This is my query:
SELECT count(oi.id) imgCnt, o.*,
IF(pricet=2,c.currency_value*o.attributes_36*o.price,
c.currency_value*o.price) AS pprice, od.title, oi.image,
MIN(oi.id), ( c.currency_value * o.price ) AS fprice,
ag.agent_name, DATE_FORMAT( o.date_added, '%d-%m-%Y') as dadded
FROM i_offers_12 o
LEFT JOIN i_agents ag ON o.agents_id = ag.id
LEFT JOIN i_currencies c ON o.currencies_id = c.id
LEFT JOIN i_offers_details od ON ( o.id = od.offers_id AND od.languages_id = 1 )
LEFT JOIN i_offers_images oi ON ( oi.offers_id = o.id AND oi.o_id = '12' )
WHERE ( o.offer_status='active' OR o.offer_status='sold')
AND actions_id = '1'
AND c.id = o.currencies_id
AND o.counties_id = '2'
AND o.cities_id = '3'
GROUP BY o.id
ORDER BY dadded
DESC
I want to sort after dadded(which is of type date) and offer_status(which is of type enum).
I want to display first, all of the elements which have offer_status = 'active' and sort by dadded and after that all of the elements which have offer_status = 'sold' and sort also by dadded. How can I do that? thx
The fields you want to sort on MUST be part of the select statement:
SELECT count(oi.id) imgCnt, o.*,
IF(pricet=2,c.currency_value*o.attributes_36*o.price,
c.currency_value*o.price) AS pprice, od.title, oi.image,
MIN(oi.id), ( c.currency_value * o.price ) AS fprice,
ag.agent_name, DATE_FORMAT( o.date_added, '%d-%m-%Y') as dadded ,
offer_status
FROM i_offers_12 o
LEFT JOIN i_agents ag ON o.agents_id = ag.id
LEFT JOIN i_currencies c ON o.currencies_id = c.id
LEFT JOIN i_offers_details od ON ( o.id = od.offers_id AND od.languages_id = 1 )
LEFT JOIN i_offers_images oi ON ( oi.offers_id = o.id AND oi.o_id = '12' )
WHERE ( o.offer_status='active' OR o.offer_status='sold')
AND actions_id = '1'
AND c.id = o.currencies_id
AND o.counties_id = '2'
AND o.cities_id = '3'
AND o.offer_status='active'
GROUP BY o.id
ORDER BY offer_status, dadded
DESC
Note that you normally should group by ALL non summarized fields (o.*,
IF(pricet=2,c.currency_value*o.attributes_36*o.price,
c.currency_value*o.price) AS pprice, od.title, oi.image, ( c.currency_value * o.price ) AS fprice,
ag.agent_name, DATE_FORMAT( o.date_added, '%d-%m-%Y') as dadded ,
offer_status)
MySQL is not enforcing it, but other DB like Oracle does.
You can use a comma, like
ORDER BY supplier_city DESC, supplier_state ASC;
I believe you can write the SQL with
ORDER BY offer_status, dadded
Related
I have a query which is working fine. I want to convert it to use Cases and Join.
SELECT id, Ticket_id, serial_no, operator,
(SELECT value FROM Forms_Details where FORM_ID = cv.id and status = 'ACTIVE' and key = 'COMPUTER_TYPE') as COMPUTER_TYPE,
(SELECT value FROM Forms_Details where FORM_ID = cv.id and status = 'ACTIVE' and key = 'BRAND') as BRAND,
(SELECT value FROM Forms_Details where FORM_ID = cv.id and status = 'ACTIVE' and key = 'MODEL') as MODEL,
status, datetime
FROM Form cv
where status = 'ACTIVE' order by id desc;
If you want to join, then join. What keeps you from doing so?
