Select Distinct Returns Multiple Rows With Same Value
Apr 24, 2008I have a Select Distinct myfield that returns multiple rows with same value for myfield when it should only one. Why is this happening?
View 4 RepliesI have a Select Distinct myfield that returns multiple rows with same value for myfield when it should only one. Why is this happening?
View 4 RepliesHi, I have the following script segment which is failing:
CREATE TABLE #LatLong (Latitude DECIMAL, Longitude DECIMAL, PRIMARY KEY (Latitude, Longitude))
INSERT INTO #LatLong SELECT DISTINCT Latitude, Longitude FROM RGCcache
When I run it I get the following error: "Violation of PRIMARY KEY constraint 'PK__#LatLong__________7CE3D9D4'. Cannot insert duplicate key in object 'dbo.#LatLong'."
Im not sure how this is failing as when I try creating another table with 2 decimal columns and repeated values, select distinct only returns distinct pairs of values.
The failure may be related to the fact that RGCcache has about 10 million rows, but I can't see why.
Any ideas?
Here is my query which returns multiple rows
SELECT
R.name, R.age,R.DOB,
ISNULL(D.Doc1,'NA') AS doc1,
ISNULL(C.Doc2,'NA') AS doc2
FROM
REQ R
inner join RES S ON R.Request_Id=S.Request_Id
inner join RES1 D ON D.Response_Id=S.Response_Id
inner join REQ1 C ON C.Request_Id=R.Request_Id
select * from RES1 where Response_Id = 111 -- return 3
select * from REQ1 where Request_Id = 222 --- returns 2
So at last inner join retuns 3*2 = 6 records , which is wrong here and i want to show 3 records in doc1 row and 2 records in doc 2 rows ...
Hi,
I have DB monitoring jobs which use Sysperfinfo to monitor some of the counters. On One SQL 2K Server since few days the select on sysperfinfo returns 0.
Do you think I need to start any service from the OS side to enable this?
Your input is highly apppreciated.
Thanks,:confused:
I don't understand using a dynamic cursor.
Summary
* The fetch next statement returns multiple rows when using a dynamic cursor on the sys.dm_db_partition_stats.
* As far as I know a fetch-next-statement always returns a single row?
* Using a static cursor works as aspected.
* Works on production OLTP as well as on a local SQL server instance.
Now the Skript to reproduce the whole thing.
create database objects
-- create the partition function
create partition function fnTestPartition01( smallint )
as range right for values ( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 , 9, 10 ) ;
[Code]....
Why does the fetch statement return more than 1 row? It returns the whole result of the select-statement. When using a STATIC cursors instead I get the first row of the cursor as I would expect. Selecting a "normal" user table using a dynamic cursor I get the first row only, again as expected.
Dear Gurus,I have table with following entriesTable name = CustomerName Weight------------ -----------Sanjeev 85Sanjeev 75Rajeev 80Rajeev 45Sandy 35Sandy 30Harry 15Harry 45I need a output as followName Weight------------ -----------Sanjeev 85Rajeev 80Sandy 30Harry 45ORName Weight------------ -----------Sanjeev 75Rajeev 45Sandy 35Harry 15i.e. only distinct Name should display with only one value of Weight.I tried with 'group by' on Name column but it shows me all rows.Could anyone help me for above.Thanking in Advance.RegardsSanjeevJoin Bytes!
View 4 Replies View RelatedHi,
I'm having a little bit of trouble trying to figure out how to do this query, right now I have:
SELECT I.AppItemId, P.ProductID, P.PartNum, P.Relist, I.AppUserId
FROM ProductsToRelist I join Products P on P.ProductID = I.AppSKU
WHERE P.Relist = 1 and I.AppStatus = 5 and Not I.AppItemId is Null
and it returns something like this:
AppItemId ProductID PartNum Relist AppUserId
2786 -32730 SELECT_OOS11
2787 -32729 SELECT12
2788 -32727 SELECT_OOS11
4269 -30987 SELECT_OOS12
1665 -30987 SELECT_OOS11
2433 -30987 SELECT_OOS11
4272 -30984 SELECT11
2436 -30984 SELECT11
2793 -32708 SELECT11
But I only it want it to return 1 record for each ProductID like so:
AppItemId ProductID PartNum Relist AppUserId
2786 -32730 SELECT_OOS11
2787 -32729 SELECT12
2788 -32727 SELECT_OOS11
4269 -30987 SELECT_OOS12
4272 -30984 SELECT11
2793 -32708 SELECT11
ProductID is the primary key for the Products table, and a product can be in the ProductsToRelist table many times but each row would have a unique AppItemId. I know that I need to use Distinct or a different kind of join, but I'm not sure which. How would you suggest to do this?
