Dummy Table In SQL Server
Apr 19, 2004Hi, Is there a dummy table in SQL Server just like DUAL in Oracle?
Thanks..
Hi, Is there a dummy table in SQL Server just like DUAL in Oracle?
Thanks..
Years ago, I remember while doing maintenance on a stored procedure seeing a 'Select x, y, z Where 'some value' = 1.
The function of this, I believe was to make the select work but not retrieve any actual values.
I am attempting to use this in an 'Insert Into Select values From' statement. This insert uses multiple selects via unions and I need a final dummy Select statement with no Where criteria.
What I am thinking may not even apply to what I need to do here.
If you recognize something even remotely near what I am trying to get across I would appreciate your sending me the code.
Another solution for me is just inserting one row with a final RecId = 6 and ' ' or 0 values for the other fields into a table
but I was hoping this would work.
Example:
Insert Into table
Select
1 as RecId,
' ' as field1,
field2
From test1
Where field2 = 'CA'
Union
Select
2 as RecId,
' ' as field1,
field2
From test1
Where field2 = 'NJ'
Union
/*Final Select */
Select
6 as RecId,
' ' as field1,
field2
From test1
Where 'some value' = 1'
Thanks much for your assistance!!!
TADEG
Hi!
I'm new in SQL SERVER 2000 and i'm looking for some kind of predefined dummy table. You know something like the "dual"-Table in Oracle. I want to use it for queries like that:
Select 1, 'auto' from dummy_table
Does anyone know, if something like that in SQL SERVER 2000 exists?
Nick
I have the following:
TicketID_1 AuditRec1
TicketID_1 AuditRec2
TicketID_1 AuditRec3
TicketID_1 AuditRec4
TicketID_1 AuditRec5
TicketID_2 AuditRec1
TicketID_2 AuditRec2
TicketID_2 AuditRec3
TicketID_2 AuditRec4
TicketID_2 AuditRec5
I need to insert a dummy row as the first row in this AuditRecord table for every occurrance of a given TicketID so that I get the following:
Dummy_Tick1 Dummy_AuditRec
TicketID_1 AuditRec1
TicketID_1 AuditRec2
TicketID_1 AuditRec3
TicketID_1 AuditRec4
TicketID_1 AuditRec5
Dummy_Tick2 Dummy_AuditRec
TicketID_2 AuditRec1
TicketID_2 AuditRec2
TicketID_2 AuditRec3
TicketID_2 AuditRec4
TicketID_2 AuditRec5
The AuditRec table is huge. How can I accomplish this using SQL?
I have the following attributes in this Table A.
1) Location_ID (int)
2) Serial_Number (nvarchar(Max))
3) KeyID (nvarchar(max)
4) Reference_Address (nvarchar(max)
5) SourceTime (datetime)
6) SourceValue (nvarchar)
I am trying to create 1000000 dummy records in this this table A.How do i go about do it? I would like my data to be something like this
LOCATION_ID
1
Serial Number
SN-01
KeyID
E1210
Reference_Address
83
SourceTime
2015-05-21 00:00:00 000
SourceValue
6200
Thank you to the two persons who took time to respond to my question.
I have to tell you - I know absolutely NOTHING about SQL.
Can you please tell me in language a two-year-old could understand, "What is SQL?"
Hello,
For sure that this is a dummy question but can you explain me how SQL Server reacts to the fact that we have the same application running in two different pc's and this two applications intent to insert,update, delete or even read a record from the same table
Does "he" blocks the record until one of them leave the table ??? And if the other tries to update at the same time ???