SELECT
f.id,
f.Ticket_id,
f.serial_no,
f.operator,
ct.value AS computer_type,
b.value AS brand,
m.value AS model,
f.status,
f.datetime
FROM form f
LEFT JOIN forms_details ct ON ct.form_id = f.id AND ct.status = 'ACTIVE' AND ct.key = 'COMPUTER_TYPE'
LEFT JOIN forms_detailswhere b ON b.form_id = f.id AND b.status = 'ACTIVE' AND b.key = 'BRAND'
LEFT JOIN forms_detailswhere m ON m.form_id = f.id AND m.status = 'ACTIVE' AND m.key = 'MODEL'
WHERE f.status = 'ACTIVE'
ORDER BY f.id DESC;
Or, in order not to read the same table twice, you can use conditional aggregation to get the values from the table:
SELECT
f.id,
f.Ticket_id,
f.serial_no,
f.operator,
ct.value AS computer_type,
fdw.brand,
fdw.model,
f.status,
f.datetime
FROM form f
LEFT JOIN forms_details ct ON ct.form_id = f.id AND ct.status = 'ACTIVE' AND ct.key = 'COMPUTER_TYPE'
LEFT JOIN
(
SELECT
form_id,
MAX(CASE WHEN key = 'BRAND' THEN value END) AS brand,
MAX(CASE WHEN key = 'MODEL' THEN value END) AS model
FROM forms_detailswhere
WHERE status = 'ACTIVE' AND key IN ('BRAND', 'MODEL')
GROUP BY form_id
) fdw ON fdw.form_id = f.id
WHERE f.status = 'ACTIVE'
ORDER BY f.id DESC;
You can PIVOT and then join:
SELECT cv.id,
cv.Ticket_id,
cv.serial_no,
cv.operator,
fd.computer_type,
fd.brand,
fd.model,
cv.status,
cv.datetime
FROM Form cv
LEFT OUTER JOIN (
SELECT *
FROM (
SELECT form_id, key, value
FROM Form_Details
WHERE status = 'ACTIVE'
)
PIVOT (
MAX(value)
FOR key IN (
'BRAND' AS brand,
'MODEL' AS model,
'COMPUTER_TYPE' AS computer_type
)
)
) fd
ON (cv.id = fd.form_id)
where cv.status = 'ACTIVE'
order by id desc;
I have two query as below and both of them work well. Now I need to combine them and if the first select find rows then no need to run the second select
1.
select f.*, o.org_sn, ttt.name linkman_name, ttt.phone phone_num
from td_archive_feedback f
left join TD_SM_ORG o
on f.recv_org_id = o.org_id
left join (--if this select returns no row , then change.if find matching rows then don't change
select wm_concat(linkman_name) name,
wm_concat(phone_num) phone,
org_id
from (select linkman_name, phone_num, LINK_ORG_ID, org_id
from TD_SM_LINKMAN
where STATE = '2'
and (LINK_ORG_ID = #link_org_id)) t
group by org_id) ttt
on ttt.org_id = o.org_id
--
left join td_sm_dict_item di
on o.org_level = di.item_id
where f.businessid = #businiessid
select f.*, o.org_sn, ttt.name linkman_name, ttt.phone phone_num
from td_archive_feedback f
left join TD_SM_ORG o
on f.recv_org_id = o.org_id
left join (--if the first left join return no rows ,then change to this
select wm_concat(linkman_name) name,
wm_concat(phone_num) phone,
t.org_id
from (
select linkman_name, phone_num, LINK_ORG_ID, org_id
from TD_SM_LINKMAN
where STATE = '2'
and (LINK_ORG_ID is null or LINK_ORG_ID = '')) t
group by t.org_id) ttt
on ttt.org_id = o.org_id
--
left join td_sm_dict_item di
on o.org_level = di.item_id
where f.businessid = #businessid;
Just like I remarked, if
select wm_concat(linkman_name) name,.... where STATE = '2'
and (LINK_ORG_ID = #link_org_id)) t
... returns no rows,
I want to change this to:
select wm_concat(linkman_name) name,.... where STATE = '2' and (LINK_ORG_ID is null or LINK_ORG_ID = '')) t.
