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knakka99

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March 29, 2013 at 9:25 am

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The type and task column are combined into one table task keeping in mind the order they have to come in.
current table
Procseqtypetask
11a1this is
12b2supposed
21a1to
22b2be a
23c3test db
24c3thank you
desired table
Procseqtask
11a1
11this is
12b2
12supposed
21a1
21to
22b2
22be a
23c3
23test db
23thank you

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Lowell SSC Guru Points: 323504 More actions · Answer 1

no rules for what it is you want to do?

my wild guess is you want to split Task by word, but no explanation ont he numbering scheme.

With MySampleData ([Proc],Seq,Type,Task)

AS

(

SELECT '1','1','a1','this is ' UNION ALL

SELECT '1','2','b2','supposed ' UNION ALL

SELECT '2','1','a1','to ' UNION ALL

SELECT '2','2','b2','be a ' UNION ALL

SELECT '2','3','c3','test db' UNION ALL

SELECT '2','4','c3','thank you'

)

SELECT *

from MySampleData

cross apply dbo.DelimitedSplit8K(Task,' ') myfn

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Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 2

Additional info from a duplicate post:

knakka 14475 (3/29/2013)
This current table has to be converted to the @temp_out
Order would be like this Proc --> Type --> Individual task for that type
the order of the @temp_out task col is defined like Order by type is base on the seq col then the each Type will have the list of task below it
/*Current Table*/
Declare @temp Table ([Proc] INT,Seq INT,Type VARCHAR(2),Task VARCHAR(20))
INSERT INTO @TEMP
SELECT '1','1','a1','this is ' UNION ALL
SELECT '1','2','b2','supposed ' UNION ALL
SELECT '2','1','a1','to ' UNION ALL
SELECT '2','2','b2','be a ' UNION ALL
SELECT '2','3','c3','test db' UNION ALL
SELECT '2','4','c3','thank you'
SELECT * FROM @TEMP
/*Desired Table */
Declare @temp_out Table ([Proc] INT,Seq INT,Task VARCHAR(20))
INSERT INTO @temp_out
select '1','1','a1' union
select '1','1','this is ' union
select '1','2','b2' union
select '1','2','supposed ' union
select '2','1','a1' union
select '2','1','to ' union
select '2','2','b2' union
select '2','2','be a ' union
select '2','3','c3' union
select '2','3','test db' union
select '2','3','thank you'
SELECT * FROM @temp_out

Sean Lange SSC Guru Points: 286573 More actions · Answer 3

This works for your sample data. I changed the column names because dealing with reserved words as column names drives me nutty. 😉

Declare @temp Table

(

MyProc INT,

MySeq INT,

MyType VARCHAR(2),

MyTask VARCHAR(20)

)

INSERT INTO @TEMP

SELECT '1','1','a1','this is ' UNION ALL

SELECT '1','2','b2','supposed ' UNION ALL

SELECT '2','1','a1','to ' UNION ALL

SELECT '2','2','b2','be a ' UNION ALL

SELECT '2','3','c3','test db' UNION ALL

SELECT '2','4','c3','thank you'

;with MyCte as

(

select MyProc, MySeq, MyType, 1 as SortOrder from @temp

union all

select MyProc, MySeq, MyTask, 2 from @temp

)

select MyProc, MySeq, MyType

from MyCte

order by MyProc, MySeq, SortOrder

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Sean Lange SSC Guru Points: 286573 More actions · Answer 4

Actually my code doesn't work because you don't have anything you can use to sort with. There appears to be nothing you can use as a primary key or even a decent sort order.

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Sean Lange SSC Guru Points: 286573 More actions · Answer 5

If I add an identity to your table variable this works.

Declare @temp Table

(

MyKey int identity,

MyProc INT,

MySeq INT,

MyType VARCHAR(2),

MyTask VARCHAR(20)

)

INSERT INTO @TEMP

SELECT '1','1','a1','this is ' UNION ALL

SELECT '1','2','b2','supposed ' UNION ALL

SELECT '2','1','a1','to ' UNION ALL

SELECT '2','2','b2','be a ' UNION ALL

SELECT '2','3','c3','test db' UNION ALL

SELECT '2','4','c3','thank you'

;with MyCte as

(

select MyKey, MyProc, MySeq, MyType, 1 as SortOrder from @temp

union all

select MyKey, MyProc, MySeq, MyTask, 2 from @temp

)

select MyProc, MySeq, MyType

from MyCte

order by MyKey, SortOrder

_______________________________________________________________

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knakka99 Say Hey Kid Points: 671 More actions · Answer 6

Hi Sean thank you for the reply. I really appreciate the help.

I have one issue with the result.. Mytype C3 has to have its results group into one.. like

MyProcMySeqMyType

11a1

11this is

12b2

12supposed

21a1

21to

22b2

22be a

23c3

23test db

24c3

24thank you

MyProcMySeqMyType

11a1

11this is

12b2

12supposed

21a1

21to

22b2

22be a

23c3

23test db

24thank you

Luis Cazares SSC Guru Points: 183698 More actions · Answer 7

Something like this would work?

(Using the sample data provided before)

SELECT * FROM (

SELECT [Proc], MIN( Seq) Seq, Type AS Task

FROM @temp

GROUP BY [Proc], Type) A

UNION

SELECT [Proc], Seq, Task

FROM @temp

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knakka99 Say Hey Kid Points: 671 More actions · Answer 8

knakka99

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April 1, 2013 at 2:25 pm

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cool it worked like a charm.. 🙂

Luis Cazares SSC Guru Points: 183698 More actions · Answer 9

You can use it as a CTE as well, instead of the subquery.

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