Edit: Visual Foxpro 6
i know im asking something way too old but i have to do it anyways.
i am in need of help, basically this is the scenario:
i have 2 tables, tableA and tableB. they share common fields i.e. name and date and info.
what i need is to have tableA.info field be updated by tableB.info based on tableA.name = tableB.name and tableA.date = tableB.date
i can picture this clearly in my head, but i cannot get the syntax to work. Please help! Very much appreciated
Update tableA ;
set Info = tableB.info ;
from tableB ;
where tableA.Name == tableB.Name and tableA.Date = tableB.Date
Would do it. Here is a sample:
CREATE CURSOR TableA (Name c(10), Date d, Info c(50))
CREATE CURSOR TableB (Name c(10), Date d, Info c(50))
INSERT INTO TableA (Name, Date, Info) VALUES ('n1', {^2023/01/01},'')
INSERT INTO TableA (Name, Date, Info) VALUES ('n1', {^2023/01/02},'')
INSERT INTO TableA (Name, Date, Info) VALUES ('n1', {^2023/01/03},'')
INSERT INTO TableA (Name, Date, Info) VALUES ('n2', {^2023/01/01},'')
INSERT INTO TableA (Name, Date, Info) VALUES ('n2', {^2023/01/02},'')
INSERT INTO TableA (Name, Date, Info) VALUES ('n2', {^2023/01/03},'')
INSERT INTO TableA (Name, Date, Info) VALUES ('n3', {^2023/01/03},'')
INSERT INTO TableA (Name, Date, Info) VALUES ('n4', {^2023/01/04},'')
INSERT INTO TableA (Name, Date, Info) VALUES ('n5', {^2023/01/05},'')
INSERT INTO TableA (Name, Date, Info) VALUES ('n6', {^2023/01/06},'')
INSERT INTO TableB (Name, Date, Info) VALUES ('n1', {^2023/01/01},'N1 - 0101')
INSERT INTO TableB (Name, Date, Info) VALUES ('n1', {^2023/01/02},'N1 - 0102')
INSERT INTO TableB (Name, Date, Info) VALUES ('n2', {^2023/01/02},'N2 - 0102')
INSERT INTO TableB (Name, Date, Info) VALUES ('n2', {^2023/01/03},'N2 - 0103')
INSERT INTO TableB (Name, Date, Info) VALUES ('n3', {^2023/01/03},'N3 - 0103')
INSERT INTO TableB (Name, Date, Info) VALUES ('n5', {^2023/01/05},'N5 - 0105')
Update tableA ;
set Info = tableB.info ;
from tableB ;
where tableA.Name == tableB.Name and tableA.Date = tableB.Date
select * from tableA
EDIT: Using VFPOLEDB you can execute VFP9 compatible SQL commands from within older versions like VFP8,7,6,5,(and likely 3). ie: Below is a sample tested in VFP 5. Sampled in d:\VFP5 folder.
SET exclusive off
CREATE table 'd:\vfp5\TableA' (Name c(10), Date d, Info c(50))
CREATE table 'd:\vfp5\TableB' (Name c(10), Date d, Info c(50))
INSERT INTO TableA (Name, Date, Info) VALUES ('n1', {^2023/01/01},'')
INSERT INTO TableA (Name, Date, Info) VALUES ('n1', {^2023/01/02},'')
INSERT INTO TableA (Name, Date, Info) VALUES ('n1', {^2023/01/03},'')
INSERT INTO TableA (Name, Date, Info) VALUES ('n2', {^2023/01/01},'')
INSERT INTO TableA (Name, Date, Info) VALUES ('n2', {^2023/01/02},'')
INSERT INTO TableA (Name, Date, Info) VALUES ('n2', {^2023/01/03},'')
INSERT INTO TableA (Name, Date, Info) VALUES ('n3', {^2023/01/03},'')
INSERT INTO TableA (Name, Date, Info) VALUES ('n4', {^2023/01/04},'')
INSERT INTO TableA (Name, Date, Info) VALUES ('n5', {^2023/01/05},'')
INSERT INTO TableA (Name, Date, Info) VALUES ('n6', {^2023/01/06},'')
INSERT INTO TableB (Name, Date, Info) VALUES ('n1', {^2023/01/01},'N1 - 0101')
INSERT INTO TableB (Name, Date, Info) VALUES ('n1', {^2023/01/02},'N1 - 0102')
INSERT INTO TableB (Name, Date, Info) VALUES ('n2', {^2023/01/02},'N2 - 0102')
INSERT INTO TableB (Name, Date, Info) VALUES ('n2', {^2023/01/03},'N2 - 0103')
INSERT INTO TableB (Name, Date, Info) VALUES ('n3', {^2023/01/03},'N3 - 0103')