Thanks,
Paulo
It seems every month when I'm diluged by lots of data I fall back on olereliable, Excel. But, I get over 50,000 rows of data to scrub. A colleagueof mine suggested I use a database. Seems simple so far, but having dabbledin Access, it has always not so intuitive to understand. My question istwo-fold, is SQL a database. I believe its the language of some otherdatabase. If I'm corrent on the later, what database(s) use SQL?Tony
View 1 Replies View RelatedGuys - scenario/DDL/DML below
Create table #Periods (Period INT , Frequency INT , startdate datetime NULL , enddate datetime NULL )
insert #Periods (Period , Frequency , startdate , enddate)
select 0 , 3 , '01-Nov-2004' , '30-Nov-2004'
union all
select 1 , 3 , '01-Dec-2004' , '31-Dec-2004'
union all
select 2 , 3 , '01-Jan-2005' , '31-Jan-2005'
union all
select 2 , 6 , '01-Nov-2004' , '30-Nov-2004'
union all
select 3 , 6 , '01-Dec-2004' , '31-Dec-2004'
union all
select 4 , 6 , '01-Jan-2005' , '31-Jan-2005'
select * from #periods
Period Frequency startdate enddate
03 2004-11-01 00:00:00.0002004-11-30 00:00:00.000
13 2004-12-01 00:00:00.0002004-12-31 00:00:00.000
23 2005-01-01 00:00:00.0002005-01-31 00:00:00.000
26 2004-11-01 00:00:00.0002004-11-30 00:00:00.000
36 2004-12-01 00:00:00.0002004-12-31 00:00:00.000
46 2005-01-01 00:00:00.0002005-01-31 00:00:00.000
For any frequency (in this simple example 6) where the 'lowest' period is not 0, I need to create dummy rows
so here I need to create the following
Period Frequency startdate enddate
06 NULL NULL
16 NULL NULL
I've built a temp table to identify the min period for each Frequency but am not sure where to go from here using this to do the inserts ?
select
min(Period) as MinPeriod ,
ResetFrequency
into #Periods2
from #Periods
group by ResetFrequency
select * from #CashFlow2
MinPeriodResetFrequency
03
16
Hello,I am working with a vb6 Windows application that runs on Tablet PC's.There are about five SQL Server 2000 databases that tie into theapplication. SQL Server MSDE runs on the tablets, and currently thereis only one instance running. There are efforts underway to upgrade theapplication to a .NET SmartClient.One enhancement that needs to be made to the current application willbe to provide a 'training mode' in the application for the users. Theuser will use the same application, but will work with 'dummy' datainstead of live data when in training mode.So far as I can tell, the easiest way to accomodate this would be tohave a second instance of MSDE with 'copies' of all the databasesrunning, but with the 'dummy' data contained in the databases copies.The application would have some mechanism for switching to 'trainingmode', and maybe by some change of a connection string, the dummy datawould be presented in the application.So aside from accomodating a 'training mode' feature in theapplication, the application would remain the same, and the databaseschema for the databases would remain the same. Only the data wouldchange for 'training mode'.I'm looking for some ideas on how to approach this. This application isused by five thousand field agents, and so we can't support thisimplementation on a case by case basis. So my thought is that thesolution needs to have 'few moving parts'. If we can do this and getaway from having two instances of MSDE, that would be great. I have nottried to set up identical databases in different directories on thesame instance (I figure that would cause a problem in a system table ortwo someplace, but maybe not), but its one thing I want to investigate.If you have any ideas on this, please share!Thank you for your help!CSDunn
View 1 Replies View RelatedI've written code that dynamically builds an sql query based onvarious constraint possibilities.The problem is the code would have been very complex had I not come upwith a dummy constraint as a kind of place holder in the statement.To avoid complex logic that determines if there was another constraintbefore any other constraint and hence the need to add, say, AND ornot, I came up with a dummy constraint so that every subsequentconstraint will begin with AND. There's no need to determine whetherto add AND or not. This makes the coding much simpler because allthat needs to be done is ask if a certain condition exists then addthe constraint along with AND in front every time.So what I did was create the statement like this:SELECT elapsed_time AS ET from Table1 WHERE 1 > 0 AND 1stConstraintAND 2nd Constraint and so on.See if the 1 > 0 condition were not there it would be necessary tofirst determine the first actual contraint and not add AND in front ofit and then add the rest with ANDs in front of every one.I should add that the user does not have to select any constraint andthat's the problem. I need to stick that WHERE 1>0 in there so thatthere doesn't need to be a determination of which other, if any,constraints are selected.Even if my explanation above is not well understood, believe me thefront-end coding is much easier this way.My question is does the 1 > 0 conditional check present the databasewith any significant overhead or as far was dummy constraints go isthis as good as any other?-David
View 4 Replies View Related No one answered this question, how do people normally insert dummy data into tables? I mean, where does the data typically come from? what process is used to insert the data? Note: This is for testing purposes, eventually to be tested in a Web-based front-end which I know nothing about.
thx,
Kat
Hello,
I have 4 tables: Folders, Files, Tags and FilesTags.
