Ignore Column If Result Set Is Null
Jul 12, 2013
Is there a way to ignore a column/variable when the whole result set for the applied filter (where) is null?
Not all clients have data for every variable, i.e. some variables are client specific. There are too many variables and clients to amend the select query every time so I just want to ignore a col if its null.
I hope that makes sense (my inability to describe it might explain my inability to find anything related to it!)
The next step would be to run all clients' data in one go using, I believe, a cursor, but one step at a time!
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Sep 17, 2005
I have a query where one or more of the columns returned is a resultfrom a subquery. These columns get their own alias. I want to filterout the rows containing NULL from the subqueries but it just won'twork. When running columnAlias IS NOT NULL i just get the error"Invalid column name 'columnAlias'.This is the query:SELECT k.UserId, k.Lastname, k.Firstname,(SELECT kscr.answer FROM Results kscr WHERE kscr.UserID =k.UserID) AS myColumnAliasFROM Users kWHERE myColumnAlias IS NOT NULL)When running without the WHERE clause, I get the following results:UserId Lastname Firstname myColumnAlias113 Norman Ola jepps820 Karlsen Kjell830 Pens Jens juubidooWhat I want is to get rid of UserId=820. What am I doing wrong?
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Sep 29, 2005
Hi,
I have a query like this one
SELECT expense_id, CAST(expense_id AS char(10)) + ' - ' + CAST(trip_km AS char(5))+ ' - ' + CAST(expense_amount AS char(5)) + ' - ' + charge_centre AS ExpenseDesc
If charge center is null, I need to ignore this field. How can I achieve this? The reason is that if any of the field is null, it will return ExpenseDesc as null.
Thanks
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Sep 2, 2005
Using SQL2000. According to Books Online, the avg aggregrate functionignores null values. ((3+3+3+3+Null)/5) predictably returns Null. Isthere a function to ignore the Null entry, adjust the divisor, andreturn a value of 3? For example:((3+3+3+3)/4) after ignoring Nullentry.If there's more than one null value, then adjust divisor accordingly.For example: ((5+5+5+4+Null+5+5+Null)/8) would be ((5+5+5+4+5+5)/6)after nulls ignored.Thanks for any help or advice.
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Oct 4, 2007
Salamo alikom,
when i write this sentence in textbox in reporting service 2005 :
= iif(DateAdd( "h",Parameters! t.Value,Fields! completionTime. Value),"" ,Fields!completi onTime.Value)
Because this column contain null value.
So how to ignore null value with dateadd
AnyBody Can Help me.
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Mar 18, 2008
Hi,
I do have a stored procedure with parameters inside. I just want to ignore those parameters that are NULL so that my WHERE clause will not execute them anymore. Here's my code:
CREATE PROCEDURE SEARCHPATIENT
@patnCode varchar(10) = NULL,
@patnSurname varchar(20) = NULL,
@patnGivenName1 varchar(20) = NULL
AS
SELECT....
FROM ...
WHERE patnCode=@patncode AND
patnSurname =@patnSurname AND
patnGivenName1 =@patnGivenName1
BUT...
If the user passes @patnSurname as NULL, I got an SQL error message:
"There was an error executing the query.. Timeout expired... ". I was hoping I could write an WHERE clause where IT WILL ONLY EXECUTE those parameters WITH VALUE and IGNORE those NULLs.
Can someone help me on this?
Can I use IF THEN ELSE statement inside the WHERE clause?
Can I use CASE STATEMENT inside the WHERE clause?
Thanks in advance.
Joseph
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Aug 14, 2007
I have a stored procedure which accepts 3 arguments that are used in the WHERE clause of a SELECT Statement
CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[MyProcedure] @argYear INT, @argMonth INT, @argDay INT
AS
SELECT *
FROM MyData
WHERE
MyData.Year = @argYear AND MyData.Month = @argMonth AND MyData.Day = @argDay
The problem that I am having is @argDay is an "optional" argument. If @argDay is NULL then I want to basically ignore the "AND MyData.Day = @argDay" condition.