Thanks
I have the following tablecolumns: [col1], [col2],[col3] and [NAME].I want to select the name column for each row where [col1]='07'.The problem is that there are several rows where [col1] contains '07' and also the name is the same. [col2] and [col3] contain different data for these double rows...however, I cant use the [col1] and [col2] values in my query because I dont know what values they contain beforehand.So now, when I execute my query and add the DISTINCT key I still get all the double rows!I hope this explains my problem, help is really appreciated...ow, btw: deleting the double rows is not an option....
View 4 Replies View RelatedIs it possible to retrieve Distinct rows from this Select Statement?
I'm getting the correct results, but duplicate rows because some customers place more than one order on the same day.
Code:
SELECT dbo.Customers.CustomerID, dbo.Customers.Title, dbo.Customers.FirstName, dbo.Customers.LastName, dbo.Customers.CustomerEmail, dbo.Customers.DateCreated,
CONVERT(char, dbo.Customers.DateCreated, 103) AS [DD/MM/YYYY], dbo.loyalty_points.LPoints, dbo.Orders.OrderID
FROM dbo.Customers INNER JOIN
dbo.loyalty_points ON dbo.Customers.CustomerID = dbo.loyalty_points.CustomerID INNER JOIN
dbo.Orders ON dbo.Customers.CustomerID = dbo.Orders.CustomerID
WHERE (CONVERT(char, dbo.Customers.DateCreated, 103) = CONVERT(char, GETDATE() - 6, 103))
Hello:
I need assistance writing a SELECT statement. I need data from a table that matches one (or more) of multiple criteria, and I need to know which of those criteria it matched. For instance, looking at the Orders table in the Northwind database, I might want all the rows with an OrderDate after Jan 1, 1997 and all the rows with a ShippedDate after June 1, 1997. Depending on which of those criteria the row matches, it should include a field stating whether it is in the result set because of its OrderDate, or its ShippedDate. One way of doing this that I've already tried is:
SELECT 'OrderDate' AS [ChosenReason], Orders.*FROM OrdersWHERE OrderDate > '1-1-1997'UNIONSELECT 'ShippedDate' AS [ChosenReason], Orders.*FROM OrdersWHERE ShippedDate > '6-1-1997'
In my application, scanning a table with thousands of records for five sets of criteria takes a few seconds to run, which is not acceptable to my boss. Is there a better way of doing this than with the UNION operator?
Thank you
Hi guys, I'm hoping there's someone out there with more sql knowledge and experience than me. I'll try to explain everything.
I'm trying to create a select statement but i'm not gettting the required results mainly because i think its a very complicated select.
Here is the scenario.
The table has 12 columns
ProductID Colour MD01 MD02 MD03 MD04 MD05 MD06 MD07 MD08 MD09 MD010
The ProductID is naturally the unique key.
There is always a colour value. But there is not always a value in the MD columns. For example one Product may have values in MD01 MD02 MD03 MD04 MD05 whilst another has values in all MD columns.
My problem is thatI am trying to create a results list based upon selecting distinct values from the colour and md columns
In otherwords i can't have more than only one instance of a word appearing in the recordset list
I'm really struggling with this because there are only 6 colours so if i set distinct purely on 6 colours i only get back 6 rows.
When I try to set disctinct across all the MD columns it seems to ignore it and lists results for example in the table
ProductID Colour MD01 MD02 MD03 MD04 MD05 MD06 MD07 MD08 MD09 MD010
1 red car bike
2 blue bike car train
my select lists results as
red
car
bike
blue
bike
car
train
and it is as if it only carries out the distinct command across the row not across all columns for all rows if you see what i mean?
I need to be able to list all data from all rows that have values in the MD columns and colour column but not list the values more than once and not list "empty" (NULL) columns. Does this make sense?
This is the select statement i wrote.
Select DISTINCT md00, md01, md02, md03, md04, md05, md06, md07, md08, md09, md10, colour FROM TEMPLATES WHERE md00 IS NOT NULL or md01 IS NOT NULL or md02 IS NOT NULL or md03 IS NOT NULL or md04 IS NOT NULL or md05 IS NOT NULL or md06 IS NOT NULL or md07 IS NOT NULL or md08 IS NOT NULL or md09 IS NOT NULL or md10 IS NOT NULL
But it returns empty columns and it returns every instance of the same word so in other words the distinct command doesn't seem to be working at all?
