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venkidesaik
Posted Friday, July 20, 2012 5:46 AM
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Hi All,

I have two tables for example,
tblCategories(CategoryID[INT],CategoryName[VARCHAR])
tblEmployees(EmployeeID[INT],EmployeeName[VARCHAR],CategoryIDs[VARCHAR])
Example OUTPUT Like,

tblCategories:
CategoryID CategoryName
1 AAA
2 BBB
3 CCC

tblEmployees:
EmployeeID EmployeeName CategoryIDs
1 XXX 1,3
2 YYY 2,3
3 ZZZ 1,2

I want to join both the tables & i want to get the result
is it possible?if it is possible how to join the table
Please give me the query
& also result for me.

Thanks In Advance,
Venkatesh.
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Posted Friday, July 20, 2012 6:11 AM


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nice first post, you provided quite a bit of info.

my first point, is in the future, if you can provide your data as CREATE TABLE / INSERT INTO statements like this, anyone can easily see your data and provide test scripts for you:
drop table tblEmployees
drop table tblCategories
CREATE TABLE tblCategories(CategoryID[INT],CategoryName[VARCHAR](30))
CREATE TABLE tblEmployees(EmployeeID[INT],EmployeeName[VARCHAR](30),CategoryIDs[VARCHAR](30))


INSERT INTO tblCategories( CategoryID,CategoryName)
SELECT '1','AAA' UNION ALL
SELECT '2','BBB' UNION ALL
SELECT '3','CCC'

INSERT INTO tblEmployees(EmployeeID,EmployeeName,CategoryIDs)
 SELECT '1','XXX','1,3' UNION ALL
 SELECT '2','YYY','2,3' UNION ALL
 SELECT '3','ZZZ','1,2'

Next, you want to avoid storing multiple values in a single column, otherwise you run into problems like you are having now.
instead of having '1,2' as a varchar field in a row, you should have two rows in the table, both with foreign keys to the category instead.

a work around for that is to use the DelimitedSpilt8K splitter function here on SSC:
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Tally+Table/72993/

with that function, you can split that comma-delimited list into seperate rows (like they should have been)
 SELECT * FROM tblEmployees
 cross apply master.dbo.DelimitedSplit8K(CategoryIDs,',')

then using those results as a sub query, you could join them on category:
 
 select * from tblCategories
 LEFT OUTER JOIN ( SELECT * FROM tblEmployees
 cross apply master.dbo.DelimitedSplit8K(CategoryIDs,',')
 ) MyAlias
 On tblCategories.CategoryID = MyAlias.Item

hope that helps get you started.

Lowell

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Posted Monday, July 23, 2012 12:49 AM
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Thanks for replying Boss for my question....
Its working fine thanks a lot.
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Posted Wednesday, September 05, 2012 4:43 AM
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we can do without using master.dbo.DelimitedSplit8K()

SELECT A.employeeid,A.employeename,B.categoryname,C.categoryname FROM

(
SELECT employeeid,employeename,
SUBSTRING(categoryids,1,CHARINDEX(',',categoryids)-1) categoryid1,
SUBSTRING(categoryids,CHARINDEX(',',categoryids)+1,LEN(categoryids)) categoryid2
FROM
tblemployees
)A
INNER JOIN
tblcategories B ON A.categoryid1=B.categoryid
INNER JOIN
tblcategories C ON A.categoryid2=C.categoryid

i hope this will be useful to someone
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Posted Wednesday, September 05, 2012 5:16 AM


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swathi that's a great way to show an alternate solution.

The only thing that bothers me is that solution only works if there are only 9 categories, 1-9, since you are assuming a single digit category Id;

As soon as he has more categories than that, he'll need to rewrite it.

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Posted Thursday, September 06, 2012 1:00 AM
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Hi Lowell
thank you
I am quite new to SQL SERVER.I didn't understand your solution for this. my question is where can i find delimitedsplit8k()
function?and how can i use it? could you please explain it

Thanks& Regards
Swathi
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Posted Thursday, September 06, 2012 6:14 AM
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Can I use below function instead of DelimitedSplit8K() function

CREATE FUNCTION SPLIT
(
@RowData nvarchar(2000),
@SplitOn nvarchar(5)
)
RETURNS @RtnValue table
(
Id int identity(1,1),
Data nvarchar(100)
)
AS
BEGIN
Declare @Cnt int
Set @Cnt = 1

While (Charindex(@SplitOn,@RowData)>0)
Begin
Insert Into @RtnValue (data)
Select
Data = ltrim(rtrim(Substring(@RowData,1,Charindex(@SplitOn,@RowData)-1)))

Set @RowData = Substring(@RowData,Charindex(@SplitOn,@RowData)+1,len(@RowData))
Set @Cnt = @Cnt + 1
End

Insert Into @RtnValue (data)
Select Data = ltrim(rtrim(@RowData))

Return
END


and required query is

select * from tblCategories
LEFT JOIN ( SELECT * FROM tblEmployees
cross apply dbo.SPLIT(CategoryIDs,',')
) A
On tblCategories.CategoryID = A.DATA
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swathi nareddy (9/6/2012)
Can I use below function instead of DelimitedSplit8K() function

CREATE FUNCTION SPLIT
(
@RowData nvarchar(2000),
@SplitOn nvarchar(5)
)
RETURNS @RtnValue table
(
Id int identity(1,1),
Data nvarchar(100)
)
AS
BEGIN
Declare @Cnt int
Set @Cnt = 1

While (Charindex(@SplitOn,@RowData)>0)
Begin
Insert Into @RtnValue (data)
Select
Data = ltrim(rtrim(Substring(@RowData,1,Charindex(@SplitOn,@RowData)-1)))

Set @RowData = Substring(@RowData,Charindex(@SplitOn,@RowData)+1,len(@RowData))
Set @Cnt = @Cnt + 1
End

Insert Into @RtnValue (data)
Select Data = ltrim(rtrim(@RowData))

Return
END


and required query is

select * from tblCategories
LEFT JOIN ( SELECT * FROM tblEmployees
cross apply dbo.SPLIT(CategoryIDs,',')
) A
On tblCategories.CategoryID = A.DATA


Yes, but only if poor performance is a requirement of your application.

No loops! No CURSORs! No RBAR! Hoo-uh!

INDEXing a poor-performing query is like putting sugar on cat food. Yeah, it probably tastes better but are you sure you want to eat it?

Need to UNPIVOT? Why not CROSS APPLY VALUES instead?
Since random numbers are too important to be left to chance, let's generate some!
Are you too recursively challenged?
Splitting strings based on patterns can be fast!
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Posted Friday, September 21, 2012 12:32 AM
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We can also use comma separted list to a table instead of DelimitedSplit8K function.Both function would produce same results
CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[SplitList]
(
@List nvarchar(max),
@SplitOn nvarchar(5)
)
RETURNS @RtnValue table
(

Id int identity(1,1),
Value nvarchar(100)
)
AS
BEGIN

While (Charindex(@SplitOn,@List)>0)
Begin
Insert Into @RtnValue (value)
Select
Value = ltrim(rtrim(Substring(@List,1,Charindex(@SplitOn,@List)-1)))
Set @List = Substring(@List,Charindex(@SplitOn,@List)+len(@SplitOn),len(@List))
End

Insert Into @RtnValue (Value)
Select Value = ltrim(rtrim(@List))
Return
END
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