I need to insert some dummy data for testing as follows:
1. Insert 100 records in Tags tables.
Give Tag 01, Tag 02, Tag 03, ... to Tag names.
For this I have the following:
declare @i integer
select @i = 1
while @i <= 100
begin
insert into Tags ([text])
select 'Tag ' + right('000' + convert(varchar(3), @i), 3)
select @i = @i + 1
end
What I am missing is the following:
2. Insert 10 records in Folders tables.
Each folder should be filled as follows:
FolderID = New Guid
Name = "Name" + N (1, 2, 3, ...)
CreatedDate = Current Date
3. For each Folder I want to insert a random number of Files.
It can be added 0 to 10 Files.
Each file should be filled as follows:
FileID = New Guid
FolderID = Folder ID
Description = "Description" + Folder Number + File Number
4. For each file added associate it with a random number of Tags.
It can be 0 to 10 Tags and it should be done as follows:
Insert record in FilesTags where:
TagID = Random TagID taken from table Tags
That has still not be used in current File
FileID = Current FileID
Could someone, please, help me doing this?
My tables are as follows:
create table dbo.Tags
(
TagID uniqueidentifier not null
constraint PK_Tag primary key clustered,
[Name] nvarchar(200) not null
)
create table dbo.Folders
(
FolderID uniqueidentifier not null
constraint PK_Folder primary key clustered,
CreatedDate datetime not null,
[Name] nvarchar(200) null
)
create table dbo.Files
(
FileID uniqueidentifier not null
constraint PK_File primary key clustered,
FolderID uniqueidentifier not null,
Description nvarchar(2000) null,
constraint FK_Files_Folders
foreign key(FolderID)
references dbo.Folders(FolderID)
on delete cascade,
)
create table dbo.FilesTags
(
FileID uniqueidentifier not null,
TagID uniqueidentifier not null,
constraint PK_FilesTags
primary key clustered (FileID, TagID),
constraint FK_FilesTags_Files
foreign key(FileID)
references dbo.Files(FileID)
on delete cascade,
constraint FK_FilesTags_Tags
foreign key(TagID)
references dbo.Tags(TagID)
)
Thank You,
Miguel
Hi AllCan you please help me with a few queries on adding a header line andpadding rows out.I apologise profusely for not providing the DDL for this, but I don't haveit. All I have is stored procedure that I'm trying to edit to make thefront-end app display the right data.The relevant part of the stored procedure that I'm working on is as follow:Declare StockHelpCursor Scroll Cursor ForSelect s.StockID,ISNULL(sd.ShortDescription, s.StockID) +space(30-len(ISNULL(sd.ShortDescription,s.StockID))) +pl.name +space(10-len(str(pl.name,10,3))) +sp.currencyid + str(sp.sellingprice,10,3) +space(10-len(str(sp.sellingprice,10,3))) +str(sq.quantityinstock)From Stock s, StockDescriptions sd, StockQuantities sq,StockPrices sp, PriceLevels plWhere (s.StockID Like @theID) And(ISNULL(sd.ShortDescription, sd.StockID) Like @theName) And(s.StockID=sd.StockID) And(s.StockID=sq.StockID) And(s.StockID=sp.StockID) And(sp.PriceLevelID=pl.PriceLevelID) And(sd.LanguageID=@theLanguageID) And(sp.CurrencyID=@theCurrencyID)Order By s.StockIDOpen StockHelpCursorPLEASE NOTE: this query works fine apart from the following problems:1) Creating a header line - I need to insert a header line to this cursorfor the field headers, as the app is stripping off this header. I wasthinking of creating a var, sticking it in-between the Declare and theSelect part and inserting these field headers, but I don't know how to dothis. Any ideas?2) Padding the results - As you can see from the script, I have tried to padout the above fields as the app's output window is basically a textbox, butthey just don't line up.NOTE: I'm using the 3 in the str(xxx,10,3) bit to make my numbers show at 3decimal places.Could you please give me some pointers on how I can pad these out correctly.ThanksRobbie
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Does anyone know if SQLServer 7.0 will generate dummy data for specific columns in tables?
