MAX(rownumber) and count issue

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MAX(rownumber) and count issue

M A Srinivas

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February 10, 2014 at 2:53 am

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declare @a table( keyid int,keyname varchar(50) )
declare @b-2 table( keyid int,keyname varchar(50) )
insert into @a values (1,'10')
insert into @a values (1,'10')
insert into @a values (2,'20')
insert into @a values (4,'40')
insert into @a values (6,'60')
insert into @a values (8,'80')
insert into @a values (9,'90')
insert into @b-2 values (1,'100')
insert into @b-2 values (3,'300')
insert into @b-2 values (5,'500')
insert into @b-2 values (6,'600')
insert into @b-2 values (8,'800')
insert into @b-2 values (8,'801')
-- Below query gives totalrows = 7 , if I remark count
;with rowcte as
(
select a.keyid as akeyid,a.keyname as akeyname , b.keyid as bkeyid ,b.keyname as bkeyname,
row_number() over( order by a.keyid asc ) as rowasc
from @a a
left outer join @b-2 b
on a.keyid = b.keyid
)
select max(rowasc) totoalrows --,count(*) as totcount
from rowcte
-- Below query gives totalrows = 8 and totcount = 8 WHY ?
;with rowcte as
(
select a.keyid as akeyid,a.keyname as akeyname , b.keyid as bkeyid ,b.keyname as bkeyname,
row_number() over( order by a.keyid asc ) as rowasc
from @a a
left outer join @b-2 b
on a.keyid = b.keyid
)
select max(rowasc) totoalrows ,count(*) as totcount
from rowcte

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Abu Dina SSChampion Points: 14155 More actions · Answer 1

The first query gives me 8 and the second gives me 8, 8?!

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M A Srinivas SSC-Addicted Points: 494 More actions · Answer 2

M A Srinivas

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February 10, 2014 at 3:22 am

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I forgot to mention . This is in SQL 2005 SP2

SQLCJ SSCommitted Points: 1781 More actions · Answer 3

I got 7 and 8,8 on .. 2008(RTM) developers and enterprise edition ... I'm stumped too... can somebody please explain the reason behind this output ?

Luis Cazares SSC Guru Points: 183698 More actions · Answer 4

You should get 8 on both queries. A MAX() on a ROW_NUMBER() without PARTITION BY should give you the same values as COUNT(*).

The reason is that you have keyids 1 and 8 repeated. You could check it with a simple query.

SELECT *

from @a a

left outer join @b-2 b

on a.keyid = b.keyid

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SQLCJ SSCommitted Points: 1781 More actions · Answer 5

Exactly... that is what I tried before posting reply... it clearly shows that it should give 8 as an output but I did not get it... am I missing something here ?

Umer Akram SSC-Insane Points: 22209 More actions · Answer 6

MAX() is working upon as per the definition of the base table.

in your query u are using left join, if you try to use right join u will be even more surprised.

Once you are done with the surprised run the below query

declare @a table( keyid int,keyname varchar(50) )

declare @b-2 table( keyid int,keyname varchar(50) )

declare @C table( akeyid int,akeyname varchar(50), bkeyid int, bkeyname varchar(50) ,rowasc int )

insert into @a values (1,'10')

insert into @a values (2,'20')

insert into @a values (4,'40')

insert into @a values (6,'60')

insert into @a values (8,'80')

insert into @a values (9,'90')

insert into @b-2 values (1,'100')

insert into @b-2 values (3,'300')

insert into @b-2 values (5,'500')

insert into @b-2 values (6,'600')

insert into @b-2 values (8,'800')

insert into @b-2 values (8,'801')

INSERT into @C

select a.keyid as akeyid,a.keyname as akeyname , b.keyid as bkeyid ,b.keyname as bkeyname,

row_number() over( order by a.keyid asc ) as rowasc

from @a a

left join @b-2 b on a.keyid = b.keyid

SELECT MAX(rowasc), COUNT(akeyid)

from @C

SELECT MAX(rowasc)

from @C

Its a bug in 2005, 2008, 2008R2 .... but its running perfectly on the 2012. :w00t:

here is the link http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2565683

kindly upgrade your sql server to latest SPs if possible.

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