SQL Server 2008 :: If Exists Placement Theory For Optional Tables

Nov 4, 2015

I like writing concise and compact sql code without cursors if possible. My current dilemma has me stuck though.I have 3 tables, but one of them is optionally used and contains a key element of TimeOut to determine which Anesthesia CrnaID to use. It is the optionally used part that has me stumped.

Surgery table
CaseID
Patient
(Sample data: 101,SallyDoe 102,JohnDoe)

Anesthesia table
CaseID
CrnaID
(Sample data:
101,Melvin
102,Bart
102,Jack)

AnesthesiaTime table (this table is optionally used, only if the crna's take a break on long cases)
CaseID
CrnaID
TimeIn
TimeOut
(Sample data:
102,Jack,0800,1030
102,Bart,1030,1130
102,Jack,1130,1215)

Select Patient INNER JOIN Anesthesia produced too many case results. So, I figured out there is an AnesthesiaTime table that only gets used if the anesthesia guys take time-outs. That doesn't happen all the time. I could use TOP 1 on the Anesthesia table, but technically I need to read the AnesthesiaTime table and locate the last time and pull that crna, Jack. I'm not sure how to deal with an optional table. I believe the IF Exists will be pertinent, but not sure of how to build this query. I've tried subquery without success.

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I have a table called 'AssetPlacements' that shows the dates when certain objects (AssID) were placed at certain locations (LocID).

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2122015-05-06
3132015-05-09
4212015-05-03
5222015-05-07
6232015-05-11

I'd like to show the assets with a start date and end date for the placement of the asset.

The start date to be the placement date and the end date to be the next placement date of the asset.

Where there is no next placement date to then show the end date as the current date, so hopefully the table will show as the following.

ID AssID LocID StartDate EndDate
1112015-05-01 2015-05-06
2122015-05-06 2015-05-09
3132015-05-09 [GetDate()]
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5222015-05-07 2015-05-11
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(
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[code]....

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So how about...

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--
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orddet
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