INSERT INTO TableB (Name, Date, Info) VALUES ('n5', {^2023/01/05},'N5 - 0105')
use in (select('tableA'))
use in (select('tableB'))
lcDataloc = 'd:\VFP5'
lcSQL = ;
"Update tableA "+;
" set Info = tableB.info "+;
" from tableB "+;
" where tableA.Name == tableB.Name and tableA.Date = tableB.Date"
oCon = createobject('adodb.connection')
oCon.ConnectionString = "Provider=VFPOLEDB;Data Source="+m.lcDataloc
oCon.Open()
oCon.Execute(m.lcSQL)
oCon.Close
SELECT * from TableA
Related
I am creating this code SQL code and I keep getting the same error from every line of the insert statements after the errors begin here statement. the error is, ORA-02291: integrity constraint violated - parent key not found. I think it has something to do with the employee section constraint EMPSUPERVRFK but, that is the only constraint that the error message would lead to.
-- keep these two commands at the top of every sql file
set echo on
set linesize 120
delete from Employee;
commit;
-- insert only managers first with their dno is null
INSERT INTO Employee VALUES
('James','E','Borg',888665555,'10-NOV-1937','450 Stone, Houston, TX','M',55000,null,null);
INSERT INTO Employee VALUES
('Franklin','T','Wong',333445555, to_date('1955-12-08', 'YYYY-MM-DD'), '638 Voss, Houston, TX','M',40000,888665555,null);
INSERT INTO Employee VALUES
('Jennifer','J','Zelaya',987654321,'20-JUN-1941','291 Berry, Bellaire, TX','F',43000,888665555,null);
delete from Department;
commit;
insert into Department values ('Research',5,333445555,'22-MAY-1988');
insert into Department values ('Headquarters',1,888665555,'19-JUN-1981');
insert into Department values ('Administration',1,888665555,'01-JAN-1995');
-- now, update employee.dno for managers
UPDATE Employee SET dno = 1 WHERE ssn = 888665555;
UPDATE Employee SET dno = 5 WHERE ssn = 333445555;
-- need to update the rest of managers
-- insert the rest of non-manager employees, supervisors first
--errors begin here
delete from Employee;
commit;
INSERT INTO Employee VALUES ('John','B','Smith',123456789,'09-JAN-1965','731 Fondren, Houston, TX','M',30000,333445555,5);
insert into Employee values ('Alica','J','Zelya',999887777,'19-JAN-1968','3321 Castle, Spring, TX','F',25000,987654321,4);
insert into Employee values ('Ramesh','K','Narayan',666884444,'15-SEP-1962', '975 Fire Oak, Humnle, TX','M',38000,333445555,5);
insert into Employee values ('Joyce','A','English',453453453,'31-JUL-1972','5631 Rice, Houston, TX','F',25000,333445555,5);
insert into Employee values ('Ahmad','V','Jabbar',987987987,'29-MAR-1969','980 Dallas, Houston, TC','M',25000,987654321,4);
--Project
delete from PROJECT;
commit;
insert into PROJECT values ('ProductY',2,'Sugarland',5);
insert into PROJECT values ('ProductZ',3,'Houston',5);
insert into PROJECT values ('Computerication',10,'Stafford',4);
insert into PROJECT values ('Reorganization',20,'Houston',1);
insert into PROJECT values ('Newbenefits',30,'Stafford',4);
--dept_Locations
delete from DEPT_LOCATIONS;
commit;
insert into DEPT_LOCATIONS values (1, 'Houston');
insert into DEPT_LOCATIONS values (4,'Stafford');
insert into DEPT_LOCATIONS values (5,'Bellaire');
insert into DEPT_LOCATIONS values (5,'Sugarland');
insert into DEPT_LOCATIONS values (5,'Houston');
--works_on 16
delete from WORKS_ON;
commit;
insert into WORKS_ON values (123456789,1,32.5);
insert into WORKS_ON values (123456789,2,7.5);
insert into WORKS_ON values (666884444,3,40.0);