I don't know if this is because of my asp code I am trying to list results with the rescordset?
<%
While ((Repeat1__numRows <> 0) AND (NOT template_rs.EOF))
%>
<%=(template_rs.Fields.Item("md01").Value)%>
<%=(template_rs.Fields.Item("md02").Value)%>
<%=(template_rs.Fields.Item("md03").Value)%>
<%=(template_rs.Fields.Item("md04").Value)%>
<%=(template_rs.Fields.Item("md05").Value)%>
<%=(template_rs.Fields.Item("md06").Value)%>
<%=(template_rs.Fields.Item("md07").Value)%>
<%=(template_rs.Fields.Item("md08").Value)%>
<%=(template_rs.Fields.Item("md09").Value)%>
<%=(template_rs.Fields.Item("md10").Value)%>
<%=(template_rs.Fields.Item("colour").Value)%>
<%
Repeat1__index=Repeat1__index+1
Repeat1__numRows=Repeat1__numRows-1
template_rs.MoveNext()
Wend
%>
I have one more problem. How can I also in addition to being able to list all distinct results list only results for a specific letter
for example
Select DISTINCT md00, md01, md02, md03, md04, md05, md06, md07, md08, md09, md10, colour FROM TEMPLATES WHERE md00 IS NOT NULL or md01 IS NOT NULL or md02 IS NOT NULL or md03 IS NOT NULL or md04 IS NOT NULL or md05 IS NOT NULL or md06 IS NOT NULL or md07 IS NOT NULL or md08 IS NOT NULL or md09 IS NOT NULL or md10 IS NOT NULL WHERE FIRST LETTER ='A'?
I am so far out of my depth here guys I am hoping that someone who has real knowledge of SQL can help me with this statement. I've been pulling my hair out for days now and getting just more and more frustrated listing the same results :(
-BB
--------------------------------------------------
SalesOrder-ItemName-Price-Category
-------------------------------------------------
01-Camera-100-Electronic
01-Memory-4GB-10-Memory
01-Battery-5-Battery
02-Keyboad-10-Accessories
02-Mouse-5-Accessories
03-CPU-300-Hardware
03-Motherboad-400-Hardware
From above rows i would like to select rows based on one distinct column SalesOrder, i want output like below.
-----------------------------------
SalesOrder-ItemName-Price-Category
-----------------------------------
01-Camera-100-Electronic
02-Keyboad-10-Accessories
03-CPU-300-Hardware
CREATE TABLE Table1 (SalesOrder varchar(10), ItemName VARCHAR(100), Price INT, Category VARCHAR(100))
[Code] ......
I have 3 table as below:
DSF
dsf_id
company_name
incorporation_date
secretary_name
ShareholdersDetails
shareholder_id
dsf_id
shareholder_name
DirectorsDetails
directors_id
dsf_id
directors_name
one company can have multiple shareholders and directors records.
i create a search query where users might search by company name, secretary name , shareholder name or directors name.
My select query is like below:
Code:
SELECT dsf.dsf_id, dsf.company_name,
dsf.incorporation_date, dsf.secretary_name,
s.shareholders_name, d.directors_name
FROM tbl_dsf dsf
LEFT OUTER JOIN tbl_directors d on dsf.dsf_id = d.dsf_id
LEFT OUTER JOIN tbl_shareholders s on dsf.dsf_id = s.dsf_id
[WHERE CONDITION]
The result for above query would be like:
Code:
abc | 1/2/1999 | william | marry | donna
abc | 1/2/1999 | william | jenna | donna
abc | 1/2/1999 | william | jolly | donna
abc | 1/2/1999 | william | marry | dolly
abc | 1/2/1999 | william | jenna | dolly
abc | 1/2/1999 | william | jolly | dolly
Is it possible to achive result as below:
Code:
abc | 1/2/1999 | william | marry,jenna,jolly | donna,dolly
Thanks
Grrr!I'm trying to run a script:print 'Declaring cursor'declare cInv cursor forward_only static forselectdistinctinv.company,inv.contact,inv.address1,inv.city,inv.state,inv.postalcode,inv.cmcompanyidfromdedupe.dbo.ln_invoice as invleft joindedupe.dbo.customerid as cidondbo.fnCleanString(inv.company) = cid.searchcowhere((inv.customerid is nulland cid.searchco is null)and (inv.date >= '01/01/2003' or (inv.date < '01/01/2003' andinv.outstanding > 0.01))and not inv.company is null)print 'Cursor declared'declare@contact varchar(75),@company varchar(50),@address1 varchar(75),@city varchar(30),@state varchar(20),@zip varchar(10),@cmcompanyid varchar(32),@iCount int,@FetchString varchar(512)open cInvprint 'cursor opened'fetch cInv into@company,@contact,@address1,@city,@state,@zip,@cmc ompanyidprint 'Cursor fetched @@Cursor_rows = ' + cast(@@cursor_rows asvarchar(5))All the prints are there to help me figure out what's going on!When I get to the Print 'Cursor fetched @@cursor_rows....the value is 0 and the script skips down to the close and deallocate.BUT, if I just highlight the Select...When section, I get over 2,000rows. What am I missing?Thanks.
