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2Tall

Posted Tuesday, September 15, 2009 4:10 PM

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Hi. I have developed quite a few reports but have not yet mastered allowing a user to SELECT 1 or multiple values from a report parameter.

I have used:
SELECT -1 Prefix,'' AS PrefixId
UNION
SELECT DISTINCT Prefix,PrefixId
FROM Prefix

This allowed me to return all values for prefixes then filter on a single prefix. I adapted the above from something I found in another report. To be honest I am unsure what the SELECT -1 does so feel free to educate me!

I have the main dataset query.....something like:

SELECT po.PurchaseOrderId,p.PrefixId
FROM PurchaseOrders AS po
INNER JOIN Prefix AS p ON po.Prefix = p.prefix
WHERE p.PrefixId = @Prefix

I would then create a second dataset for the lookup values for the prefixes:

SELECT p.PrefixId
FROM Prefixes

I would then set the @Prefix parameter from Query. This allows for a single value to be select.

I have read a little on COALESCE + Cursors & temp tables + UDF. I have only worked with temp tables & CTE's.

Can anyone offer me some advice on how to piece it all together?
Many Thanks,
Phil.

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dbo.benyos

Posted Tuesday, September 15, 2009 8:42 PM

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I am unsure what the SELECT -1 does

This alows you to display a simple, maybe default, empty selection in your combo, maybe to allow for "every option" or "ignore this filter", as I'll show you here:

SELECT po.PurchaseOrderId,p.PrefixId
FROM PurchaseOrders AS po
INNER JOIN Prefix AS p ON po.Prefix = p.prefix
WHERE p.PrefixId = @Prefix
OR @Prefix = -1

This OR @Prefix = -1 allows you to pass -1 and actually ignore the filter to return all rows.

Tal Ben Yosef
www.TalBenYosef.com
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