insert into WORKS_ON values (453453453,1,20.0);
insert into WORKS_ON values (453453453,2,20.0);
insert into WORKS_ON values (333445555,2,10.0);
insert into WORKS_ON values (333445555,3,10.0);
insert into WORKS_ON values (333445555,10,10.0);
insert into WORKS_ON values (333445555,20,10.0);
insert into WORKS_ON values (999887777,30,30.0);
insert into WORKS_ON values (999887777,10,10.0);
insert into WORKS_ON values (987987987,10,35.0);
insert into WORKS_ON values (987987987,30,5.0);
insert into WORKS_ON values (987654321,30,20.0);
insert into WORKS_ON values (987654321,20,15.0);
insert into WORKS_ON values (888665555,20,null);
--dependent 7
delete from DEPENDENT;
commit;
insert into DEPENDENT values (333445555,'Alice','F','05-APR-1986','Daughter');
insert into DEPENDENT values (333445555,'Theodore','M','25-OCT-1983','Son');
insert into DEPENDENT values (333445555,'Joy','F', '03-MAY-1958','Spouse');
insert into DEPENDENT values (987654321,'Abner','M', '28-FEB-1942','Spouse');
insert into DEPENDENT values (123456789,'Michael','M','04-JAN-1988','Son');
insert into DEPENDENT values (123456789,'Alice','F','30-DEC-1988','Daughter');
insert into DEPENDENT values (123456789,'Elizabeth','F', '05-MAY-1967','Spouse');
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
set echo on
set linesize 120
drop table Employee cascade constraints;
commit;
create table Employee
(
fname varchar2(15),
minit varchar2(1), -- can be char
lname varchar2(15),
ssn number,
bdate date,
address varchar2(50),
sex varchar2(1) CHECK(Sex = 'M' or Sex = 'F'),
salary number CHECK(20000 <= salary AND 100000 >= salary),
superssn number,
dno number DEFAULT 0,
constraint EMPPK
primary key(ssn),
constraint EMPSUPERVRFK
foreign key(superssn) references Employee(ssn)
ON DELETE SET NULL
);
drop table Department cascade constraints;
commit;
create table Department
(
dname varchar2(15),-- NOT NULL,
dnumber number,
mgrssn number,
mgrstartdate date,
constraint DEPTPK
primary key(dnumber),
constraint DEPTMGRFK
foreign key(mgrssn) references Employee(ssn)
ON DELETE SET NULL
);
alter table Employee add
constraint EMPDEPTFK foreign key(dno) references Department(dnumber)
ON DELETE SET NULL;
drop table DEPT_LOCATIONS;
create table DEPT_LOCATIONS
(
Dnumber number,
Dlocation varchar2(15),
constraint PK_DnoDloc primary key(Dnumber,Dlocation)
);
COMMIT;
drop table PROJECT;
create table PROJECT
(
Pname varchar2(15),
Ponumber number primary key,
Plocation varchar2 (15),
Dnum number,
foreign key (Dnum) references Department(dnumber)
);
Commit;
drop table DEPENDENT;
create table DEPENDENT
(
Essn number,
Dependent_name varchar2(15),
Sex Char,
Bdate Date,
Relationship varchar2(15),
foreign key(Essn) references Employee(ssn) --
ON DELETE SET NULL,
constraint PK_essn
primary key(Essn,Dependent_name)
);
COMMIT;
drop table WORKS_ON;
create table WORKS_ON
(
Essn number,
Pno number,
Hours number,
foreign key(Essn) references Employee(ssn)--
ON DELETE SET NULL,
foreign key(Pno) references PROJECT(Ponumber)
ON DELETE SET NULL,
constraint PK_SSN
primary key(Essn, Pno)
);
commit;
----------------------------------------------------------------
-- keep these two commands at the top of every sql file
set echo on
set linesize 120
-- test queries, not to be submitted
select count(*) from employee;
select count(*) as DEPT_COUNT from department;
-- comment out the above queries for your homework
-- a the first name, last name of employees who work in department 5.
