InstantForum.NET v2.9.0SQLServerCentralhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/notifications@sqlservercentral.comWed, 19 Jun 2013 18:46:51 GMT20http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1233901-392-1.aspxWhen retrieving totals for the current year and prior year I almost always use a calendar table to do the heavy lifting. There is an example of this type of thing in this article:http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/T-SQL/70482/Todd FifieldThu, 12 Jan 2012 12:13:07 GMTtfifieldhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1233901-392-1.aspxI think it might be because the name column is only (50), can you change it to a (100)Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:28:10 GMTSachin 80451http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1233901-392-1.aspxI can't make your sample data for dbo.account fit into the table defintion you posted.I get "string or binary data would be truncated". Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:31:29 GMTspaghettidbahttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1233901-392-1.aspx[quote][b]Sachin 80451 (1/11/2012) - via Private Message[/b][hr]does this help:[code]CREATE TABLE dbo.account ( ID INT IDENTITY(1,1) PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED, accountid Varchar(50), name varchar(50), Tpl_Traderred INT,ownerid uniqueidentifier)CREATE TABLE dbo.contact( ownerid uniqueidentifier,Owneridname nvarchar(160))CREATE TABLE dbo.zoneGWP( tpl_companyid uniqueidentifier,TPL_Month nvarchar(6),TPL_NBGWP money,TPL_RenewalGWP Money,TPL_TotalGWP Money,TPL_Zone Nvarchar(100))[/code][code]INSERT INTO dbo.account (AccountID, name, tpl_traderred, ownerid)SELECT '87b21301-e0c8-459b-b8f7-735222e87cd9','Capital Insurance Brokers (CI) Ltd','576574','b92e0266-5e8e-df11-83f6-0022194f7115' UNION ALLSELECT '7c27e7e3-f0eb-4b2d-ade8-73bda850b766','Swinton Group Ltd (218)','233456','3a03a65e-5f8e-df11-83f6-0022194f7115' UNION ALLSELECT '32c74a77-38da-473a-a3fc-740a35450317','Towergate Risk Solutions Berwick Upon Tweed','563224','b92e0266-5e8e-df11-83f6-0022194f7115' UNION ALLSELECT '0ecc5258-9f64-4637-a3a9-7415d3c3abb9','Swinton Group Ltd (646)','986778','d61f3458-5f8e-df11-83f6-0022194f7115' UNION ALLSELECT '817a5592-cb6b-4d89-9321-74259bcc35cd','G A Puttick (Insurance)','677322','3a03a65e-5f8e-df11-83f6-0022194f7115' UNION ALLSELECT 'acdbf2c1-a79a-4eb7-a8bb-742b6a265e72','Box Insurance Services and Newton General Insurance Services','564644','a66099f6-5e8e-df11-83f6-0022194f7115' UNION ALLSELECT '0762dd07-c48e-43ac-a319-747834600013','Swinton Group Ltd (724)','932578','a54f9c46-5f8e-df11-83f6-0022194f7115' UNION ALLSELECT '56f63932-89fb-4d82-b447-747d1836446b','Farmer Insurance Agency Ltd','897778','b92e0266-5e8e-df11-83f6-0022194f7115' UNION ALLSELECT '03b7dfbb-28c3-4c84-86bd-74a9dc839789','Blackfriars Insurance Brokers Ltd','122223','d61f3458-5f8e-df11-83f6-0022194f7115' UNION