Please help me, thanks.
Use Or condition:
select f.*, o.org_sn, ttt.name linkman_name, ttt.phone phone_num
from td_archive_feedback f
left join TD_SM_ORG o
on f.recv_org_id = o.org_id
left join (--if this select returns no row , then change
select wm_concat(linkman_name) name,
wm_concat(phone_num) phone,
org_id
from (select linkman_name, phone_num, LINK_ORG_ID, org_id
from TD_SM_LINKMAN
where STATE = '2'
and (
(LINK_ORG_ID = #link_org_id) or
(LINK_ORG_ID is null or LINK_ORG_ID = '')
) t
group by org_id) ttt
on ttt.org_id = o.org_id
--
left join td_sm_dict_item di
on o.org_level = di.item_id
where f.businessid = #businiessid
Select
c.id AS case_id,
c.id AS case_number,
tt.description as Target_Type,
coalesce(
v_vendors.vendor_number,
vma.org_code,
TO_CHAR(sm.staff_member_id),
la.org_code,
oe.other_fns_number,
TO_CHAR(oe.other_id),
TO_CHAR(c_clients.client_id)
) as Target_Identifier,
coalesce(
v_vendors.vendor_name,
vma.name,
s_wic_users.username,
la.name,
oe.other_name,
UPPER(
c_clients.last_name || ', ' || c_clients.first_name
)
) as Target_Name,
c.date_opened AS Open_Date,
c.date_closed AS Close_Date,
t.target_type_id,
t.target_id,
s.description AS Status,
case when aIosm.last_name is null then '' else UPPER(
aIosm.last_name || ', ' || aIosm.first_name
) end Investigator,
case when aSosm.last_name is null then '' else UPPER(
aSosm.last_name || ', ' || aSosm.first_name
) end Supervisor,
c.Notes AS Supervisor_Comments,
aI.Date_Assigned as Assign_Date,
----subquery starts
(
select
lat.description
from
investigation_actions_taken iat
join investig_lu_action_type lat on iat.action_type_id = lat.id
where
iat.investigation_case_id = c.id
and iat.is_deleted <> 'T'
order by
iat.date_assessed desc,
iat.date_created desc OFFSET 0 ROWS FETCH NEXT 1 ROWS ONLY
) AS Last_Action
from
v_investigation_cases c
join investigation_target t on c.target_id = t.target_id
join v_lu_inv_status s on (
case when date_closed <= TRUNC(sysdate) then 2 else case when date_opened > TRUNC(sysdate) then 2 else 1 end end
) = s.status_id
join investigation_target_type tt on t.target_type_id = tt.target_type_id
---left join starts
left join investigation_case_assignment aI on c.id = aI.investigation_case_id
and aI.date_roll_off is null
and aI.assignment_type = 'I'
left join o_staff_members aIosm on aI.staff_member_id = aIosm.staff_member_id
left join investigation_case_assignment Super on c.id = Super.investigation_case_id
and Super.date_roll_off is null
and Super.assignment_type = 'S'
left join o_staff_members aSosm on Super.staff_member_id = aSosm.staff_member_id
-----left join starts
left join v_vendors on t.vendor_id = v_vendors.id
left join o_organizational_units vma on t.vendor_management_area_id = vma.seq_id
left join c_clients on t.client_id = c_clients.client_id
left join o_staff_members sm on t.user_id = sm.staff_member_id
left join s_wic_users on sm.staff_member_id = s_wic_users.sm_staff_member_id
left join investigation_other_entity oe on t.non_wic_vendor_id = oe.other_id
left join o_organizational_units la on t.local_agency_id = la.seq_id
---end of the query
Here's an article about what you can achieve in Oracle 12c with the OFFEST FETCH based on Kaushik Nayak.
http://www.dba-oracle.com/t_offset_fet_first_rows_only.htm
I hope it can help you to convert your original query to 11g. Good luck.