select fname, lname from employee where dno = 5;
-- b the first name, last name of every employee and name of his/her department
select E.fname as FIRST_NAME, E.lname LAST_NAME, D.dname DEPARTMENT_NAME
from employee E, department D
where E.dno = D.dnumber;
--c The first name, last name of employees who works at the 'Research' department
select e.fname , e.lname , Dname
from employee e inner join department d on e.dno=d.dname
where d.name ='Research';
--d. The first name, last name of employee who is the manager of the 'Research' department
select e.fname , e.lname , Dname
from employee e inner join department d on e.dno=d.dname
where d.name ='Research' and e.super_ssn=d.mgr_ssn;
--e. The first name, last name of employees who works on the 'Computerization' project.
select e.fname,e.lname
from employee e inner join department d on e.dno=d.dnumber inner join project p on d.dnumber=p.dnum
where p.pname="Computerization";
this happens because you are inserting values to table that depends on other table that is still empty, you should insert on that table first before this one
for example, suppose you have employee table, and department table, in which every employee must be assigned to a department, so when you input employee Bob to department IT, it would result in error, since there is no IT yet in department table. so you need to input IT on department table, then you can input Bob to employee table
or, you can disable integrity check when importing sql, but this setting is different for each DB engine, so I can't give you an example
I'm looking for a good SQL approach (Oracle database) to fulfill the next requirements:
Delete rows from Table A that are not present in Table B.
Both tables have identical structure
Some fields are nullable
Amount of columns and rows is huge (more 100k rows and 20-30 columns to compare)
Every single field of every single row needs to be compared from Table A against table B.
Such requirement is owing to a process that must run every day as changes will come from Table B.
In other words: Table A Minus Table B => Delete the records from the Table A
delete from Table A
where (field1, field2, field3) in
(select field1, field2, field3
from Table A
minus
select field1, field2, field3
from Table B);
It's very important to mention that a normal MINUS within DELETE clause fails as does not take the nulls on nullable fields into consideration (unknown result for oracle, then no match).
I also tried EXISTS with success, but I have to use NVL function to replace the nulls with dummy values, which I don't want it as I cannot guarantee that the value replaced in NVL will not come as a valid value in the field.
Does anybody know a way to accomplish such thing? Please remember performance and nullable fields as "a must".
Thanks ever
decode finds sameness (even if both values are null):
decode( field1, field2, 1, 0 ) = 1
To delete rows in table1 not found in table2:
delete table1 t
where t.rowid in (select t1.rowid
from table1 t1
left outer join table2 t2
on decode(t1.field1, t2.field1, 1, 0) = 1
and decode(t1.field2, t2.field2, 1, 0) = 1
and decode(t1.field3, t2.field3, 1, 0) = 1
/* ... */
where t2.rowid is null /* no matching row found */
)
to use existing indexes
...
left outer join table2 t2
on (t1.index_field1=t2.index_field1 or
t1.index_field1 is null and t2.index_field1 is null)
and ...
Use a left outer join and test for null in your where clause
delete a
from a
left outer join b on a.x = b.x
where b.x is null
Have you considered ORALCE SQL MERGE statement?
Use Bulk operation for huge number of records. Performance wise it will be faster.
And use join between two table to get rows to be delete. Nullable columns can be compared with some default value.
Also, if you want Table A to be similar as Table B, why don't you truncate table A and then insert data from table b
Assuming you the same PK field available on each table...(Having a PK or some other unique key is critical for this.)
create table table_a (id number, name varchar2(25), dob date);
insert into table_a values (1, 'bob', to_date('01-01-1978','MM-DD-YYYY'));
insert into table_a values (2, 'steve', null);
insert into table_a values (3, 'joe', to_date('05-22-1989','MM-DD-YYYY'));
insert into table_a values (4, null, null);
insert into table_a values (5, 'susan', to_date('08-08-2005','MM-DD-YYYY'));
insert into table_a values (6, 'juan', to_date('11-17-2001', 'MM-DD-YYYY'));
create table table_b (id number, name varchar2(25), dob date);
insert into table_b values (1, 'bob', to_date('01-01-1978','MM-DD-YYYY'));
insert into table_b values (2, 'steve',to_date('10-14-1992','MM-DD-YYYY'));
insert into table_b values (3, null, to_date('05-22-1989','MM-DD-YYYY'));
insert into table_b values (4, 'mary', to_date('12-08-2012','MM-DD-YYYY'));
insert into table_b values (5, null, null);
commit;
-- confirm minus is working
select id, name, dob
from table_a
minus
select id, name, dob
from table_b;
-- from the minus, re-query to just get the key, then delete by key
delete table_a where id in (
select id from (
select id, name, dob
from table_a
minus
select id, name, dob
from table_b)
);
commit;
select * from table_a;
But, if at some point in time, tableA is to be reset to the same as tableB, why not, as another answer suggested, truncate tableA and select all from tableB.
