Advanced SQL query help

  • Hi,

    I am looking for some help with two queries using the following table/data. It would be great to see the most efficient way to achieve these.

    Queries

    1: Show all homes with rent above the average rent value for their Company

    2: Show the number of homes registered 0-3 months, 4-6 months, 6-12 months, 1- 2 years, and 2+ years ago

    Thank you for looking.

    CREATE SCHEMA homes;

     

    GO

     

    CREATE TABLE homes.Companies (CompanyId INT, CompanyName NVARCHAR(50));

     

    INSERT INTO homes.Companies VALUES

    (1,'Company A')

    ,(2,'Company B')

    ,(3,'Company C')

    ,(4,'Company D')

     

    CREATE TABLE homes.Branches(BranchId INT, CompanyId INT, BranchName NVARCHAR(20));

    INSERT INTO homes.Branches VALUES

    (1,1,'Liverpool')

    ,(2,1,'Blackpool')

    ,(3,1,'Stockport')

    ,(4,2,'Durham')

    ,(5,2,'Oxford')

    ,(6,2,'Cambridge')

    ,(7,2,'Manchester')

    ,(8,3,'Newcastle')

    ,(9,3,'Hull')

    ,(10,3,'York')

    ,(11,4,'Birmingham')

    ,(12,4,'Stoke on Trent')

     

     

    -- DROP TABLE homes.Properties;

    CREATE TABLE homes.Properties (PropertyId INT, BranchId INT, Address NVARCHAR(200), Rent INT, RegisteredOn DATETIME);

    INSERT INTO homes.Properties VALUES

    (1,1,'12a, Station Street, Liverpool',500,CAST('2019-12-31' AS DATETIME))

    ,(2,1,'12c, Station Street, Liverpool',475,CAST('2021-06-15' AS DATETIME))

    ,(3,3,'39, Main Road, Stockport',410,CAST('2022-09-30' AS DATETIME))

    ,(4,3,'12, Dovetrees, Manchester',700,CAST('2022-08-19' AS DATETIME))

    ,(5,5,'16, St Giles, Oxford',825,CAST('2023-02-28' AS DATETIME))

    ,(6,5,'32, George Street, Oxford',1100,CAST('2022-04-01' AS DATETIME))

    ,(7,5,'16, Main Road, Eynsham',680,CAST('2021-03-24' AS DATETIME))

    ,(8,6,'3b, University Road, Cambridge',960,CAST('2022-01-14' AS DATETIME))

    ,(9,7,'98, Heaton Road, Manchester',795,CAST('2022-09-07' AS DATETIME))

    ,(10,8,'64, St James Park, Newcastle',550,CAST('2022-11-26' AS DATETIME))

    ,(11,8,'47, St James Park, Newcastle',630,CAST('2023-01-16' AS DATETIME))

    ,(12,10,'6b, Station Lane, York',520,CAST('2022-07-19' AS DATETIME))

    ,(13,10,'24, Newcastle Road, York',510,CAST('2022-03-15' AS DATETIME))

    ,(14,11,'64, Bull Ring, Birmingham',1025,CAST('2022-12-03' AS DATETIME))

    ,(15,12,'Willowmead, Pottery Lane, Stoke on Trent',765,CAST('2022-05-12' AS DATETIME))

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  • Here is a formatted version. Note that all of your

    CAST ('YYYY-MM-DD' AS DATETIME)

    statements can be simplified to 'YYYYMMDD'. As suggested above, this looks like homework to me.