Please see my code below as it is running too slowly with the CROSS APPLY.
How can I remove the CROSS APPLY and add something else that will run faster?
Please note I am using SQL Server 2008 R2.
;WITH MyCTE AS
(
SELECT
R.NetWinCURRENCYValue AS NetWin
,dD.[Date] AS TheDay
FROM
dimPlayer AS P
JOIN
dbo.factRevenue AS R ON P.playerKey = R.playerKey
JOIN
dbo.vw_Date AS dD ON Dd.dateKey = R.dateKey
WHERE
P.CustomerID = 12345)
SELECT
A.TheDay AS [Date]
,ISNULL(A.NetWin, 0) AS NetWin
,rt.runningTotal AS CumulativeNetWin
FROM MyCTE AS A
CROSS APPLY (SELECT SUM(NetWin) AS runningTotal
FROM MyCTE WHERE TheDay <= A.TheDay) AS rt
ORDER BY A.TheDay
CREATE TABLE #temp (NetWin money, TheDay datetime)
insert into #temp
SELECT
R.NetWinCURRENCYValue AS NetWin
,dD.[Date] AS TheDay
FROM
dimPlayer AS P
JOIN
dbo.factRevenue AS R ON P.playerKey = R.playerKey
JOIN
dbo.vw_Date AS dD ON Dd.dateKey = R.dateKey
WHERE
P.CustomerID = 12345;
SELECT
A.TheDay AS [Date]
,ISNULL(A.NetWin, 0) AS NetWin
,SUM(B.NetWin) AS CumulativeNetWin
FROM #temp AS A
JOIN #temp AS B
ON A.TheDay >= B.TheDay
GROUP BY A.TheDay, ISNULL(A.NetWin, 0);
Here https://stackoverflow.com/a/13744550/613130 it's suggested to use recursive CTE.
;WITH MyCTE AS
(
SELECT
R.NetWinCURRENCYValue AS NetWin
,dD.[Date] AS TheDay
,ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY dD.[Date]) AS RN
FROM dimPlayer AS P
JOIN dbo.factRevenue AS R ON P.playerKey = R.playerKey
JOIN dbo.vw_Date AS dD ON Dd.dateKey = R.dateKey
WHERE P.CustomerID = 12345
)
, MyCTERec AS
(
SELECT C.TheDay AS [Date]
,ISNULL(C.NetWin, 0) AS NetWin
,ISNULL(C.NetWin, 0) AS CumulativeNetWin
,C.RN
FROM MyCTE AS C
WHERE C.RN = 1
UNION ALL
SELECT C.TheDay AS [Date]
,ISNULL(C.NetWin, 0) AS NetWin
,P.CumulativeNetWin + ISNULL(C.NetWin, 0) AS CumulativeNetWin
,C.RN
FROM MyCTERec P
INNER JOIN MyCTE AS C ON C.RN = P.RN + 1
)
SELECT *
FROM MyCTERec
ORDER BY RN
OPTION (MAXRECURSION 0)
Note that this query will work if you have 1 record == 1 day! If you have multiple records in a day, the results will be different from the other query.
As I said here, if you want really fast calculation, put it into temporary table with sequential primary key and then calculate rolling total:
create table #Temp (
ID bigint identity(1, 1) primary key,
[Date] date,
NetWin decimal(29, 10)
)
insert into #Temp ([Date], NetWin)
select
dD.[Date],
sum(R.NetWinCURRENCYValue) as NetWin,
from dbo.dimPlayer as P
inner join dbo.factRevenue as R on P.playerKey = R.playerKey
inner join dbo.vw_Date as dD on Dd.dateKey = R.dateKey
where P.CustomerID = 12345
group by dD.[Date]
order by dD.[Date]
;with cte as (
select T.ID, T.[Date], T.NetWin, T.NetWin as CumulativeNetWin
from #Temp as T
where T.ID = 1
union all
select T.ID, T.[Date], T.NetWin, T.NetWin + C.CumulativeNetWin as CumulativeNetWin
from cte as C
inner join #Temp as T on T.ID = C.ID + 1
)
select C.[Date], C.NetWin, C.CumulativeNetWin
from cte as C
order by C.[Date]
I assume that you could have duplicates dates in the input, but don't want duplicates in the output, so I grouped data before puting it into the table.