100K is not huge. I can do ~100K truncate and insert on my laptop instance in less than 1 second.
> DELETE FROM purchase WHERE clientcode NOT IN (
> SELECT clientcode FROM client );
This deletes the rows from the purchase table whose clientcode are not in the client table. The clientcode of purchase table references the clientcode of client table.
DELETE FROM TABLE1 WHERE FIELD1 NOT IN (SELECT CLIENT1 FROM TABLE2);
I'm comparing the behavior between SQL engines. Oracle has the behavior I would expect from a SQL engine for full outer joins:
Oracle
CREATE TABLE sql_test_a
(
ID VARCHAR2(4000 BYTE),
FIRST_NAME VARCHAR2(200 BYTE),
LAST_NAME VARCHAR2(200 BYTE)
);
CREATE TABLE sql_test_b
(
NUM VARCHAR2(4000 BYTE),
FIRST_NAME VARCHAR2(200 BYTE),
LAST_NAME VARCHAR2(200 BYTE)
);
INSERT INTO sql_test_a (ID, FIRST_NAME, LAST_NAME) VALUES ('1', 'John', 'Snow');
INSERT INTO sql_test_a (ID, FIRST_NAME, LAST_NAME) VALUES ('2', 'Mike', 'Tyson');
INSERT INTO sql_test_b (NUM, FIRST_NAME, LAST_NAME) VALUES ('20', 'Mike', 'Tyson');
When I execute the following, it gives me the expected result. The resulting table contains two rows, with one of the rows containing NULL for the NUM field, because there is no john snow in the table sql_test_b.
SELECT A.FIRST_NAME, A.LAST_NAME, A.ID, B.NUM
FROM
SQL_TEST_A A
FULL OUTER JOIN
SQL_TEST_B B
ON
A.FIRST_NAME = B.FIRST_NAME
AND
A.LAST_NAME = B.LAST_NAME;
You can test the sql script here: http://sqltest.net/
HIVE
In HIVE, however, if you were to try the same thing, the full outer join results in a table with two rows. The row that should be the "John Snow" row contains NULL for the fields FIRST_NAME, LAST_NAME, and NUM. The 1 is filled in for ID, but that's it.
Why such weird behavior in HIVE? Is this a bug? Or am I missing something...because Oracle 11g seems to handle this much better. Thanks.
I could not simulate the result reported by #Candic3
I used the below statements along with the same "select" query as in the question.
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS sql_test_a (ID String, FIRST_NAME String, LAST_NAME String) COMMENT 'sql_test_a'
ROW FORMAT DELIMITED
FIELDS TERMINATED BY '\t'
LINES TERMINATED BY '\n'
STORED AS TEXTFILE;
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS sql_test_b (NUM String, FIRST_NAME String, LAST_NAME String) COMMENT 'sql_test_b'
ROW FORMAT DELIMITED
FIELDS TERMINATED BY '\t'
LINES TERMINATED BY '\n'
STORED AS TEXTFILE;
INSERT INTO sql_test_a VALUES ('1', 'John', 'Snow');
INSERT INTO sql_test_a VALUES ('2', 'Mike', 'Tyson');
INSERT INTO sql_test_b VALUES ('20', 'Mike', 'Tyson');
SELECT A.FIRST_NAME, A.LAST_NAME, A.ID, B.NUM
FROM
SQL_TEST_A A
FULL OUTER JOIN
SQL_TEST_B B
ON
A.FIRST_NAME = B.FIRST_NAME
AND
A.LAST_NAME = B.LAST_NAME;
Please find the result attached.
However, select query would return NULL due to unnoticed minor mistakes like data-type mismatch between the DDL and the actual data (say, from flat files) or mismatch among the delimiter mentioned in the DDL and the ones in the actual data.
I think issue with "(" after on condition which is slightly different than traditional sql.
