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tommyh SSCertifiable Points: 6302 More actions · Answer 1

amresh_jhingan (9/6/2010)
I parsed the query before running it.. and it gave me "Command(s) completed successfully.". Not sure why.. ?

Syntax check only. And the syntax is okay. But that doesnt mean that it will run.

You can for instance parse say "select something from nothing" without having a table called "nothing".

cengland0 SSCertifiable Points: 6102 More actions · Answer 2

Nice question, I got it right.

I did want to point out that since the correct answer is that it will generate an error, no rows will be displayed because of that error. it could then be argued that the "No rows will be displayed" answer could be considered a correct choice as well.

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 3

Thanks for the question

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webrunner SSC-Dedicated Points: 31711 More actions · Answer 4

Good question, thanks. I have caused this error many times while composing my queries, so when I realized there was an alias in the GROUP BY clause, I figured that had to be the answer.

- webrunner

(Edit) P.S. Thanks, Hugo, for the detailed explanation of why this error happens.

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TomThomson SSC Guru Points: 104773 More actions · Answer 5

Nice question. And nice description of logical order from Hugo.

Tom

Manie Verster SSCertifiable Points: 7152 More actions · Answer 6

Thanks to all for the positive comments and thanks Hugo for the logical explanation you gave. Helps a lot!

Tom please tell me what this means. "Na tog mi gun tuit mi ach ma thuiteas tog! Thig crìoch air an t-saoghal ach mairidh gaol is ceòl "

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Hugo Kornelis SSC Guru Points: 64780 More actions · Answer 7

Manie Verster (9/10/2010)
Tom please tell me what this means. "Na tog mi gun tuit mi ach ma thuiteas tog! Thig crìoch air an t-saoghal ach mairidh gaol is ceòl "

Google translate recognises it as Scottish Celtic, but is not yet able to translate that to either English or Dutch.

Bing Translator thinks it's Hungarian and translates it to English as "Na train what gun tuit what ach thuiteas train today! Thig crìoch air an t-saoghal ach mairidh gaol also ceòl".

Guess which of the two competing sites I believe 😉

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TomThomson SSC Guru Points: 104773 More actions · Answer 8

Manie Verster (9/10/2010)
Tom please tell me what this means. "Na tog mi gun tuit mi ach ma thuiteas tog! Thig crìoch air an t-saoghal ach mairidh gaol is ceòl "

As Hugo said, it's Scotland's Celtic language, usually in English called Scottish Gaelic, or Gaelic for short (which of course creates confusion with Manx and Irish Gaelics) or in itself Gàidhlig na h-Alba. The first line means literally "Don't lift me unless I fall but if I fall do lift" but really "don't correct me unless I'm wrong but if I'm wrong do". The second line is a very old saying: "An end will come upon the world but love and music will survive".

Tom

Daniel Bowlin SSC-Dedicated Points: 34566 More actions · Answer 9

I was up late last night working. I am looking at the question and thinking, "Gee, I didn't think you could group that way" and in my fatigue I chose the wrong answer instead of realizing that you can't group that way.

Paul White SSC Guru Points: 150467 More actions · Answer 10

There is a "workaround":

SELECT DV.[Year],

SOH.SalesPersonID,

AverageOrderAmt = SUM(SOH.TotalDue)

FROM Sales.SalesOrderHeader SOH

CROSS

APPLY (SELECT DATEPART(yyyy,OrderDate)) DV ([Year])

GROUP BY

DV.[Year],

SOH.SalesPersonID

ORDER BY

DV.[Year] ;

Over to you, Hugo.

Paul

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VinceV Right there with Babe Points: 791 More actions · Answer 11

Great question and even better follow up discussions. Thanks!

timothy bates SSC-Addicted Points: 471 More actions · Answer 12

Based on Hugo's LOGICAL progression where the group by preceeds the select. The alias is not yet defined so grouping is not possible against a column that does not yet exist. The Order By occurs post Select where the alias has been defined so it is acceptable. An alternative solution is Group by datepart(yyyy,orderdate).