I'd like to know why INNER JOINs are generated instead of LEFT and why the whole view is selected before join instead of just adding LEFT JOIN view.
I'm trying to post a table of information which is spread out over several tables. Basically I want to search by the date and return all the information for events happening today, yesterday, this month - whatever the user selects. The query is quite long. I added DefaultIfEmpty to all the tables except the main one in an attempt to get LEFT JOINs but it just made a mess.
using (TransitEntities t = new TransitEntities())
{
var charters = from c in t.tblCharters
join v in t.tblChartVehicles.DefaultIfEmpty()
on c.Veh
equals v.ChartVehID
join n in t.tblNACharters.DefaultIfEmpty()
on c.Dpt.Substring(c.Dpt.Length - 1)
equals SqlFunctions.StringConvert((double)n.NAID)
join r in t.tblChartReqs.DefaultIfEmpty()
on c.ChartReqID
equals r.ChartReqID
join f in t.tblCharterCustomers.DefaultIfEmpty()
on c.Dpt
equals (f.DptID == "NONAFF" ? SqlFunctions.StringConvert((double)f.CustID) : f.DptID)
join d in t.tblChartReqDocs.DefaultIfEmpty()
on c.Attach
equals SqlFunctions.StringConvert((double)d.DocID)
join s in t.tblChartSupAttaches.DefaultIfEmpty()
on c.SupAttach
equals SqlFunctions.StringConvert((double)s.DocID)
join p in (from e in t.v_EmpData select new {e.UIN, e.First, e.Last}).DefaultIfEmpty()
on c.TakenUIN
equals p.UIN
where c.BeginTime > EntityFunctions.AddYears(DateTime.Now,-1)
select new
{
ChartID = c.ChartID,
Status = c.Status,
...
Website = r.Website,
};
//select today's events
gvCharters.DataSource = charters.Where(row => (row.BeginTime.Value >= midnight && row.BeginTime.Value < midnight1));
This results in very convoluted SQL:
SELECT
[Extent1].[ChartID] AS [ChartID],
[Extent1].[Status] AS [Status],
...
[Join5].[Website] AS [Website],
FROM [dbo].[tblCharters] AS [Extent1]
INNER JOIN (SELECT [Extent2].[ChartVehID] AS [ChartVehID], [Extent2].[Descr] AS [Descr]
FROM ( SELECT 1 AS X ) AS [SingleRowTable1]
LEFT OUTER JOIN [dbo].[tblChartVehicles] AS [Extent2] ON 1 = 1 ) AS [Join1] ON ([Extent1].[Veh] = [Join1].[ChartVehID]) OR (([Extent1].[Veh] IS NULL) AND ([Join1].[ChartVehID] IS NULL))
INNER JOIN (SELECT [Extent3].[NAID] AS [NAID], [Extent3].[Descr] AS [Descr]
FROM ( SELECT 1 AS X ) AS [SingleRowTable2]
LEFT OUTER JOIN [dbo].[tblNACharter] AS [Extent3] ON 1 = 1 ) AS [Join3] ON ((SUBSTRING([Extent1].[Dpt], ((LEN([Extent1].[Dpt])) - 1) + 1, (LEN([Extent1].[Dpt])) - ((LEN([Extent1].[Dpt])) - 1))) = (STR( CAST( [Join3].[NAID] AS float)))) OR ((SUBSTRING([Extent1].[Dpt], ((LEN([Extent1].[Dpt])) - 1) + 1, (LEN([Extent1].[Dpt])) - ((LEN([Extent1].[Dpt])) - 1)) IS NULL) AND (STR( CAST( [Join3].[NAID] AS float)) IS NULL))
