SQL-Query: EXISTS in Subtable

Question

I have two tables tabData and tabDataDetail. I want all idData(PK) from Parent-Table(tabData) that have only rows in Child-Table(tabDataDetail, FK is fiData) with:

• fiActionCode=11 alone or
• fiactionCode=11 and fiActionCode=34

Any other combination is invalid. How to get them?

What i've tried without success(slow and gives me also rows that have only fiActioncode 34) :

Thanks for your Time.

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EDIT: Thanks to all for their answers. Now i unfortunately have not enough time to check which one is best or works at all. I marked the first working one as answer.

EDIT2: i think that the marked answer is really the most efficient and compact solution.

EDIT3: Codesleuth's answer is interesting because it returns only rows than have only a single fiActionCode=11. Difficult to see, because that its only true for 20 tabDataDetail-rows ot of 41524189 total-rows that have two. Anyway that was not 100% what i've asked or rather what i was looking for.

Answer 1

Select ...
From tabData As T1
Where Exists    (
                Select 1
                From tabDataDetail As TDD1
                Where TDD1.fiData = T1.idData
                    And TDD1.fiactionCode = 11
                )
    And Not Exists    (
                      Select 1
                      From tabDataDetail As TDD1
                      Where TDD1.fiData = T1.idData
                          And TDD1.fiactionCode Not In(11,34)
                    )

To expand on my logic, the first check (a correction) is to ensure that a row with fiActionCode = 11 exists. The second check works by first defining the set of rows we do not want. We do not want anything that is something other than fiActionCode = 11 or 34. Because that is the set of items we do not want, we search for anything that does not exist in that set.

Answer 2

Edit : Apols - I see what you mean with child rows. This isn't particular efficient. Thanks also to Lieven for the data.

SELECT idData FROM
tabData td
WHERE EXISTS 
(
    SELECT 1 
        FROM tabDataDetail tdd 
        WHERE tdd.fiData = td.idData AND fiActionCode = 11
 )
AND NOT EXISTS
(
    SELECT 1 
        FROM tabDataDetail tdd 
        WHERE tdd.fiData = td.idData AND fiActionCode <> 11
 )
UNION
SELECT idData 
    FROM tabData td
    WHERE EXISTS 
    (
        SELECT 1 
            FROM tabDataDetail tdd 
            WHERE tdd.fiData = td.idData AND fiActionCode = 11
     )
    AND EXISTS
    (
        SELECT 1 
            FROM tabDataDetail tdd 
            WHERE tdd.fiData = td.idData AND fiActionCode = 34
     )
AND NOT EXISTS
(
    SELECT 1 
        FROM tabDataDetail tdd 
        WHERE tdd.fiData = td.idData AND fiActionCode NOT IN (11, 34)
 )

Answer 3

Reasoning

1. LEFT OUTER JOIN excludes all idData's that have an id different from 11 or 34
2. HAVING excludes all idData's that only have a 34
3. Remaining records (should) satisfy all constraints

Test data

DECLARE @tabData TABLE (idData INTEGER)
DECLARE @tabDataDetail TABLE (fiData INTEGER, fiActionCode INTEGER)

INSERT INTO @tabData VALUES (1)
INSERT INTO @tabData VALUES (2)
INSERT INTO @tabData VALUES (3)
INSERT INTO @tabData VALUES (4)
INSERT INTO @tabData VALUES (5)

/* Only idData 1 & 2 should be returned */
INSERT INTO @tabDataDetail VALUES (1, 11)
INSERT INTO @tabDataDetail VALUES (2, 11)
INSERT INTO @tabDataDetail VALUES (2, 34)
INSERT INTO @tabDataDetail VALUES (3, 99)
INSERT INTO @tabDataDetail VALUES (4, 11)
INSERT INTO @tabDataDetail VALUES (4, 99)
INSERT INTO @tabDataDetail VALUES (5, 34)