SELECT A.FIRST_NAME, A.LAST_NAME, A.ID, B.NUM
FROM
SQL_TEST_A A
FULL OUTER JOIN
SQL_TEST_B B ON
(A.FIRST_NAME = B.FIRST_NAME AND A.LAST_NAME = B.LAST_NAME);
In select statement you have used A.FIRST_NAME, A.LAST_NAME which is not present for the row from table B. That is why the null value. Instead use COALESCE to find non null value between A.FIRST_NAME and B.FIRST_NAME
SELECT COALESCE(A.FIRST_NAME, B.FIRST_NAME) as FIRST_NAME, COALESCE(A.LAST_NAME, B.LAST_NAME) as LAST_NAME, A.ID, B.NUM
FROM
SQL_TEST_A A
FULL OUTER JOIN
SQL_TEST_B B
ON
A.FIRST_NAME = B.FIRST_NAME
AND
A.LAST_NAME = B.LAST_NAME;
I want to write a query which finds the difference between two tables and writes updates or new data into third table. My two tables have identical column names. Third table which captures changes have extra column called comment. I would like to insert the comment whether it is a new row or updated row based on the row modification.
**TABLE1 (BACKUP)**
KEY,FIRST_NAME,LAST_NAME,CITY
1,RAM,KUMAR,INDIA
2,TOM,MOODY,ENGLAND
3,MOHAMMAD,HAFEEZ,PAKISTAN
4,MONIKA,SAM,USA
5,MIKE,PALEDINO,USA
**TABLE2 (CURRENT)**
KEY,FIRST_NAME,LAST_NAME,CITY
1,RAM,KUMAR,USA
2,TOM,MOODY,ENGLAND
3,MOHAMMAD,HAFEEZ,PAKISTAN
4,MONIKA,SAM,INDIA
5,MIKE,PALEDINO,USA
6,MAHELA,JAYA,SL
**TABLE3 (DIFFERENCE FROM TABLE2 TO TABLE1)**
KEY,FIRST_NAME,LAST_NAME,CITY,COMMENT
1,RAM,KUMAR,USA,UPDATE
4,MONIKA,SAM,INDIA,UPDATE
6,MAHELA,JAYA,SL,INSERT
table scripts
DROP TABLE TABLE1;
DROP TABLE TABLE2;
DROP TABLE TABLE3;
CREATE TABLE TABLE1
(
KEY NUMBER,
FIRST_NAME VARCHAR2(100),
LAST_NAME VARCHAR2(100),
CITY VARCHAR2(50)
);
/
CREATE TABLE TABLE2
(
KEY NUMBER,
FIRST_NAME VARCHAR2(100),
LAST_NAME VARCHAR2(100),
CITY VARCHAR2(50)
);
/
CREATE TABLE TABLE3
(
KEY NUMBER,
FIRST_NAME VARCHAR2(100),
LAST_NAME VARCHAR2(100),
CITY VARCHAR2(50),
COMMENTS VARCHAR2(200)
);
/
INSERT ALL
INTO TABLE1
VALUES(1,'RAM','KUMAR','INDIA')
INTO TABLE1 VALUES(2,'TOM','MOODY','ENGLAND')
INTO TABLE1 VALUES(3,'MOHAMMAD','HAFEEZ','PAKISTAN')
INTO TABLE1 VALUES(4,'MONIKA','SAM','USA')
INTO TABLE1 VALUES(5,'MIKE','PALEDINO','USA')
SELECT 1 FROM DUAL;
/
INSERT ALL
INTO TABLE2
VALUES(1,'RAM','KUMAR','USA')
INTO TABLE2 VALUES(2,'TOM','MOODY','ENGLAND')
INTO TABLE2 VALUES(3,'MOHAMMAD','HAFEEZ','PAKISTAN')
INTO TABLE2 VALUES(4,'MONIKA','SAM','INDIA')
INTO TABLE2 VALUES(5,'MIKE','PALEDINO','USA')
INTO TABLE2 VALUES(6,'MAHELA','JAYA','SL')
SELECT 1 FROM DUAL;
I was using the merge statement to accomplish the same. but i have hit a roadblock in merge statement , it's rhrowing an error "SQL Error: ORA-00905: missing keyword
00905. 00000 - "missing keyword"" I dont understand where is the error. please help
INSERT INTO TABLE3
SELECT KEY,FIRST_NAME,LAST_NAME,CITY,NULL AS COMMENTS FROM TABLE2
MINUS
SELECT KEY,FIRST_NAME,LAST_NAME,CITY,NULL AS COMMENTS FROM TABLE1
;
MERGE INTO TABLE3 A
USING TABLE1 B
ON (A.KEY=B.KEY)
WHEN MATCHED THEN
UPDATE SET A.COMMENTS='UPDATED'
WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN
UPDATE SET A.COMMENTS='INSERTED';
There is no such WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN UPDATE clause, you should use WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN INSERT. Refer to MERGE for details.