INNER JOIN (SELECT [Extent4].[ChartReqID] AS [ChartReqID], [Extent4].[Event] AS [Event], [Extent4].[ContactName] AS [ContactName], [Extent4].[ContactPhone] AS [ContactPhone], [Extent4].[Website] AS [Website]
FROM ( SELECT 1 AS X ) AS [SingleRowTable3]
LEFT OUTER JOIN [dbo].[tblChartReq] AS [Extent4] ON 1 = 1 ) AS [Join5] ON ([Extent1].[ChartReqID] = [Join5].[ChartReqID]) OR (([Extent1].[ChartReqID] IS NULL) AND ([Join5].[ChartReqID] IS NULL))
INNER JOIN (SELECT [Extent5].[CustID] AS [CustID], [Extent5].[Dpt] AS [Dpt], [Extent5].[DptID] AS [DptID]
FROM ( SELECT 1 AS X ) AS [SingleRowTable4]
LEFT OUTER JOIN [dbo].[tblCharterCustomers] AS [Extent5] ON 1 = 1 ) AS [Join7] ON ([Extent1].[Dpt] = (CASE WHEN (N'NONAFF' = [Join7].[DptID]) THEN STR( CAST( [Join7].[CustID] AS float)) ELSE [Join7].[DptID] END)) OR (([Extent1].[Dpt] IS NULL) AND (CASE WHEN (N'NONAFF' = [Join7].[DptID]) THEN STR( CAST( [Join7].[CustID] AS float)) ELSE [Join7].[DptID] END IS NULL))
INNER JOIN (SELECT [Extent6].[DocID] AS [DocID], [Extent6].[FileName] AS [FileName]
FROM ( SELECT 1 AS X ) AS [SingleRowTable5]
LEFT OUTER JOIN [dbo].[tblChartReqDocs] AS [Extent6] ON 1 = 1 ) AS [Join9] ON ([Extent1].[Attach] = (STR( CAST( [Join9].[DocID] AS float)))) OR (([Extent1].[Attach] IS NULL) AND (STR( CAST( [Join9].[DocID] AS float)) IS NULL))
INNER JOIN (SELECT [Extent7].[DocID] AS [DocID], [Extent7].[FileName] AS [FileName]
FROM ( SELECT 1 AS X ) AS [SingleRowTable6]
LEFT OUTER JOIN [dbo].[tblChartSupAttach] AS [Extent7] ON 1 = 1 ) AS [Join11] ON ([Extent1].[SupAttach] = (STR( CAST( [Join11].[DocID] AS float)))) OR (([Extent1].[SupAttach] IS NULL) AND (STR( CAST( [Join11].[DocID] AS float)) IS NULL))
INNER JOIN (SELECT [Extent8].[First] AS [First], [Extent8].[Last] AS [Last], [Extent8].[UIN] AS [UIN]
FROM ( SELECT 1 AS X ) AS [SingleRowTable7]
LEFT OUTER JOIN (SELECT
[v_EmpData].[First] AS [First],
[v_EmpData].[Last] AS [Last],
[v_EmpData].[Legal] AS [Legal],
[v_EmpData].[Name] AS [Name],
[v_EmpData].[Email] AS [Email],
[v_EmpData].[UIN] AS [UIN],
[v_EmpData].[UserNM] AS [UserNM],
[v_EmpData].[Worker] AS [Worker],
[v_EmpData].[SUPERVISORNUM] AS [SUPERVISORNUM],
[v_EmpData].[Supervisor] AS [Supervisor],
[v_EmpData].[EmpArea] AS [EmpArea],
[v_EmpData].[Title] AS [Title],
[v_EmpData].[FullName] AS [FullName],
[v_EmpData].[HireDate] AS [HireDate],
[v_EmpData].[WORKERTYPENM] AS [WORKERTYPENM],
[v_EmpData].[Birth] AS [Birth],
[v_EmpData].[HOMESTREET] AS [HOMESTREET],