Query

SELECT  *
FROM    @tabData d
        INNER JOIN @tabDataDetail dd ON dd.fiData = d.idData
        INNER JOIN (
          SELECT  idData
          FROM    @tabData d
                  INNER JOIN @tabDataDetail dd ON dd.fiData = d.idData
                  LEFT OUTER JOIN (
                    SELECT  fiData
                    FROM    @tabDataDetail
                    WHERE   fiActionCode NOT IN (11, 34)
                  ) exclude ON exclude.fiData = d.idData
          WHERE   exclude.fiData IS NULL                
          GROUP BY
                  idData
          HAVING  MIN(fiActionCode) = 11        
        ) include ON include.idData = d.idData

Answer 4

Edited my answer based on clarification given in comments on other answers.

select td.idData
 from tabData td
  left join tabDataDetail tdd
   on td.idData = tdd.fiData
    and tdd.fiActionCode = 11
  left join tabDataDetail tdd2
   on td.idData = tdd2.fiData
    and tdd2.fiActionCode = 34
  left join tabDataDetail tdd3
   on td.idData = tdd3.fiData
    and tdd3.fiActionCode not in (11,34)
 where (tdd.fiData is not null
  or (tdd.fiData is not null and tdd2.fiData is not null))
  and tdd3.fiData is null
 group by td.idData

Answer 5

Thanks @Lieven for the data code to test this:

DECLARE @tabData TABLE (idData INTEGER)
DECLARE @tabDataDetail TABLE (idDataDetail int IDENTITY(1,1),
    fiData INTEGER, fiActionCode INTEGER)

INSERT INTO @tabData VALUES (1)
INSERT INTO @tabData VALUES (2)
INSERT INTO @tabData VALUES (3)
INSERT INTO @tabData VALUES (4)
INSERT INTO @tabData VALUES (5)

/* Only idData 1 & 2 should be returned */
INSERT INTO @tabDataDetail (fiData,fiActionCode) VALUES (1, 11)
INSERT INTO @tabDataDetail (fiData,fiActionCode) VALUES (2, 11)
INSERT INTO @tabDataDetail (fiData,fiActionCode) VALUES (2, 34)
INSERT INTO @tabDataDetail (fiData,fiActionCode) VALUES (3, 99)
INSERT INTO @tabDataDetail (fiData,fiActionCode) VALUES (4, 11)
INSERT INTO @tabDataDetail (fiData,fiActionCode) VALUES (4, 99)
INSERT INTO @tabDataDetail (fiData,fiActionCode) VALUES (5, 34)

Query:

SELECT  td.idData
FROM    @tabData td
        INNER JOIN @tabDataDetail tdd ON td.idData = tdd.fiData
WHERE   tdd.fiActionCode = 11 -- check 11 exists
        AND NOT EXISTS ( SELECT * FROM @tabDataDetail WHERE fiData = td.idData
                          AND idDataDetail <> tdd.idDataDetail )
            -- ensures *only* 11 exists (0 results from subquery)
UNION
SELECT  td.idData
FROM    @tabData td
        INNER JOIN @tabDataDetail tdd1 ON td.idData = tdd1.fiData
        INNER JOIN @tabDataDetail tdd2 ON td.idData = tdd2.fiData
WHERE   tdd1.fiActionCode = 11 -- check 11 exists
        AND tdd2.fiActionCode = 34 -- check 34 exists

Returns:

idData
-----------
1
2

(2 row(s) affected)

With only 1 subquery here (and it being a COUNT instead of a very-slow NOT EXISTS) this creates a very neat execution plan which should help if you're having problems with speed.

Answer 6

This does it with one pass through the data I think.

It depends on the data distribution whether or not that would be preferable to doing 2 separate lookups.

WITH matches AS
(
SELECT fiData
FROM tabDataDetail 
GROUP BY fiData
HAVING COUNT(CASE WHEN fiactionCode = 11 THEN 1 END) > 0
AND COUNT(CASE WHEN fiactionCode NOT IN (11,34) THEN 1 END) = 0
)
SELECT ...
FROM idData i
JOIN matches m
ON  m.fiData = i.idData