TIA,
Jeff
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What is 2005's answer to this?
I have matrix with 3 row groupings
Parent, Child, Baby
I have a value in the data cell and also a dummy column grouping to show some % values.
The % is basically what the row subtotal represents as a % of all the data in the dataset.
The Parent row group also has a subtotal, so the % here will show all values within the parent as a % of all data.
I have interactive sorting on Parent, Child and Baby.
but what I want to do is this:
Interactive sorting of the parent-subtotal-percent column values to cause a physical reordering of the parents.
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Possible?
I want to create a raw SQL resultset for outputting to Excel with some artificial headers transposed over the top of the 2nd part of the Union's column names. The first part of the Union will be the Headers. Like this, the space to the left of the topmost columns is preferably empty ....
COL 1 COL2 COL3 COL4 etc. BEH BIG BPL etc.
************************************* INTAKT DEFEKT INTAKT DEFEKT INTAKT
************************************* B E B E B
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I am using SQL Server 2005 and trying to create a linked server on Oracle 10. I used the commands below:
EXEC sp_addlinkedserver
@server = 'test1',
@srvproduct = 'Oracle',
@provider = 'MSDAORA',
@datasrc = 'testsource'
exec sp_addlinkedsrvlogin
@rmtsrvname = 'test1',
@useself = 'false',
@rmtuser='sp',
@rmtpassword='sp'
When I execute
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I get the error. "The OLE DB provider "MSDAORA" for linked server "...." does not contain the table "COUNTRY". The table either does not exist or the current user does not have permissions on that table."
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INSERT INTO vacationaccrual
(empno,
accrued_vacation,
accrued_sick_effective_date,
accrued_sick,
import_date)
[Code] ....
Hi, i have a table with all employee bio-data in a completed project. Iam now working on another project with a table that needs the same data and here iam talking about 300 records that rarely change. Instead of re-entering this data in this new table, i want to import the data from the completed project into a table in this new project. Does any one have any idea how to achieve that or is there a better option to do the same.
One more thing iam realising here is that iam going to use this same data in very many applications and some one from one department is going to enter this data in all these different applications. so i was wondering if there could be a way of having a central database that this guy can mantain and then i be able to use that table data in different applications that iam going to develop. I dont want to kill this unlucky guy with data entry tasks every time i deploy a new application.
So basically, how can make one database application sever several different applications with its data.
I need to use Bulk insert statement for copying a table with 200 million rows to another table on the same server...the table has no primary key or identity column.... script for BULK INSERT ...
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I'm trying to run a query on a SQL Server 2005 table which has a WHERE clause that requires a query from my SQL Compact table.
SELECT * from RemoteDB.TESTDB.dbo.Objects
WHERE Last_Updated > '2008-05-21 10:51:00'
AND Object_PARENT IN (select Object_CODE from LocalDB.PDADB.dbo.Objects)
Basicallly on a linked system, this query would find all new objects in my main database where the same objects exist in my local database. This would work just perfectly, no problems.
Now, the local database is actually on a PDA running SQL Server Compact Edition. There is currently no support for creating a linked environment. I have the option of pulling the table off the local db and pushing it to the remote db and then running the above query from within the single db and then retrieving the list of new entries and pulling them down to the local db but that is a HUGE amount of bandwidth, even if I just used the single primary key column.
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I want Compare two Table data and insert changed field to the third table ...
View 9 Replies View Relatedi am inserting something into the temp table even without creating it before. But this does not give any compilation error. Only when I want to execute the stored procedure I get the error message that there is an invalid temp table. Should this not result in a compilation error rather during the execution time.?