[v_EmpData].[HOMECITY] AS [HOMECITY],
[v_EmpData].[HOMEZIP] AS [HOMEZIP],
[v_EmpData].[HOMESTATE] AS [HOMESTATE],
[v_EmpData].[PicID] AS [PicID],
[v_EmpData].[WorkPhone] AS [WorkPhone],
[v_EmpData].[HomePhone] AS [HomePhone],
[v_EmpData].[WorkCellPhone] AS [WorkCellPhone]
FROM [dbo].[v_EmpData] AS [v_EmpData]) AS [Extent8] ON 1 = 1 ) AS [Join13] ON ([Extent1].[TakenUIN] = [Join13].[UIN]) OR (([Extent1].[TakenUIN] IS NULL) AND ([Join13].[UIN] IS NULL))
WHERE ([Extent1].[BeginTime] > (DATEADD (year, -1, SysDateTime())))
AND ('C' <> [Extent1].[Status])
AND ([Extent1].[BeginTime] >= '11/28/2012 12:00:00 AM')
AND ([Extent1].[BeginTime] < '11/29/2012 12:00:00 AM')
This is what my original SQL query looked like and what I was hoping it would be closer to:
SELECT
ChartID,
c.Status,
...
r.Website As Website,
FROM tblChartersNew c
LEFT JOIN (SELECT [Dpt],[DptID] FROM [DRVRDiscipline].[dbo].[tblCharterCustomers] Where Valid=1 and DptID <> 'NONAFF' UNION SELECT Dpt, CONVERT(nvarchar,CustID) AS DptID FROM [DRVRDiscipline].[dbo].[tblCharterCustomers] Where Valid=1 and DptID = 'NONAFF') f
ON RTRIM(c.Dpt) = f.DptID LEFT JOIN [tskronos].WfcSuite.dbo.VP_ALLPERSONV42 p ON p.PersonNUM = c.TakenUIN
LEFT JOIN tblChartVehicles v ON v.ChartVehID = c.Veh
LEFT JOIN tblNACharter n ON CAST(n.NAID AS varchar) = RIGHT(c.Dpt, LEN(c.Dpt)-1)
LEFT JOIN tblChartReq r
ON r.ChartReqID = c.ChartReqID
WHERE CONVERT(datetime,CONVERT(char(10),c.BeginTime,101)) = (SELECT TOP 1 CONVERT(datetime,CONVERT(char(10),BeginTime,101)) from tblChartersNew WHERE CONVERT(datetime,CONVERT(char(10),BeginTime,101)) >= CONVERT(datetime,CONVERT(char(10),GETDATE(),101)) ORDER BY BeginTime)
AND NOT c.ChartReqID IS NULL
ORDER BY BeginTime, ISNULL(f.Dpt,c.Dpt)
I also add a Select New on the view to avoid selecting all of the columns when I only need three but it didn't seem to make a difference. Instead of adding LEFT JOIN v_EmpData it adds LEFT OUTER JOIN and then selects all of the columns in the view. It seems to be ignoring the Select New.
I'd really like to transition to using Linq to Entities for the majority of my queries because intellisense makes it so much easier to make sure it's right and to have variations of queries without having to have separate functions for each but maybe I need to stick with plain old SQL. I know just enough to make a big mess. Any suggestions?
For complex queries like what you need.
I would suggest looking into FunctionImport.
MSDN Function Import
This would save you the headache of creating a LINQ that would be 1:1 to your expected generated SQL.