A few assumptions made about the data:
An INSERT event will be a record identified by its key in table2 (current data) that does not have a matching key in the original back-up table: table1.
An UPDATE event is a field that exists in both table1 and table2 for the same KEY but is not the same.
Records which did not change between tables are not to be recorded in table3.
Example Query: Check for Updates
SELECT UPD_QUERY.NEW_CITY, 'UPDATED' as COMMENTS
FROM (SELECT CASE WHEN REPLACE(CURR.CITY, BKUP.CITY,'') IS NOT NULL THEN CURR.CITY
ELSE NULL END as NEW_CITY
FROM table1 BKUP, table2 CURR
WHERE BKUP.KEY = CURR.KEY) UPD_QUERY
WHERE UPD_QUERY.NEW_CITY is NOT NULL;
You can repeat this comparison method for the other fields:
SELECT UPD_QUERY.*
FROM (SELECT CURR.KEY,
CASE WHEN REPLACE(CURR.FIRST_NAME, BKUP.FIRST_NAME,'') IS NOT NULL
THEN CURR.FIRST_NAME
ELSE NULL END as FIRST_NAME,
CASE WHEN REPLACE(CURR.LAST_NAME, BKUP.LAST_NAME,'') IS NOT NULL
THEN CURR.LAST_NAME
ELSE NULL END as LAST_NAME,
CASE WHEN REPLACE(CURR.CITY, BKUP.CITY,'') IS NOT NULL
THEN CURR.CITY
ELSE NULL END as CITY
FROM table1 BKUP, table2 CURR
WHERE BKUP.KEY = CURR.KEY) UPD_QUERY
WHERE COALESCE(UPD_QUERY.FIRST_NAME, UPD_QUERY.LAST_NAME, UPD_QUERY.CITY)
is NOT NULL;
NOTE: This could get unwieldy very quickly if the number of columns compared are many. Since the target table design (table3) requires not only identification of a change, but the field and its new value are also recorded.
Example Query: Look for Newly Added Records
SELECT CURR.*, 'INSERTED' as COMMENTS
FROM table2 CURR, table1 BKUP
WHERE CURR.KEY = BKUP.KEY(+)
AND BKUP.KEY is NULL;
Basically MERGE forces the operation: MATCHED=UPDATE (or DELETE), NOT MATCHED = INSERT. It's in the docs.
You can do what you want but you need two insert statements with different set operators,
For UPDATED:
Insert into table3
table1 INTERSECT table2
For INSERTED:
Insert into table3
table2 MINUS table1
I'm trying to make a Procedure that will duplicate multiple rows of a table (or only one single row) and incrementing the ID for each row insertion.
My problem is that inside my procedure I used a cursor to select the rows to duplicate, when i select all rows without WHERE condition in that cursor everything works fine.
But when i set a WHERE condition to select only one row... nothing happens
Here is my procedure
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE DuplicateEmployee (p_EmployeeID IN Employee.id%TYPE)
AS
p_New_EmployeeID Employee.id%TYPE;
CURSOR c_DuplicateEmployee IS
SELECT *
FROM Employee
WHERE Employee.id = p_EmployeeID; -- if this line is deleted all content is duplicated
row_Employee c_DuplicateEmployee%ROWTYPE;
BEGIN
FOR myEmployee IN c_DuplicateEmployee LOOP
p_New_EmployeeID := employee_seq.NEXTVAL;
INSERT INTO Employee(id, first_name, last_name, start_date, end_date, salary, city, description)
VALUES(p_New_EmployeeID, myEmployee.first_name, myEmployee.last_name, myEmployee.start_date, myEmployee.end_date, myEmployee.salary, myEmployee.city, myEmployee.description);
END LOOP;
COMMIT;
END DuplicateEmployee;
I know in this example having a procedure selecting a primary key to duplicate is pointless but in my production base it will be used to select a Foreign key.
