and match a column value exactly. If these items work more like categories, where you want to rows with the "Cricket" item to match the same cricket item, you also want a third table to be an intersection between your original table and the other one I just had you create.
For a single item:
SELECT itemID, items FROM MyTable WHERE items LIKE '%cricket%'
For multiple items:
SELECT itemID, items FROM MyTable WHERE items LIKE '%tennis%' or items LIKE '%cricket%'
You'll need to parse the input and split them up and add each item to the query:
items LIKE '%item1%' or items LIKE '%item2%' or items LIKE '%item3%' ...
I think that in the interest of validity of data, it should be normalized so that you split the Items into a separate table with an item on each row.
In either case, here is a working sample that uses a user defined function to split the incoming string into a Table Variable and then uses JOIN with a LIKE
CREATE FUNCTION dbo.udf_ItemParse
(
#Input VARCHAR(8000),
#Delimeter char(1)='|'
)
RETURNS #ItemList TABLE
(
Item VARCHAR(50) ,
Pos int
)
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE #Item varchar(50)
DECLARE #StartPos int, #Length int
DECLARE #Pos int
SET #Pos = 0
WHILE LEN(#Input) > 0
BEGIN
SET #StartPos = CHARINDEX(#Delimeter, #Input)
IF #StartPos < 0 SET #StartPos = 0
SET #Length = LEN(#Input) - #StartPos - 1
IF #Length < 0 SET #Length = 0
IF #StartPos > 0
BEGIN
SET #Pos = #Pos + 1
SET #Item = SUBSTRING(#Input, 1, #StartPos - 1)
SET #Input = SUBSTRING(#Input, #StartPos + 1, LEN(#Input) - #StartPos)
END
ELSE
BEGIN
SET #Pos = #Pos+1
SET #Item = #Input
SET #Input = ''
END
INSERT #ItemList (Item, Pos) VALUES(#Item, #Pos)
END
RETURN
END
GO
DECLARE #Itemstable TABLE
(
ItemId INT,
Items VarChar (1000)
)
INSERT INTO #Itemstable
SELECT 1 itemID, 'school,college' items UNION
SELECT 2, 'place, country' UNION
SELECT 3, 'college,cricket' UNION
SELECT 4, 'School,us,college' UNION
SELECT 5, 'cricket,country,place' UNION
SELECT 6, 'footbal,tenis,place' UNION
SELECT 7, 'names,tenis,cricket' UNION
SELECT 8, 'sports,tenis'
DECLARE #SearchParameter VarChar (100)
SET #SearchParameter = 'cricket'
SELECT DISTINCT ItemsTable.*
FROM #Itemstable ItemsTable
INNER JOIN udf_ItemParse (#SearchParameter, ',') udf
ON ItemsTable.Items LIKE '%' + udf.Item + '%'
SET #SearchParameter = 'cricket,tenis'
SELECT DISTINCT ItemsTable.*
FROM #Itemstable ItemsTable
INNER JOIN udf_ItemParse (#SearchParameter, ',') udf
ON ItemsTable.Items LIKE '%' + udf.Item + '%'
Why exactly are you using a database in the first place?
I mean : you are clearly not using it's potential. If you like using comma separated stuff, try a file.
In MySQL, create a fulltext index on your table:
CREATE FULLTEXT INDEX fx_mytable_items ON mytable (items)
and issue this query:
SELECT *
FROM mytable
WHERE MATCH(items) AGAINST ('cricket tennis' IN BOOLEAN MODE)