Is there an easier way to do this than:
IF @argDay is NULL
SELECT *
FROM MyData
WHERE
MyData.Year = @argYear AND MyData.Month = @argMonthELSE
SELECT *
FROM MyData
WHERE
MyData.Year = @argYear AND MyData.Month = @argMonth AND MyData.Day = @argDay
END IF
Thanks
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Apr 25, 2007
Hi guys,
I've got a query on a particular table returning an odd result:
SELECT DISTINCT WorkStation
FROM Invoice
WHERE WorkStation Is Not Null
ORDER BY WorkStation
This query returns the rows I'd expect plus a null row. This doesn't happen in databases at other sites, or in other tables at this site. The following query behaves as I'd expect returning only non-null AccountNumbers.
SELECT DISTINCT AccountNumber
FROM Suppliers
WHERE AccountNumber Is Not Null
ORDER BY AccountNumber
I can't reproduce these results on another site on a table of the same structure, or on another table at this site.
Any suggestions as to what might be going on?
Pertinent info:
---
select @@Version
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 - 8.00.760 (Intel X86)
Dec 17 2002 14:22:05 Copyright (c) 1988-2003 Microsoft Corporation
Standard Edition on Windows NT 5.2 (Build 3790: Service Pack 1)
---
dbcc checkdb
Abridged result:
CHECKDB found 0 allocation errors and 0 consistency errors in database 'POS'.
---
SELECT * INTO #Inv FROM Invoice
SELECT DISTINCT WorkStation
FROM #Inv
WHERE WorkStation Is Not Null
ORDER BY WorkStation
Does not reproduce this problem (and so is a probable fix) but the questions remains, what causes this?
TIA,
Karl.
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Jun 20, 2007
When configuring error output, I want everything that is good in the row to make it to the destination, and then the offending column that is causing an error to be set to NULL, and then sent to the destination as well. In addition, I want to take the offending column's data, and route it over to an error holding table. I know about the ability to redirect the whole row, but I just sort of want to redirect just that column. For example....
Have a table with 5 columns
col1 int null,
col2 int null,
col3 char(3) null,
col4 bit null,
col5 int null
My data flow loads data from a flat file and has a record that looks like this
1 5 ABC R 3
I want the row to make it to the destination as follows....
1 5 ABC NULL 3
Then the offending data needs to go over to my error table
err# errcolumn errdata errdesc
1 col4 R Could not convert "R" to bit data type
Any way to do this?
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Mar 27, 2007
Hello,
I have a table with an Identity Column set up. I also have an index on the table that is set to Ignore Duplicate. Identity starts at 1 and is incremented by 1.
So first 5 rows inserted get identity
1
2
3
4
5
If I insert rows that get ignored because of the index with Ignore Duplicate, it is ignored correctly. But, the next row to get inserted will have an identity value of 7.
So, even though the insert was ignored because of the index with Ignore Duplicate, the Identity column was incremented behind the scenes.
Is there any way to avoid this?
Thanks,
John
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Apr 10, 2007
Hi,
I am starting to use reporting services and I created a report that takes 4 parameters for a Filter on the dataset.
The idea is the create snapshot nightly and then display the report filtered based on parameters to users.
I'd like that the filter be ignored for a parameter if the parameter is passed as NULL,
Right now I defined it this way :
Left =Fields!RegionCode.Value
Operator =
Right =IIF(IsNothing(Parameters!RegionCode.Value),Fields!RegionCode.Value,Parameters!RegionCode.Value)
I do this for the 4 parameters that are passed, if they are null, make then equals to the field.
I was wondering if there is a way to ignore the whole parameter all together, I would guess it'll be faster to execute.
Thanks
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Aug 26, 2013
MONTHTotalTopicEndTotal
May20A 20
May1000B 2
how can i count topic='B' which is (20/1000) * 100
I get the result NULL
select *, case when topic='B' then SUM(case when topic='A' then Total end) / SUM(case when topic='B' then Total end) * 100 end from tableA
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Jan 9, 2007
Hi,
I have following query which is returing null values along with other values. Could you please tell me how I can restrict to not to return null values
SELECT [Measures].[Total Hours] ON 0,
[Employee].[Hierarchy].[Employee Key]ON 1
FROM[Labor Metrics]
Thanks,
Prudhvi
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Sep 21, 2007
Hello guys I have a very simple query that is to be used to verify what users have access to what servers. Here it is:
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USE master
go
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FROM syslogins
WHERE status != 0
AND ((sysadmin = 1) OR (securityadmin =1) OR (serveradmin =1) OR (setupadmin = 1))
I would like to know how to stop the columns that have a null or 0 value from being returned to me. I don't want to see a bunch of 0s since almost no users do have these privaleges, I'd rather have that be hidden. Do I need to create a view for this? Thank You!