ALLSELECT '5acc7b0c-9abb-4c54-9ef9-74bbfa862811','Brunsdon LLP','253463','a66099f6-5e8e-df11-83f6-0022194f7115' UNION ALLSELECT 'aa92b72d-14d5-4057-b334-74d887729f7c','Swinton Group Ltd (573)','797979','a54f9c46-5f8e-df11-83f6-0022194f7115' UNION ALLSELECT '5665a424-3788-4b90-936d-7518ae849e31','Caleb Roberts Insurance Services Ltd','334543','3a03a65e-5f8e-df11-83f6-0022194f7115' UNION ALLSELECT '13608d88-1753-48b9-9dba-7536dc5f3d53','Peter Best Insurances Services Ltd','776543','a66099f6-5e8e-df11-83f6-0022194f7115' UNION ALLSELECT '0c24414a-23e5-4e07-a054-755cc806fa4a','Barnett Jones and Cooke Ltd','334647','d61f3458-5f8e-df11-83f6-0022194f7115'INSERT INTO dbo.contact (ownerID, owneridname)SELECT 'a66099f6-5e8e-df11-83f6-0022194f7115','Lisa Walton' UNION ALL SELECT 'd61f3458-5f8e-df11-83f6-0022194f7115','Wendy Crisp' UNION ALL SELECT '3a03a65e-5f8e-df11-83f6-0022194f7115','Amy Stapenhill' UNION ALL SELECT 'a54f9c46-5f8e-df11-83f6-0022194f7115', 'Victoria Martin' UNION ALL SELECT 'b92e0266-5e8e-df11-83f6-0022194f7115', 'Fiona Auge' INSERT INTO dbo.zoneGWP (Tpl_companyID, TPL_Month, TPL_NBGWP,TPL_RenewalGWP, TPL_TotalGWP,TPL_Zone)SELECT '87b21301-e0c8-459b-b8f7-735222e87cd9','201201','354','275','650','AIUA' UNION ALLSELECT '7c27e7e3-f0eb-4b2d-ade8-73bda850b766','201201','453','383','850','TCU' UNION ALLSELECT '32c74a77-38da-473a-a3fc-740a35450317','201201','3346','2386','6500','TCU' UNION ALLSELECT '0ecc5258-9f64-4637-a3a9-7415d3c3abb9','201201','3235','2285','6500','AIUA' UNION ALLSELECT '817a5592-cb6b-4d89-9321-74259bcc35cd','201201','9732','8782','18000','AIUA' UNION ALLSELECT 'acdbf2c1-a79a-4eb7-a8bb-742b6a265e72','201201','8834','7884','17000','TCU' UNION ALLSELECT '0762dd07-c48e-43ac-a319-747834600013','201201','9762','8872','1950','AIUA' UNION ALLSELECT '56f63932-89fb-4d82-b447-747d1836446b','201201','973','893','1700','TUE' UNION ALLSELECT '03b7dfbb-28c3-4c84-86bd-74a9dc839789','201201','9783','8883','18500','TCU' UNION ALLSELECT '5acc7b0c-9abb-4c54-9ef9-74bbfa862811','201201','3757','3757','7000','AIUA' UNION ALLSELECT 'aa92b72d-14d5-4057-b334-74d887729f7c','201201','463','463','900','TUE' UNION ALLSELECT '5665a424-3788-4b90-936d-7518ae849e31','201201','9768','9868','19500','AIUA' UNION ALLSELECT '13608d88-1753-48b9-9dba-7536dc5f3d53','201201','343','343','700','TCU' UNION ALLSELECT '0c24414a-23e5-4e07-a054-755cc806fa4a','201201','864','864','1900','TUE' UNION ALLSELECT '87b21301-e0c8-459b-b8f7-735222e87cd9','201101','354','275','550','AIUA' UNION ALLSELECT '7c27e7e3-f0eb-4b2d-ade8-73bda850b766','201101','453','383','750','TCU' UNION ALLSELECT '32c74a77-38da-473a-a3fc-740a35450317','201101','4346','2386','5500','TCU' UNION ALLSELECT '0ecc5258-9f64-4637-a3a9-7415d3c3abb9','201101','3235','2285','5500','AIUA' UNION ALLSELECT '817a5592-cb6b-4d89-9321-74259bcc35cd','201101','8732','8782','17000','AIUA' UNION ALLSELECT 'acdbf2c1-a79a-4eb7-a8bb-742b6a265e72','201101','7834','7884','16000','TCU' UNION