View 6 Replies View Relatedsuppose i have aDataset with 11 rows. field1 with 5 rows of aaa, 6 rows of "bbb"
I want's some thing like
field1 rowcount
aaa 5
bbb 6
Hi, I am new to to the usage of sql server.I have data in the below mentioned format in table called stock_transaction.
stocknumber transtype transsubtype balance
s01 in cust 100
s01 out cust 200
s01 in deal 300
s01 out cust 100
s02 in deal 200
s02 out cust 300
s02 in cust 100
s02 out cust 200
s02 in cust 300
I want to generate a report which has the sum of balances of each stock number that belong to a particular trans group like
(in,cust) (out,cust),(in,deal) as below where (in,cust) (out,cust),(in,deal) are temporary aliases only for displaying as shown below
stocknumber in,deal out,cust in,cust
s01 300 300 100
s02 200 500 400
I am using case statements, I am able to retrieve the data when selecting of single trans group like(in,cust) or (out,cust) by giving its condition but was unable to select all the details of a particular stock number as a single record .
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[x1](
[nomer] [varchar](15) NOT NULL,
[tgl] [datetime] NOT NULL,
CONSTRAINT [pk_x1] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
(
[nomer] ASC,
[Code] ....
Result :
nomer tanggal
12013-07-28 00:00:00.000
12013-07-29 00:00:00.000
12013-07-30 00:00:00.000
I Want to make :
nomer tanggal
1 28,29,30
Hi there,
I need to select rows from a table, but include the top 3 rows of another linked table as a single field in the results.
Here is my basic structure:
Table: Profiles
Fields: Id, ProfileName
Table: Groups
Fields: Id, GroupName, ProfileId
I then need to return something like this:
ProfileName,Groups
"Joe Soap","Group1, Group2, Group3"
Does anyone know how this can be done?
Thanks!
Hi,
I have a table of users, a table of categories, and a many-to-many table linking users to categories.
My problem is that I want to select all the users with an extra column containing a comma-separated list of the categories they belong to.
Here is a stripped-down version of the table fields:
tbl_User
UserId, Email
tbl_Category
CatId, CatName
tbl_User_Category
UserId, CatId
I have tried using the coalesce function to build a string, but can only get this to work for one row at a time:
DECLARE @list nvarchar(100)
SELECT @list = COALESCE(@list + ', ', '') + CAST(CatId AS varchar(4))
FROM tbl_User_Category
WHERE UserId = @UserId
SELECT @list as List
Any ideas on how to add to this to get it to do each row in tbl_Page? Or am I attacking this from the wrong angle?????
Any help would be fantastic!
thanks,
Rob
Newbie to the SQL Server.
UPDATE GOLDIE
SET GOLDIE_ID = (SELECT *,
SUBSTRING(GOLDIE_ID,1,
CASE WHEN PATINDEX('%[A-Z,a-z]%',GOLDIE_ID)= 0
THEN 0
ELSE PATINDEX('%[A-Z,a-z]%',GOLDIE_ID)-1
end) STRIPPED_COL
FROM GOLDIE_ID)
Here is the explaination of the above query, I have a column which has the values like '23462Golden Gate' or '348New York'. Above query is stripping all the characters and keeping only numbers. So I need to update the same column with only numbers which is the output of abover query.
Immd help will be greatly appreciated.
