Find out the shift Time

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Find out the shift Time

ashok.theagarajan

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August 22, 2016 at 3:15 am

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I have a main table where I need to map the Time part of Open Time (a date time field) with a shift table containing the shift timings.
Select A.Number, A.OpenTime, C.ShiftName, C.ShiftStart, C.ShiftEnd
from Database..MainTable A Right Outer Join Database..LookupTable B
On A.Field like '%' + B.Field + '%'
Right Outer Join TBL_ShiftDetails C
On (convert(varchar(8), A.OpenTime, 108) >= C.ShiftStart and convert(varchar(8), A.OpenTime, 108) <= C.ShiftEnd)
Where B.Classification = 'XXXX'
And A.OpenTime >= '8-1-2016'
Order by A.OpenTime ASC
My shift table contains three fields
ShiftNameShiftStartShiftEnd
Shift1 15:30:00.000000012:29:00.0000000
Shift2 12:30:00.000000009:29:00.0000000
Shift3 09:30:00.000000015:29:00.0000000
This gives me shift 3 correctly but does not work for shift 1 and shift 2 (they come up NULL)
Any help is very much appreciated.

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TheSQLGuru SSC Guru Points: 134017 More actions · Answer 1

Please provide sample table scripts and sample data (scripted as INSERTs in to your tables) along with expected output so we can better help you.

I will note that you are doing something that is not good, namely wrapping a column in a function in a WHERE or JOIN clause. Hopefully we can find a way to avoid that.

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John Mitchell-245523 SSC Guru Points: 148809 More actions · Answer 2

You're looking for times that are between ShiftStart and ShiftEnd. However, if ShiftStart is after ShiftEnd, as it is in your first two rows, that condition will never be fulfilled. You'll need to make your logic more sophisticated, perhaps by adding 24 hours to ShiftEnd if it's less than ShiftStart. But we need a bit more information from you, like Kevin asked for, before we can help you any more than that.

John

ChrisM@Work SSC Guru Points: 186127 More actions · Answer 3

ashok.theagarajan (8/22/2016)
I have a main table where I need to map the Time part of Open Time (a date time field) with a shift table containing the shift timings.
Select A.Number, A.OpenTime, C.ShiftName, C.ShiftStart, C.ShiftEnd
from Database..MainTable A Right Outer Join Database..LookupTable B
On A.Field like '%' + B.Field + '%'
Right Outer Join TBL_ShiftDetails C
On (convert(varchar(8), A.OpenTime, 108) >= C.ShiftStart and convert(varchar(8), A.OpenTime, 108) <= C.ShiftEnd)
Where B.Classification = 'XXXX'
And A.OpenTime >= '8-1-2016'
Order by A.OpenTime ASC
My shift table contains three fields
ShiftNameShiftStartShiftEnd
Shift1 15:30:00.000000012:29:00.0000000
Shift2 12:30:00.000000009:29:00.0000000
Shift3 09:30:00.000000015:29:00.0000000
This gives me shift 3 correctly but does not work for shift 1 and shift 2 (they come up NULL)
Any help is very much appreciated.

Shifts 1 and 2 are 21 hours long. Is this intentional? Shift 3 is only 6 hours.

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ashok.theagarajan (8/22/2016)
from Database..MainTable A
Right Outer Join Database..LookupTable B On A.Field like '%' + B.Field + '%'
Right Outer Join TBL_ShiftDetails C On (convert(varchar(8), A.OpenTime, 108) >= C.ShiftStart and convert(varchar(8), A.OpenTime, 108) <= C.ShiftEnd)

TheSQLGuru (8/22/2016)
I will note that you are doing something that is not good, namely wrapping a column in a function in a WHERE or JOIN clause. Hopefully we can find a way to avoid that.

Not only are functions used in the JOIN predicate, but the other JOIN is a LIKE with wildcards on both ends. :w00t:

We're going to need the DDL and sample data. Also, is this already in production? Are you able to change the design of the table?

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