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Oct 25, 2006
In a query in SQL server 2005 I have a column LastName + ', ' + FirstName.All works fine except when a LastName or FirstName = NULL then the result is NULL.How do I get around this?ThanksA Newbie to SQL.
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Aug 25, 2015
I want to remove the nulls from the result set so the result is 1 line. Code and results are below:
SELECT
CustomerNumber,
(case when yearseq = 2012 then isnull(sum(mainPower),0)+isnull(sum(sidePower),0)+isnull(Sum(leftPower),0)
+isnull(Sum(netappPower),0)+isnull(Sum(rightPower),0)+isnull(Sum(lowerPower),0) end) as '2012',
(case when yearseq = 2013 then
[Code] ....
What can I do to my code to remove the Nulls to the entire result is just 1 line?
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Apr 2, 2007
I am getting this error: "Cannot insert the value NULL into column 'OrderID', table 'outman.outman.Contact'; column does not allow nulls. INSERT fails." -- But my value is not null. I did a response.write on it and it show the value. Of course, it would be nice if I could do a breakpoint but that doesn't seem to be working. I'll attach a couple of images below of my code, the error, and the breakpoint error.
Server Error in '/' Application.
Cannot insert the value NULL into column 'OrderID', table 'outman.outman.Contact'; column does not allow nulls. INSERT fails.
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code. Exception Details: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Cannot insert the value NULL into column 'OrderID', table 'outman.outman.Contact'; column does not allow nulls. INSERT fails.Source Error:
Line 89: sContact.Phone = sPhone.Text.Trim
Line 90: sContact.Email = sEmail.Text.Trim
Line 91: sContact.Save()
Line 92:
Line 93: Dim bContact As Contact = New Contact()Source File: F:InetpubwwwrootOutman KnifeCheckout.aspx.vb Line: 91 Stack Trace:
[SqlException (0x80131904): Cannot insert the value NULL into column 'OrderID', table 'outman.outman.Contact'; column does not allow nulls. INSERT fails.]
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.OnError(SqlException exception, Boolean breakConnection) +857354
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnection.OnError(SqlException exception, Boolean breakConnection) +734966
System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.ThrowExceptionAndWarning(TdsParserStateObject stateObj) +188
System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.Run(RunBehavior runBehavior, SqlCommand cmdHandler, SqlDataReader dataStream, BulkCopySimpleResultSet bulkCopyHandler, TdsParserStateObject stateObj) +1838
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlDataReader.HasMoreRows() +150
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlDataReader.ReadInternal(Boolean setTimeout) +214
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlDataReader.Read() +9
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.CompleteExecuteScalar(SqlDataReader ds, Boolean returnSqlValue) +39
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.ExecuteScalar() +148
SubSonic.SqlDataProvider.ExecuteScalar(QueryCommand qry) +209
SubSonic.DataService.ExecuteScalar(QueryCommand cmd) +37
SubSonic.ActiveRecord`1.Save(String userName) +120
SubSonic.ActiveRecord`1.Save() +31
Checkout.btnCheckout_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) in F:InetpubwwwrootOutman KnifeCheckout.aspx.vb:91
System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e) +105
System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.RaisePostBackEvent(String eventArgument) +107
System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.System.Web.UI.IPostBackEventHandler.RaisePostBackEvent(String eventArgument) +7
System.Web.UI.Page.RaisePostBackEvent(IPostBackEventHandler sourceControl, String eventArgument) +11
System.Web.UI.Page.RaisePostBackEvent(NameValueCollection postData) +33
System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +5102
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May 13, 2015
It's giving me an error while I'm trying to change column value from not null to null..
'tblid' table
- Unable to modify table.
Cannot insert the value NULL into column 'ValidID', table 'Xe01.dbo.Tmp_tblid'; column does not allow nulls. INSERT fails.
The statement has been terminated.
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Is there a way to display a column alias as part of the result set column labels?