ALLSELECT '0762dd07-c48e-43ac-a319-747834600013','201101','8762','8872','1850','AIUA' UNION ALLSELECT '56f63932-89fb-4d82-b447-747d1836446b','201101','873','893','1600','TUE' UNION ALLSELECT '03b7dfbb-28c3-4c84-86bd-74a9dc839789','201101','8783','8883','17500','TCU' UNION ALLSELECT '5acc7b0c-9abb-4c54-9ef9-74bbfa862811','201101','2757','3757','6000','AIUA' UNION ALLSELECT 'aa92b72d-14d5-4057-b334-74d887729f7c','201101','363','463','800','TUE' UNION ALLSELECT '5665a424-3788-4b90-936d-7518ae849e31','201101','9768','9868','19000','AIUA' UNION ALLSELECT '13608d88-1753-48b9-9dba-7536dc5f3d53','201101','243','343','600','TCU' UNION ALLSELECT '0c24414a-23e5-4e07-a054-755cc806fa4a','201101','764','864','1800','TUE' [/code]expected results:BSC - Fiona AgueCompanyName - Capital Insurance Brokers (CI) LtdTotalGWP2012 - 650TotalGWP2011 - 550 TraderRef - 576574[/quote]Fixed your DDL and sample data.Nice job, BTW!Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:24:00 GMTspaghettidbahttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1233901-392-1.aspx[quote][b]Gianluca Sartori (1/11/2012)[/b][hr]Maybe, indented properly it's less confusing: ;-)[code]WITH MeaningfulCTEName AS ( SELECT c.owneridname as BSC, z.Tpl_TotalGWP as Total2012, a.tpl_traderref as TraderRef, a.name as CompanyName, LEFT(z.Tpl_Month, 4) AS Year, RIGHT(z.Tpl_Month, 2) AS Month, ROW_NUMBER() OVER(PARTITION BY c.owneridname ORDER BY z.Tpl_TotalGWP DESC) AS rn FROM dbo.Tpl_zonegwp z INNER JOIN dbo.Account a ON z.Tpl_CompanyId = a.accountid INNER JOIN dbo.Contact c ON a.ownerid = c.ownerid INNER JOIN ( SELECT CurrentYear, CurrentMonth, CurrentYear - 1 AS LastYear FROM ( SELECT LEFT(MaxMonth, 4) AS CurrentYear, RIGHT(MaxMonth, 2) AS CurrentMonth FROM ( SELECT MAX(Tpl_Month) AS MaxMonth FROM TowergateAgency_MSCRM.dbo.FilteredTpl_zonegwp AS Tpl_zonegwpExtensionBase_1 ) AS MaxMonthQuery ) as MaxMonthQuery2 ) AS b ON left(z.tpl_month,4) = b.currentYear AND RIGHT(z.Tpl_Month, 2) <= b.CurrentMonth)SELECT BSC,TraderRef,CompanyName,Total2012 FROM MeaningfulCTEName WHERE rn=1GROUP BY BSC,TraderRef,CompanyName,Total2012;[/code]Do yourself a favour: use meaningful aliases names in your queries. What does A mean to you? Could you post DDL (CREATE TABLE) statements for all the tables in the query, some sample data (INSERT statements with a few rows for each table) and the expected results based on your sample data?If in doubt, read the article linked in my signature line and find out how to post to get fast answers.[/quote]maybe do another cte that is the same except for..[code="plain"]--cte select sytax--from syntax and joins...