--create the procedure and insert into the temp table without creating it.
--no compilation error.
CREATE PROC testTemp
AS
BEGIN
INSERT INTO #tmp(dt)
SELECT GETDATE()
END
only on calling the proc does this give an execution error
I created am inventory table with few columns say, Servername, version, patching details, etc
I want a tracking of the table.
Let's say people are asked to modify the base table and I want a complete capture of the details modified and the session of the user ( ) who (system_user) is actually modifying the details.
Hi... I was hoping if someone could share me some thoughts with the issue that I am having at the moment.
Problem: When I run the package in my local machine and update local SS DB/table - new records writes OK in the table. BUT when I changed my destination meaning write record into another physical SS DB/table there is no INSERT data occurs. AND SO when I move/copy over that same package into another server (e.g. server that do not write record earlier) and run it locally IT WORKS fine too.
What I am trying to do is very simple - Add new records in a SS table using SSIS . I only care for new rows and not even changed rows.
Here is my logic -
1. Create Ole DB source to RemoteSERVER - using SELECT stmt
2. I have LoopUp component that will look for NEW records - Directs all rows that don't find match and redirect rows (error output).
3. Since I don't care for any rows that is matched in my lookup - I do nothing or I trash the rows
4. I send the error rows (NEW rows) into OleDB destination
RESULTS when I run the package locally and destination table is also local - WORKS FINE;
But when I run the package locally and destination table is in another Sserver (remote) - now rows is written.
The package is run thru BIDS manually so there is no sucurity restrictions attached to it.
I am not sure what I am missing. And I do not see error in my package either. It is not failing.
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Hi all,
Hopefully I am posting this question in the correct forum. I am still learning about SQL 2005. Here is my issue. I have an access db that I archive weekly into and SQL server table. I have used the dst wizard to create an import job and initally that worked fine. field I have as the primary key in the access db cannot be the primary key in the sql table since I archive weekly and that primary key field will be imported several time over. I overcame this initally by not having a primary key in the sql table. This table is strictly for reference. However, now I need to setup a unique field for each of the records in the sql table. What I have done so far is create a recordID field in the sql table that is an int and set as yes to Identify (auotnumber). That worked great and created unique id for all existing records. The problem now is on the import. When I try to import the access table i am getting an error because of the extra field in the sql table, and the error is saying cannot import null value into this field. So... my final question is how can I import the access table into the sql table with one extra field which is the autonumber unique field? Thanks a bunch for any asistance.
Bill
I have nine type of buttons,
EnrollAmtBTM
PlacAmtBTM and so on, I also have a SQL setver view V_Payment_Amount_List from here i need to display the data on the button
this is the select value to display when i choose the agency list and the amount corresponding to that agency_ID is displayed here the agency_ID is fetched from the SQL CONDITION
THIS IS WHERE I GET FETCH AGENCY DATA WHEN SELECTED i.e SQL CONDITIONprotected void CollectAgencyInformation()
{
WebLibraryClass ConnectionFinanceDB;ConnectionFinanceDB = new WebLibraryClass();
string SQLCONDITION = "";string RUN_SQLCONDITION = "";
SessionValues ValueSelected = null;int CollectionCount = 0;if (Session[Session_UserSPersonalData] == null)
{ValueSelected = new SessionValues();
Session.Add(Session_UserSPersonalData, ValueSelected);
}
else
{
ValueSelected = (SessionValues)(Session[Session_UserSPersonalData]);
}ProcPaymBTM.Visible = false;PaymenLstBTN.Visible = false;
Dataviewlisting.ActiveViewIndex = 0;TreeNode SelectedNode = new TreeNode();
