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select distinct col1 with min(col2) and max(col3) from table

My table looks like this with duplicates in col1 col1, col2, col3, col4 1, 1, 0, a 1, 2, 1, a 1, 3, 1, a 2, 4, 1, b 3, 5, 0, c I want to select distinct ...

ado sql update table with result of group by query

I am trying to update records in an .mdb table with the number of records containing the same value The sql below does not work but I think gives an indication of what I am trying to achieve. UPDATE table1 AS A INNER JOIN (SELECT PH_BSP , Count(PH_BSP) AS PHCOUNT FROM table1 GROUP BY PH_BSP) AS B ON A.PH_BSP=B.PH_BSP SET A.PH_SORT = ...

Eliminate full table scan due to BETWEEN (and GROUP BY)

Description According to the explain command, there is a range that is causing a query to perform a full table scan (160k rows). How do I keep the range condition and reduce the scanning? I expect the culprit to be: Y.YEAR BETWEEN 1900 AND 2009 AND Code Here is the code that has the range condition (the STATION_DISTRICT is likely su...

sql-access: HAVING clause and != operator

i am new to access sql and i built a select statement that looks like this: SELECT [Lab Occurrence Form].[Practice Code], Count([Lab Occurrence Form].[1 0 Preanalytical (Before Testing)]) AS [CountOf1 0 Preanalytical (Before Testing)], [Lab Occurrence Form].[1 0 Preanalytical (Before Testing)] FROM [Lab Occurrence Form...

sql: including data from multiple columns

i have a table that looks like this: another words i would like to take data from columns stuff1, stuff2, and stuff3, and put them together ...

update query with join on two tables

I have customer and address tables. query: select * from addresses a, customers b where a.id = b.id returns 474 records For these records, I'd like to add the id of customer table into cid of address table. Example: If for the first record the id of customer is 9 and id of address is also 9 then i'd like to insert 9 into cid colu...

Is adding a bit mask to all tables in a database useful?

A colleague is adding a bit mask to all our database tables. In theory this is so we can track certain properties of each row across the entire system. For example... Is the row shipped with the system or added by the client once they've started using the system Has the row been deleted from the table (soft deletes) Is the row a defaul...

best sql server client tool and refresh managment studio edit window ?

After using other gui tools for databases like oracle sql developer , plsql editor ..., I am not quite comfortable with sql server management studio,so I want to ask: Is there any better client tools for sql server? In management studio ,if I've already opened edit window, how to refresh the data in the window ? ...

get-wmiobject sql join in powershell - trying to find physical memory vs. virtual memory of remote systems

get-wmiobject -query "Select TotalPhysicalMemory from Win32_LogicalMemoryConfiguration" -computer COMPUTERNAME >>output.csv get-wmiobject -query "Select TotalPageFileSpace from Win32_LogicalMemoryConfiguration" -computer COMPUTERNAME >>output.csv I am trying to complete this script with an output as such: Computer Physical Memo...

Deleting huge chunks of data from mysql innodb

I need to delete a huge chunk of my data in my production database, which runs about 100GB in size. If possible, i would like to minimize my downtime. My selection criteria for deleting is likely to be DELETE * FROM POSTING WHERE USER.ID=5 AND UPDATED_AT<100 What is the best way to delete it? Build an index? Write a sequentia...

SQL server datetime column filter on certain date or range of dates

There is an example for today here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2583228/get-row-where-datetime-column-today-sql-server-noob I am primarily interested in 2008 only. For today it looked like SELECT (list of fields) FROM dbo.YourTable WHERE dateValue BETWEEN CAST(GETDATE() AS DATE) AND DATEADD(DAY, 1, CAST(GETDATE() AS DATE)...

Sql string adding problem

SELECT a.one + ' test ' +b.two from table1 a right join table1 on a.id =b.id The problem is that when one is null then it the whole string is null, is there some kind of trick to bypass this problem msSQL 2005 ...

How to create a conditional measure in SQL Server 2008 Analysis services

Hi there I am not sure if the title has the correct terms, I have a developer and am very new to cubes. I have a cube which has data associated to materials that are broken down into chemical compounds. For example a rock material has 10% of this chemical and 10% of that chemical, etc. Samples are taken daily and sample is a dimens...

acts-as-taggable-on: find tags with name LIKE, sort by tag_counts?

Hi I'm using the rails plugin acts-as-taggable-onand I'm trying to find the top 5 most used tags whose names match and partially match a given query. When I do User.skill_counts.order('count DESC').limit(5).where('name LIKE ?', params[:query]) This return the following error: ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid: SQLite3::SQLException: amb...

SQL Complicated Group / Join by Category

I currently have a database structure with two important tables. 1) Food Types (Fruit, Vegetables, Meat) 2) Specific Foods (Apple, Oranges, Carrots, Lettuce, Steak, Pork) I am currently trying to build a SQL statement such that I can have the following. Fruit < Apple, Orange Vegetables < Carrots, Lettuce Meat < Steak, Port I have ...

Physical size of MS SQL Table.

Hello, How to find what the physical size of table in MS Sql 2005? Is it possible using sql query or not? Thanks. ...

Scope of Derived Tables in SQL Server

I've been looking into SQL recently and exploring a bit. in regards to Temp Tables I have discovered 3 different temp table types: 1) CREATE TABLE #TempTable 2) DECLARE TABLE @TempTable 3) SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM Customers) AS TempTable Now I understand the scope behind the #TempTable and the @TempTable types, but what about the...

Help with SQL query

Hello, I have list of DateTime values, and for each value I need to fetch something from the database. I would like to do this with one query. I know it's possible to pass a table (list) to the stored procedure, but Im not sure how to write the query itself. Let's say I have the following table: CREATE TABLE Shows( ShowId [int] N...

Creating a dynamic linq query

I have the following query: from p in dataContext.Repository<IPerson>() join spp1 in dataContext.Repository<ISportsPerPerson>() on p.Id equals spp1.PersonId join s1 in dataContext.Repository<ISports>() on spp1.SportsId equals s1.Id join spp2 in dataContext.Repository<ISportsPerPerson>() on p.Id equals spp2.PersonId j...

Database design to hold multiple iteration measurements

Hi All. I am new to sqlite and SQL in general. I am keen to switch from flat-files to sqlite for holding some measurement information. I need a tip on how to better layout the database, since I have zero experience with this. I have a ~10000 unique statistic counters that are collected before and after each test iteration. Max number of...