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Jun 9, 2015
I'm trying to get the records in table1 not in table2 the query is
Select * from table1 where not exists (select * from table2)
--table1 and table2 ,structure are same
It will get a null result
Strange thing , while I add a where condition in the subquery, it worked.
Select * from table1 where not exists (select * from table2 where table1.ID =table2.ID)
It will get the result as expected.
I just thought it would compare all the fileds for the outer query and inner query, but seems not. Why, I add a condition, it worked ?
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Line 1445: try {
Line 1446: int returnValue = this.Adapter.UpdateCommand.ExecuteNonQuery();
Line 1447: return returnValue;
Line 1448: }
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Apr 27, 2007
Dear folks,
please tell me the query for altering a column from not null to null
Vinod
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Feb 28, 2008
Hi all,
One of my columns is the table has some Null values, and I Would like to stop having NULL values into that column any more.
I know, If I alter the column to NOT NULL will throw me an error, since it does a batch update.
Is there any way to achieve this...
Thanks...
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Feb 29, 2008
Hi all,
One of my columns is the table has some Null values, and I Would like to stop having NULL values into that column any more.
I know, If I alter the column to NOT NULL will throw me an error, since it does a batch update.
Is there any way to achieve this...
Thanks...
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Sep 30, 2014
We have a database where many tables have a field that has to be lengthened. In some cases this is a primary key or part of a primary key. The table in question is:-
/****** Object: Table [dbo].[DTb_HWSQueueMonthEnd] Script Date: 09/25/2014 14:05:09 ******/
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO
SET ANSI_PADDING ON
GO
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[DTb_HWSQueueMonthEnd](
[Code] ....
The script I am using is
DECLARE@Column varchar(100)--The name of the column to change
DECLARE@size varchar(5)--The new size of the column
DECLARE @TSQL varchar(255)--Contains the code to be executed
DECLARE @Object varchar(50)--Holds the name of the table
DECLARE @dropc varchar(255)-- Drop constraint script
[Code] ....
When I the the script I get the error message Could not create constraint. See previous errors.
Looking at the strings I build
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[DTb_HWSQueueMonthEnd] DROP CONSTRAINT PK_DTb_HWSQueueMonthEnd
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[DTb_HWSQueueMonthEnd] Alter Column [Patient System Number] varchar(10)
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[DTb_HWSQueueMonthEnd] ADD CONSTRAINT PK_DTb_HWSQueueMonthEnd PRIMARY KEY NONCLUSTERED ([Patient System Number] ASC,[Episode Number] ASC,[CensusDate] ASC)
WITH (PAD_INDEX = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF, SORT_IN_TEMPDB = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF, ONLINE = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ON) ON [PRIMARY]
They all seem fine except the last one which returns the error
Msg 8111, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Cannot define PRIMARY KEY constraint on nullable column in table 'DTb_HWSQueueMonthEnd'.
Msg 1750, Level 16, State 0, Line 1
Could not create constraint. See previous errors.
None of the fields I try to create the key on are nullable.
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I receive this message when I try to run any report. The reportserver and reportservertempdb databases were upgraded using backup/restore from SQL2000 to SQL2005 on a separate server which is running RS2005 . Please help. Thanks
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Jan 17, 2008
Hi
I need help to build the below data to my requirement
i have table having the following data's
NoofLive
Action
Sold
Ratio
EffDt
10-49
43
0
0
1/1/2008
50-99
62
0
0
1/1/2008
100-199
73
0
0
1/1/2008
200-299
17
1
0.059
1/1/2008
300-499
25
0
0
1/1/2008
500-999
21
0
0
1/1/2008
1000+
45
0
0
1/1/2008
100-199
11
1
0.091
2/1/2008
1000+
1
0
0
2/1/2008
100-199
17
0
0
3/1/2008
500-999
2
0
0
3/1/2008
EffDt = (Jan-08,Feb-08,Mar-08)
I want creat result as follows from the above data's
Jan-08
Feb-08
Mar-08
Eligible Lives
Quoted
Sold
Close Ratio
Quoted
Sold
Close Ratio
Quoted
Sold
Close Ratio
10 - 49
43
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
50 - 99
62
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
100 - 199
73
0
0
11
0
0
0
0
0
200 - 299
17
1
0.059
0
0
0
17
0
0
300 - 499
25
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
500 - 999
21
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1000+
45
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
Please anybody can help build a query to generate the above result.