Pam
I am using xml schema that is like this:
<DetailRows>
<DetailRow>
<MonthNumber></MonthNumber>
<Amount></Amount>
</DetailRow>
</DetailRows>If my variable contains following xml document as un-typed xml
[Code] ....
However, if I use a typed xml variable that is based on above schema, I cannot use OPENXML. What is the correct way of achieving same result with a typed xml doc? I am using SS2K5.
Hi,
I have 1 table with 5 rows. One of the rows has dateTime values. I want to know how many rows there are with a value in that column < today AND how many rows there are with a value in that column > today.
I'm not sure how to do this.
SELECT Count(*) WHERE dateColumn <= today AND dateColumn > today gives me everything.
I like to end up with a column containing the count of rows <= today
and a column with rows where date > today.
Is this possible in SQL or do I have to retrieve all rows and then loop over the resultset and check each row?
Thanks,
Marc
I know that this is legal sql: "SELECT 1 AS Blah"
I want to do something like this except for I need to select multiple rows each with a different value for Blah. The query needs to be legal to be passed to the SqlCommand.ExecuteReader Method. Is this possible?
I have a table like this :
ID Description ParentID Level
B.01 Parent 1 H
B.01.01 Parent 1.1 B.01 H
B.01.01.01 Parent 1.1.1 B.01.01 H
B.01.01.01.01 Detail 1 B.01.01.01 D
B.01.01.01.02 Detail 2 B.01.01.01 D
[Code] .....
That means, only select Level=H, and display the last record of H with concatenated the description of each rows delimited with comma.
I have a table in which each record has a initial date and a final date. I would like to create I query that gives me one row for each month between the initial date and the final date. It would be something like this:
Original:
Product|price|initial_date|final_date
A|20.50|2014-08-10|2014-10-01
B|50|2015-01-15|2015-02-20
Resulting view:
A|20.5|2014-08-01
A|20.5|2014-09-01
A|20.5|2014-10-01
B|50|2015-01-01
B|50|2015-02-01
I would like to do that, because these dates correspond to the time in which the products are in possession of sellers, so I would to use this resulting query to generate a pivot chart in Excel to illustrate the value of the goods that are with our sellers in each month.
Is it possible to do it? I think I could do that direct in VBA, but I think that maybe it would be faster if I could do it directly in SQL.
By the way, I am using MS SQL Server and SQL Server Manegement Studio 2012.
I have created a trigger that is set off every time a new item has been added to TableA.The trigger then inserts 4 rows into TableB that contains two columns (item, task type).
Each row will have the same item, but with a different task type.ie.
TableA.item, 'Planning'
TableA.item, 'Design'
TableA.item, 'Program'
TableA.item, 'Production'
How can I do this with tSQL using a single select statement?
After changing the Service account for a SQL Server 2005 SP2 machine the DMV sys.dm_os_performance_counters
is returning zero rows. These values were availiable prior to change
The change in Service account was done via the Configuration manager and the Service account is also part of the Local Administrator group
Since this change the Performance Counters in Perfmon for SQLSEVERatabases and others are also not availiable
Any suggestions on where to start looking ?
Nadreck
Good day,
I just like to ask if anybody has experienced getting empty rows from SQL data adapter? I'm using SQL Server 2005. Problem is when the sql is run on Query Analyzer it retrieves a number of rows but when used in my application it returns 0 or empty rows.
I thought the connection is not the problem since I got my columns right. Below is my code snippet.
Thanks!
const string COMMAND_TEXT = @"select distinct somefield as matchcode, count(somefield) "
+ "as recordcount from filteredaccount where StateCode = 0 group by somefield having count(somefield) > 1";
SqlDataAdapter adapter = new SqlDataAdapter(COMMAND_TEXT, connection);
DataTable dt = new DataTable(sometablename);
adapter.Fill(dt);
Hi everyone:
I guess this should be a simple question but have not been able to find the answer, does anyone know how to make a SQL Sentence to return at least one row when counting?
SELECT COUNT(Id_Field), Field2 FROM Table1 WHERE Code_Field = 1 GROUP BY Field2
This will return 0 rows when the where criteria is not matched by any record on the Table1, but I would like to have one row counting 0 rows, in stead it returns no rows at all.
Thanks for any help.
