InstantForum.NET v2.9.0SQLServerCentralhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/notifications@sqlservercentral.comTue, 21 May 2013 18:22:54 GMT20http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1406814-392-1.aspxHello [b]Geomorian[/b]. That was really cool. I am thinking it has be another technique, like for example, using a variable ([font="Courier New"][b]BIT[/b][/font] type) to set to either 1 or 0, then "convert" it to "YES" or "NO". ([i]I guess I am just making my life too hard, silly me.[/i]). But for the record, is this possible? If yes, can someone give a little example? Well anyway, this is straight to the point, and it is awesome! :cool:Thank you [b]Geomorian[/b] and [b]Sean Lange[/b]. :-)Warm regards,Mark SquallThu, 17 Jan 2013 07:19:02 GMTmarksquallhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1406814-392-1.aspx[quote]marksquall (1/14/2013Just one last thing, how would I add an additional column called [font="Courier New"][b]CameFromArchive[/b][/font] so that the database administrator would determine what [font="Courier New"][b]CtrlNo[/b][/font] came from the archive table (0-NO 1-YES)?[/quote]I think you can use a case just like the one that was allready included in the query posted by Sean, like so :[code="plain"]SELECT A.ConsInvNumber AS [Consolidated Invoice No], A.InvTrackNo AS [Invoice TrackNo], B.SaleOrderNo AS [Sales OrderNo], B.OrderLine AS [Sales Order LineNo], case when A.CtrlNo = 0 then osa.CtrlNo else a.CtrlNo end as CtrlNo, [b] case when OSA.CtrlNo is NULL then 'No' else 'Yes' end as CameFromArchive[/b]FROM DBMain.dbo.ConsInvoiceDetail AS A INNER JOIN DBMain.dbo.IndInvDetail AS B ON A.InvTrackNo = B.InvTrackNoLeft Join (select top 1 CtrlNo from DBArchive.dbo.OrderSummaryArchive where SalesOrderNo = B.SaleOrderNo) osaWHERE A.ConsInvNumber=980029768 [/code]EDIT: forgot a commaTue, 15 Jan 2013 03:19:14 GMTGeomorianhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1406814-392-1.aspxHello [b]Sean[/b]. Thank you for the sample query, it works just fine (with some minor modifications). Awesome! :-)I apologize to you (and to the readers) for making my aliases so short, actually I am just in a "hurry" that is why I used short aliases. In my query here, I (really) used full table abbreviation. ([i]silly me[/i]). :crazy: :w00t: :-DJust one last thing, how would I add an additional column called [font="Courier New"][b]CameFromArchive[/b][/font] so that the database administrator would determine what [font="Courier New"][b]CtrlNo[/b][/font] came from the archive table (0-NO 1-YES)?Thank you so much and more power!Respectfully Yours,Mark SquallMon, 14 Jan 2013 17:13:59 GMTmarksquallhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1406814-392-1.aspxThis is somewhat of a shot in the dark because we don't have ddl or sample data to work with.[code]SELECT A.ConsInvNumber AS [Consolidated Invoice No], A.InvTrackNo AS [Invoice TrackNo], B.SaleOrderNo AS [Sales OrderNo], B.OrderLine AS [Sales Order LineNo], case when A.CtrlNo = 0 then osa.CtrlNo else a.CtrlNo end as CtrlNo FROM DBMain.dbo.ConsInvoiceDetail AS A INNER JOIN DBMain.dbo.IndInvDetail AS B ON A.InvTrackNo = B.InvTrackNoLeft Join (select top 1 CtrlNo from DBArchive.dbo.OrderSummaryArchive where SalesOrderNo = B.SaleOrderNo) osaWHERE A.ConsInvNumber=980029768[/code]I would suggest that when aliasing your tables you don't use A, B, C. Instead use some sort of abbreviation of the table name. It makes debugging a lot easier and anybody looking at your code doesn't have to scratch out their eyeballs trying to figure out which table certain columns come from.Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:33:04 GMTSean Langehttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1406814-392-1.aspxDear members,Hello, a pleasant day to everyone.I would want to ask help about this query that I need for reporting.Let’s for example I have a database named [font="Courier New"][color="#0000ff"]DBMain[/color][/font], and I want to combine two tables by means of their key named [font="Courier New"][color="#0000ff"]InvTrackNo[/color][/font], eventually here is the query:[code="sql"]SELECT A.ConsInvNumber AS [Consolidated Invoice No], A.InvTrackNo AS [Invoice TrackNo], B.SaleOrderNo AS [Sales OrderNo], B.OrderLine AS [Sales Order LineNo], A.CtrlNo FROM DBMain.dbo.ConsInvoiceDetail AS A INNER JOIN DBMain.dbo.IndInvDetail AS B ON A.InvTrackNo = B.InvTrackNoWHERE A.ConsInvNumber=980029768[/code]And here is the output of my main query:[code="plain"]Consolidated InvoiceNo Invoice TrackNo Sales OrderNo Sales Order LineNo CtrlNo980029768 0901164982 162194751 100 407633405980029768 0901164982 162194751 200 407633405980029768 0901164982 162194751 100 407633405980029768 0901164982 162194751 200 407633405980029768 0901192336 161891209 40 0980029768 0901192337 161891209 100 0980029768 0901192338 161891209 160 0980029768 0901204388 162044081 100 406488527980029768 0901204389 162044081 200 406488589[/code]I noticed that some Control Number ([font="Courier New"]A.CtrlNo[/font]) are zeros, my superior said I should look for the archive table and somehow “combine” them to this first query.I tried to query first the archive table named [font="Courier New"][color="#0000ff"]OrderSummaryArchive[/color][/font] that is located in a different database named [font="Courier New"][color="#0000ff"]DBArchive[/color][/font]:[code="sql"]SELECT CtrlNo, SalesOrderNo, SalesOrderLineNo FROM OrderSummaryArchive WHERE SalesOrderNo = 161891209[/code]And here is the output of my second query:[code="other"]CtrlNo SalesOrderNo SalesOrderLineNo405290666 161891209 20[highlight="#FFFF00"]405290666 161891209 40[/highlight]405290669 161891209 60405290669 161891209 80[highlight="#FFFF00"]405290669 161891209 100[/highlight]405290674 161891209 120405290674 161891209 140[highlight="#FFFF00"]405290674 161891209 160[/highlight][/code]As you can see, the highlighted result will complete my first query, I just do not how how to combine them if the second table is in another database, and how to check the appropriate [font="Courier New"]CtrlNo[/font] for each record.My expected result would be:[code="other"]ConsInvoiceNo InvoiceTrackNo Sales OrderNo Sales Order LineNo CtrlNo CameFromArchive980029768 0901164982 162194751 100 407633405 0980029768 0901164982 162194751 200 407633405 0980029768 0901164982 162194751 100 407633405 0980029768 0901164982 162194751 200 407633405 0980029768 0901192336 161891209 40 405290666 1980029768 0901192337 161891209 100 405290669 1980029768 0901192338 161891209 160 405290674 1980029768 0901204388 162044081 100 406488527 0980029768 0901204389 162044081 200 406488589 0[/code]The report should include an additional column called [font="Courier New"]CameFromArchive[/font] so that the database administrator would determine what [font="Courier New"]CtrlNo[/font] came from the archive table (0-NO 1-YES).I hope someone could help me fix my first query. Thank you.Respectfully Yours,Mark SquallMon, 14 Jan 2013 09:36:50 GMTmarksquall