Thanks in advance
sthanika
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Feb 5, 2004
I have a brain teaser for you all.
The end result: I need one of the columns in my result set (col2) to have a preceeding apostrophe (i.e., '001234 ).
The problem: I am building my query as a string and then using the EXEC() function to execute it. For example:
SET @strSQL = 'SELECT col1, col2 FROM mytable'
EXEC(@strSQL)
Just to tame any answers that might not be directed to the specific question, the query Must be built as a string and then executed.
I have been unable to obtain the solution and I am wondering if it is even possible?
TIA
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Jan 11, 2005
Simple example would look like that in MS SQL
SELECT 'a' AS (SELECT language_name FROM language WHERE language_id = 1)
So that the display is
English
a
as we assume that
SELECT language_name FROM language WHERE language_id = 1
returns only English
I have tried to that with a variable but it does not work
declare @that as varchar(15);
set @that = (select language_name_u from language where language_id = 1);
select 'a' as @that
LOL
I just tried another way as i was going to post
declare @that as varchar(15);
set @that = (select language_name_u from language where language_id = 1);
select 'a' as "@that"
and it worked!
Posting anyway so people might answer with a better solution with no variable
Thanks a lot
Mordan
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May 7, 2007
Hi,
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Thanks
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Feb 7, 2006
I am trying to display component usage in January for the past year, if I want to display the year in different column, what should I do?
eg.
component_id component_description qty_used_on_2005_Jan qty_used_on_2006_Jan
C58B0BDD tape drive 2 3
Currently I am using this sql:
select cast(year(date_complete) as varchar(10)) + ' Jan' as Year, component_id, component_description,sum(component_qty) as total_qty_used
from view_jobComponent
where month(date_complete) = 1group by component_id, component_description, cast(year(date_complete) as varchar(10)) + ' Jan'order by component_id, component_description
which I will get something like this:
Year component_id component_description total_qty_used
2005 Jan C58B0BDD tape drive 22006 Jan C58B0BDD tape drive 3
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Oct 12, 2004
How can I make this stored procedure concept work:
-----------------------------------------------
Create Procedure MyProc @MyValue varchar(5)
As
Declare @ColumnName as varchar(11)
Set @ColumnName = 'Price_' + @MyValue
Select Sum(Price) As @ColumnName --????
From MyTable where Item = @MyValue
Return
-----------------------------------------------
Using @MyValue = 23 should make the Sum(Price) column name 'Price_23'. It's not working. What am I doing wrong?
Bjorn
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Jun 8, 2008
Last query, mr. visakh help to produce a result as follow
Date_Taken | Main_ID | Daily_Rainfall
-------------------------------------------
5/1/2005 | 194 | 142
6/1/2005 | 194 | 155
7/1/2005 | 194 | 132
8/1/2005 | 194 | 199
5/1/2005 | 196 | 333
6/1/2005 | 196 | 544
7/1/2005 | 196 | 722
8/1/2005 | 196 | 845
...
...
*Combination of Date_Taken and Main_ID generate unique row
*Above data consist of 1 May 2005 to 1 AUG 2005 data (4 month data for each Main_ID), which is Date_Taken start from 1st day every month.
*Date_Taken | Main_ID | Daily_Rainfall
-------------------------------------------
5/1/2005 | 194 | 142
---> Mean, In May 2005 Main_ID=194 having 142 Daily_Rainfall
6/1/2005 | 196 | 544
---> Mean, In Jun 2005 Main_ID=196 having 544 Daily_Rainfall
Let's say, current month is 8
I stuck to do the query to display result like as follow
Date_Taken | Main_ID | CurrentMonth_DR | LastMonth_DR | Last2Month_DR| Last3Month_DR
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
8/1/2005 | 194 | 199 | 132 | 155 | 142
8/1/2005 | 196 | 845 | 722 | 544 | 333
...
...
*CurrentMonth_DR is 8/1/2005, LastMonth_DR is 7/1/2005, Last2Month_DR is 6/1/2005 and so on ( this can be harcoded in sql)
Plz help me
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