Hi all,
I am trying to build a association table (t2) to store a list of users
have viewed an item in my records table (t1). My goal is to send the
UserID parameter to the query and return to the user a read / not read
marker from the query so I can handle the read ones differently in my
.net code. The problem is that I cannot work out how to return anything
but the read data to the client. So far my stored proc looks like this
DECLARE @UserID AS Int -- FOR TESTING
SET @UserID = 219 -- FOR TESTING
SELECT t1.strTitle, t1.MemoID, Count(t2.UserID) AS ReadCount,t2.UserID
FROM t1
LEFT OUTER JOIN
t2 ON t1.MemoID = t2.MemoID
WHERE t2.UserID = @UserID
GROUP BY t1.MemoID, t1.strTitle,t2.UserID
It works fine but only returns those records from t1 that are read. I
need to return the records with null values also! I may have built the
assoc table wrong and would really appreciate some pointers on what I
am doing wrong. (assoc table has rID, MemoID and UserID columns)
Please help!
Many thanks
Hi,
I'm having a little trouble with the following code:
SELECT DISTINCT cd1.*, cd2.*
FROM Table1 cd1 LEFT JOIN Table2 cd2
ON cd1.RegNr=cd2.RegNr
WHERE cd1.RegNr = $RegNr
I want it to return the 2 rows that is present in the tables but it returns 4.
1262007-10-20 10:14:00
1262007-10-20 10:14:00
1262007-10-20 10:17:00
1262007-10-20 10:17:00
I have the following query:
select sq.*, p.numero, p.nombre
from paf p right outer join dbo.GetListOfSquaresForShippingLot(@lot) sq on sq.number = p.numero and sq.version = p.numero
The @lot parameter is declared at the top ( declare @lot int; set @lot = 1; ). GetListOfSquaresForShippingLot is a CLR TVF coded in C#. The TVF queries a XML field in the database and returns nodes as rows, and this is completed with information from a table.
If I run a query with the TVF only, it returns data; but if I try to join the TVF with a table, it returns empty, even when I'm expecting matches. I thought the problem was the data from the TVF was been streamed and that's why it could not be joined with the data from the table.
I tried to solve that problem by creating a T-SQL multiline TVF that is supposed to generate a temporary table. This didn't fix the problem.
What can I do? Does anybody know if I can force the TVF to render its data somewhere so the JOIN works? I was thinking a rowset function could help, but I just can't figure out how.
PLEASE HELP!!!!
Let me know if you want the code for the CLR TVF. This is the code for the T-SQL TVF:
CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[GetTabListOfSquaresForShippingLot]
(
@ShippingLot int
)
RETURNS
@result TABLE
(
Number int, Version int, Position smallint,
SubModel smallint, Quantity smallint,
SquareId nvarchar(5),
ParentSquareId nvarchar(5),
IsSash smallint,
IsGlazingBead smallint,
Width float,
Height float,
GlassNumber smallint,
GlassWidth float,
GlassHeight float
)
AS
BEGIN
INSERT INTO @result
SELECT *
FROM dbo.GetListOfSquaresForShippingLot(@ShippingLot)
RETURN
END
I maintain a simple employment (job) tracking web application.
Jobs can be set to 5 different statuses: Open, Closed, Filled, Pending, or Cancelled.
There is a table in the database called statusLog, which records everytime a job is set to opened, or set to closed, etc. It records the job number, the date it was changed, and what the job was changed to.
Here is a short example of what a few entries might look like:
Status Date Job number
Open10/6/2002 2:34:56 PMTEST2845
Hold10/11/2002 12:19:29 PMTEST2845
Closed10/29/2002 2:00:54 PMTEST2845
Pending10/25/2002 3:37:06 PMTEST2877
What I need to do is write an SQL query that will return to me all entries in this table, between two certain dates, that ONLY have entries during those dates.
Basically I need to know how many "new" jobs were set to open during a month. I can easily just do a count of how many jobs were set to open, but this will not give a count of "new" jobs.
Example: during june a job could be set to open. Then in july it could be set to pending. Then in august, it could be re-opened, and set to open.
If I ran this query for the month of August, it would return that job as being opened in august. But it wasn't a new job, meaning it had already been in the system in previous months.
Is there some way I can select all "Open" jobs, between a certain date, that do not exist anywhere in the table previous to the date it was entered? This would give me a result set containing only new jobs.
The only way I've thought of yet is to get a result set of all jobs simply set to open during a month, then one by one for each record, go back and run another SQL query to see if it exists in the table anywhere other than in that month.
This seems horribly inefficient to me however, as I do not want to be doing 34,000 independent SQL calls for every single "open" job it finds during a certain month.
thanks