Bellow is the code require to create a the test table and SEQUENCE I used for this procedure
CREATE TABLE Employee
(
ID VARCHAR2(4 BYTE) NOT NULL,
First_Name VARCHAR2(10 BYTE),
Last_Name VARCHAR2(10 BYTE),
Start_Date DATE,
End_Date DATE,
Salary NUMBER(8,2),
City VARCHAR2(10 BYTE),
Description VARCHAR2(15 BYTE)
);
INSERT
INTO Employee
(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
VALUES
('01', 'Jason', 'Martin', to_date('19960725','YYYYMMDD'), to_date('20060725','YYYYMMDD'), 1234.56, 'Toronto', 'Programmer');
INSERT
INTO Employee
(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
VALUES
('02', 'Alison', 'Mathews', to_date('19760321','YYYYMMDD'), to_date('19860221','YYYYMMDD'), 6661.78, 'Vancouver', 'Tester');
INSERT
INTO Employee
(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
VALUES
('03', 'James', 'Smith', to_date('19781212','YYYYMMDD'), to_date('19900315','YYYYMMDD'), 6544.78, 'Vancouver', 'Tester');
INSERT
INTO Employee
(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
VALUES
('04', 'Celia', 'Rice', to_date('19821024','YYYYMMDD'), to_date('19990421','YYYYMMDD'), 2344.78, 'Vancouver', 'Manager');
INSERT
INTO Employee
(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
VALUES
('05', 'Robert', 'Black', to_date('19840115','YYYYMMDD'), to_date('19980808','YYYYMMDD'), 2334.78, 'Vancouver', 'Tester');
INSERT
INTO Employee
(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
VALUES
('06', 'Linda', 'Green', to_date('19870730','YYYYMMDD'), to_date('19960104','YYYYMMDD'), 4322.78, 'New York', 'Tester');
INSERT
INTO Employee
(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
VALUES
('07', 'David', 'Larry', to_date('19901231','YYYYMMDD'), to_date('19980212','YYYYMMDD'), 7897.78, 'New York', 'Manager');
INSERT
INTO Employee
(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
VALUES
('08', 'James', 'Cat', to_date('19960917','YYYYMMDD'), to_date('20020415','YYYYMMDD'), 1232.78, 'Vancouver', 'Tester');
Here for the Sequence that will manage Primary key (ID)
CREATE SEQUENCE "TEST"."EMPLOYEE_SEQ" MINVALUE 1 MAXVALUE 999999999999999999999999999 INCREMENT BY 1 START WITH 1 NOCACHE ORDER NOCYCLE ;
And here the code to execute the procedure
BEGIN
employeepackage.duplicateemployee(5);
END;
I really don't understand why it doesn't properly work for a single row when it's working to plicate all rows ? It there a limitation for cursors having less than 2 rows ?
Any help would be much appreciated ;)
Why do you need a cursor? You can do this with SQL directly:
INSERT INTO Employee(id, first_name, last_name,
start_date, end_date,
salary, city, description)
SELECT employee_seq.NEXTVAL, e.first_name, e.last_name,
e.start_date, e.end_date,
e.salary, e.city, e.description
FROM Employee e
WHERE e.id = p_EmployeeID;
Anyway, the actual problem is that your ID is a VARCHAR2(4), whereas you think it is a NUMBER. You actually do not have an employee with ID = 5, but you do have one with ID = '05'. So without changing anything, your procedure already works:
BEGIN
employeepackage.duplicateemployee('05');
END;
Of course, it would make sense to change the data type of ID.
Solution from Lukas if fine for my first and last table that will not need to call others PROCEDURE to duplicate multiple children, though for intermediate table I used :
PROCEDURE Duplicate_Company (p_IdCity IN City.IdCity%TYPE) AS
p_New_IdCompany Company.IdCompany%TYPE;
CURSOR c_DuplicateCompany IS
SELECT *
FROM Company c
WHERE c.IdCity = p_IdCity;
row_Company c_DuplicateCompany%ROWTYPE;
BEGIN
FOR c1 IN c_DuplicateCompany LOOP
p_New_IdCompany := company_seq.NEXTVAL;
INSERT INTO Company(IdCompany, IdCity, Name, CreationDate)
VALUES(p_New_IdCompany, c1.IdCity, c1.Name, c1.CreationDate);
-- Call the procedure to duplicate current employee
Duplicate_Employee(c1.IdCompany);
END LOOP;
END Duplicate_Company;
Is it a good approach ?