    CREATE SCHEMA homes;
    GO

    CREATE TABLE homes.Companies
    (
    CompanyId INT
    ,CompanyName NVARCHAR(50)
    );

    INSERT INTO homes.Companies
    VALUES
    (1, 'Company A')
    ,(2, 'Company B')
    ,(3, 'Company C')
    ,(4, 'Company D');

    CREATE TABLE homes.Branches
    (
    BranchId INT
    ,CompanyId INT
    ,BranchName NVARCHAR(20)
    );

    INSERT INTO homes.Branches
    VALUES
    (1, 1, 'Liverpool')
    ,(2, 1, 'Blackpool')
    ,(3, 1, 'Stockport')
    ,(4, 2, 'Durham')
    ,(5, 2, 'Oxford')
    ,(6, 2, 'Cambridge')
    ,(7, 2, 'Manchester')
    ,(8, 3, 'Newcastle')
    ,(9, 3, 'Hull')
    ,(10, 3, 'York')
    ,(11, 4, 'Birmingham')
    ,(12, 4, 'Stoke on Trent');

    -- DROP TABLE homes.Properties;
    CREATE TABLE homes.Properties
    (
    PropertyId INT
    ,BranchId INT
    ,Address NVARCHAR(200)
    ,Rent INT
    ,RegisteredOn DATETIME
    );

    INSERT INTO homes.Properties
    VALUES
    (1, 1, '12a, Station Street, Liverpool', 500, CAST ('2019-12-31' AS DATETIME))
    ,(2, 1, '12c, Station Street, Liverpool', 475, CAST ('2021-06-15' AS DATETIME))
    ,(3, 3, '39, Main Road, Stockport', 410, CAST ('2022-09-30' AS DATETIME))
    ,(4, 3, '12, Dovetrees, Manchester', 700, CAST ('2022-08-19' AS DATETIME))
    ,(5, 5, '16, St Giles, Oxford', 825, CAST ('2023-02-28' AS DATETIME))
    ,(6, 5, '32, George Street, Oxford', 1100, CAST ('2022-04-01' AS DATETIME))
    ,(7, 5, '16, Main Road, Eynsham', 680, CAST ('2021-03-24' AS DATETIME))
    ,(8, 6, '3b, University Road, Cambridge', 960, CAST ('2022-01-14' AS DATETIME))
    ,(9, 7, '98, Heaton Road, Manchester', 795, CAST ('2022-09-07' AS DATETIME))
    ,(10, 8, '64, St James Park, Newcastle', 550, CAST ('2022-11-26' AS DATETIME))
    ,(11, 8, '47, St James Park, Newcastle', 630, CAST ('2023-01-16' AS DATETIME))
    ,(12, 10, '6b, Station Lane, York', 520, CAST ('2022-07-19' AS DATETIME))
    ,(13, 10, '24, Newcastle Road, York', 510, CAST ('2022-03-15' AS DATETIME))
    ,(14, 11, '64, Bull Ring, Birmingham', 1025, CAST ('2022-12-03' AS DATETIME))
    ,(15, 12, 'Willowmead, Pottery Lane, Stoke on Trent', 765, CAST ('2022-05-12' AS DATETIME));

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  • You may get better replies if you show what you have tried already, and what part is causing problems.

    Expecting the entire solution from scratch seems a bit much.

  • Do you need to convert the dates ?  Isn't this OK ?

    INSERT INTO homes.Properties
    VALUES
    (1, 1, '12a, Station Street, Liverpool', 500, '2019-12-31' )
    ,(2, 1, '12c, Station Street, Liverpool', 475, '2021-06-15' )
    ,(3, 3, '39, Main Road, Stockport', 410, '2022-09-30' )
    ,(4, 3, '12, Dovetrees, Manchester', 700, '2022-08-19' )

    • This reply was modified 11 months ago by  homebrew01.
  • homebrew01 wrote:

    Do you need to convert the dates ?  Isn't this OK ?

    INSERT INTO homes.Properties
    VALUES
    (1, 1, '12a, Station Street, Liverpool', 500, '2019-12-31' )
    ,(2, 1, '12c, Station Street, Liverpool', 475, '2021-06-15' )
    ,(3, 3, '39, Main Road, Stockport', 410, '2022-09-30' )
    ,(4, 3, '12, Dovetrees, Manchester', 700, '2022-08-19' )

    Looking at the provided data - I assume they are using a British English system, and if so - then no you cannot use '2019-12-31' for a datetime data type.  If the system is not using British English then it will work but it isn't safe.  In fact, the original code isn't safe using CAST either.