--if b.currentYear is int datatype then) AS b ON left(z.tpl_month,4) = (b.currentYear - 1) AND RIGHT(z.Tpl_Month, 2) <= b.CurrentMonth[/code]Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:02:09 GMTstephen99999http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1233901-392-1.aspxMaybe, indented properly it's less confusing: ;-)[code]WITH MeaningfulCTEName AS ( SELECT c.owneridname as BSC, z.Tpl_TotalGWP as Total2012, a.tpl_traderref as TraderRef, a.name as CompanyName, LEFT(z.Tpl_Month, 4) AS Year, RIGHT(z.Tpl_Month, 2) AS Month, ROW_NUMBER() OVER(PARTITION BY c.owneridname ORDER BY z.Tpl_TotalGWP DESC) AS rn FROM dbo.Tpl_zonegwp z INNER JOIN dbo.Account a ON z.Tpl_CompanyId = a.accountid INNER JOIN dbo.Contact c ON a.ownerid = c.ownerid INNER JOIN ( SELECT CurrentYear, CurrentMonth, CurrentYear - 1 AS LastYear FROM ( SELECT LEFT(MaxMonth, 4) AS CurrentYear, RIGHT(MaxMonth, 2) AS CurrentMonth FROM ( SELECT MAX(Tpl_Month) AS MaxMonth FROM TowergateAgency_MSCRM.dbo.FilteredTpl_zonegwp AS Tpl_zonegwpExtensionBase_1 ) AS MaxMonthQuery ) as MaxMonthQuery2 ) AS b ON left(z.tpl_month,4) = b.currentYear AND RIGHT(z.Tpl_Month, 2) <= b.CurrentMonth)SELECT BSC,TraderRef,CompanyName,Total2012 FROM MeaningfulCTEName WHERE rn=1GROUP BY BSC,TraderRef,CompanyName,Total2012;[/code]Do yourself a favour: use meaningful aliases names in your queries. What does A mean to you? Could you post DDL (CREATE TABLE) statements for all the tables in the query, some sample data (INSERT statements with a few rows for each table) and the expected results based on your sample data?If in doubt, read the article linked in my signature line and find out how to post to get fast answers.Wed, 11 Jan 2012 06:09:05 GMTspaghettidbahttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1233901-392-1.aspxI have the following script:WITH A AS (SELECT c.owneridname as BSC,z.Tpl_TotalGWP as Total2012,a.tpl_traderref as TraderRef,a.name as CompanyName,LEFT(z.Tpl_Month, 4) AS Year, RIGHT(z.Tpl_Month, 2) AS Month, ROW_NUMBER() OVER(PARTITION BY c.owneridname ORDER BY z.Tpl_TotalGWP DESC) AS rn from dbo.Tpl_zonegwp z INNER JOIN dbo.Account a on z.Tpl_CompanyId = a.accountid INNER JOIN dbo.Contact c on a.ownerid = c.ownerid INNER JOIN (SELECT CurrentYear, CurrentMonth, CurrentYear - 1 AS LastYear FROM (SELECT LEFT(MaxMonth, 4) AS CurrentYear, RIGHT(MaxMonth, 2) AS CurrentMonth FROM (SELECT MAX(Tpl_Month) AS MaxMonth FROM TowergateAgency_MSCRM.dbo.FilteredTpl_zonegwp AS Tpl_zonegwpExtensionBase_1) AS MaxMonthQuery) as MaxMonthQuery2) AS b ON left(z.tpl_month,4) = b.currentYear AND RIGHT(z.Tpl_Month, 2) <= b.CurrentMonth) SELECT BSC,TraderRef,CompanyName,Total2012 FROM A WHERE rn=1 GROUP BY BSC,TraderRef,CompanyName,Total2012;apologies if this is confusing!but it returns the following data: BSC Traderref companyname TOTal2012 (YTD) Fiona Auge 26010 Astrelle Insurance Services Ltd 1575694.00Victoria Martin 27944 Saga Services Ltd 1575694.00The last column shows the YTD figure in the data. I want to retrieve the YTD figure for the same company the previous year and month? so i can compare YTDs?Have tried doing a union all on same script. but this doesnt work.I want result to be on the same row.Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:23:29 GMTSachin 80451