    Changing it to '20191231' would be safe - as then the format will be correctly converted as YYYYMMDD and is not language dependent.

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  • For the first query ChatGPT-4 generated

    WITH CompanyAverageRent AS (
    SELECT c.CompanyId, AVG(p.Rent) AS AverageRent
    FROM #Companies c
    JOIN #Branches b ON c.CompanyId = b.CompanyId
    JOIN #Properties p ON b.BranchId = p.BranchId
    GROUP BY c.CompanyId
    )
    SELECT p.PropertyId, p.Address, p.Rent, c.CompanyName
    FROM #Properties p
    JOIN #Branches b ON p.BranchId = b.BranchId
    JOIN #Companies c ON b.CompanyId = c.CompanyId
    JOIN CompanyAverageRent car ON c.CompanyId = car.CompanyId
    WHERE p.Rent > car.AverageRent
    ORDER BY c.CompanyName, p.Rent DESC;

    Imo it's an ok query.  The CTE is not really necessary imo

    select c.CompanyName, calc.avg_rent, above.*
    from #Companies c
    cross apply (select avg(p.rent)
    from #branches b
    join #Properties p on b.BranchId = p.BranchId
    where b.CompanyId=c.CompanyId) calc(avg_rent)
    cross apply (select p.PropertyId, p.Address, p.Rent
    from #branches b
    join #Properties p on b.BranchId = p.BranchId
    where b.CompanyId=c.CompanyId
    and p.Rent>calc.avg_rent) above(PropertyId, Address, Rent)
    order by c.CompanyName, above.Rent desc;

    For the second query ChatGPT-4 generated

    DECLARE @CurrentDate DATETIME = GETDATE();

    WITH RegistrationPeriods AS (
    SELECT PropertyId, DATEDIFF(MONTH, RegisteredOn, @CurrentDate) ddif,
    CASE
    WHEN DATEDIFF(MONTH, RegisteredOn, @CurrentDate) BETWEEN 0 AND 3 THEN '0-3 months'
    WHEN DATEDIFF(MONTH, RegisteredOn, @CurrentDate) BETWEEN 4 AND 6 THEN '4-6 months'
    WHEN DATEDIFF(MONTH, RegisteredOn, @CurrentDate) BETWEEN 7 AND 12 THEN '6-12 months'
    WHEN DATEDIFF(YEAR, RegisteredOn, @CurrentDate) BETWEEN 1 AND 2 THEN '1-2 years'
    ELSE '2+ years'
    END AS RegistrationPeriod
    FROM #Properties
    )
    SELECT RegistrationPeriod, COUNT(PropertyId) AS NumberOfHomes
    FROM RegistrationPeriods
    GROUP BY RegistrationPeriod
    ORDER BY MIN(PropertyId);

    The variable declaration seems unnecessary and the CTE is unnecessary.  Mixing different date parts within DATEDIFF in the CASE expression and then using GROUP BY on the result seems potentially problematic imo.  The ORDER BY MIN(PropertyId) is useless and possibly wrong.

    Maybe something like this

    select reg.reg_period, count(p.PropertyId) AS NumberOfHomes
    from #Properties p
    cross apply (values (datediff(month, p.RegisteredOn, getdate()))) v(mo_diff)
    cross apply (values (case when v.mo_diff between 0 and 3 then '01 0-3 months'
    when v.mo_diff between 4 and 6 then '02 4-6 months'
    when v.mo_diff between 7 and 12 then '03 7-12 months'
    when v.mo_diff between 13 and 24 then '04 13-24 months'
    else '05 25+ months' end)) reg(reg_period)
    group by reg.reg_period
    order by reg.reg_period;

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  • Thanks Steve, That is a great reply. I haven't tried out ChatGPT. Really appreciate your help.

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