SelectedNode = AgencyTree.SelectedNode;
SelectedAgency = SelectedNode.Value.ToString();
Agencytxt.Text = SelectedAgency;
Agencytxt2.Text = SelectedAgency;
Agencytxt3.Text = SelectedAgency;DbDataReader CollectingDataSelected = null;
try
{CollectingDataSelected = ConnectionFinanceDB.CollectedFinaceData("SELECT DISTINCT AGENCY_ID FROM dbo.AIMS_AGENCY where Program = '" + SelectedAgency + "'");
}
catch
{
}DataTable TableSet = new DataTable();
TableSet.Load(CollectingDataSelected, LoadOption.OverwriteChanges);int IndexingValues = 0;foreach (DataRow DataCollectedRow in TableSet.Rows)
{if (IndexingValues == 0)
{SQLCONDITION = "where (Project_ID = '" + DataCollectedRow["AGENCY_ID"].ToString().Trim() + "'";
}
else
{SQLCONDITION = SQLCONDITION + " OR Project_ID = '" + DataCollectedRow["AGENCY_ID"].ToString().Trim() + "'";
}
IndexingValues += 1;
}SQLCONDITION = SQLCONDITION + ")";
ConnectionFinanceDB.DisconnectToDatabase();if (Dataviewlisting.ActiveViewIndex == 0)
{
Dataviewlisting.ActiveViewIndex += 1;
}
else
{
Dataviewlisting.ActiveViewIndex = 0;
}
SelectedAgency = SQLCONDITION;
ValueSelected.CONDITION = SelectedAgency;
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try
{
CollectionCount = ConnectionFinanceDB.CollectedFinaceDataCount(RUN_SQLCONDITION);
EnrollAmtBTM.Text = CollectionCount.ToString();
}
catch
{
}////this is my CollectedFinaceDataCount-- where fuction counts the records in the above select statement if i use for eg.
"SELECT Count(Placement_Retention_ID) FROM dbo.V_Retention_6_Month_Finance_Payment_List"
here is the functionpublic int CollectedFinaceDataCount(String SQLStatement)
{int DataCollection;
DataCollection = 0;
try
{
SQLCommandExe = FinanceConnection.CreateCommand();
SQLCommandExe.CommandType = CommandType.Text;
SQLCommandExe.CommandText = SQLStatement;
ConnectToDatabase();DataCollection = (int) SQLCommandExe.ExecuteScalar();
DisconnectToDatabase();
}catch (Exception ex)
{Console.WriteLine("Exception Occurred :{0},{1}",
ex.Message, ex.StackTrace.ToString());
}
return DataCollection;
}
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Please help ASAP
Thanks
Santosh
I imported a SQL Table into SQL DataBase, But I can not update this table even with SQL Server management Studio
When I change any data on mentioned table above, Red exclamation sign appears left of the record .
How can I correct this problem?
Thanks.
Strange one here - I am posting this in both SQL Server and Access forums
Access is telling me it can't append any of the records due to a key violation.
The query:
INSERT INTO dbo_Colors ( NameColorID, Application, Red, Green, Blue )
SELECT Colors_Access.NameColorID, Colors_Access.Application, Colors_Access.Red, Colors_Access.Green, Colors_Access.Blue
FROM Colors_Access;
Colors_Access is linked from another MDB and dbo_Colors is linked from SQL Server 2000.
There are no indexes or foreign contraints on the SQL table. I have no relationships on the dbo_ table in my MDB. The query works if I append to another Access table. The datatypes all match between the two tables though the dbo_ tables has two additional fields not refrenced in the query.
I can manually append the records using cut and paste with no problems.
I have tried re-linking the tables.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Brad
What is the best way to transfer data from the staging table into the main table.
Example:
Staging Table Name: TableA_satge (# of rows - millions)
Main Table Name: TableA_main (# of rows - billions)
Note: Staging table may have some data same as the main table.
Currently I am doing:
- Load data into staging table (TableA_stage)
- Remove any duplication of rows from the staging table (TableA_stage)
- Disable all indexes on main table (TableA_main)
- Insert into main table (TableA_main) from staging table (TableA_stage)
- Remove any duplication of rows from the main table using CTE (TableA_main)
- Rebuild indexes on main_table (TableA_main)
The problem with the above method is that, it takes a lot of time and log file size grows very big.
I have table 'stores' that has 3 columns (storeid, article, doc), I have a second table 'allstores' that has 3 columns(storeid(always 'ALL'), article, doc). The stores table's storeid column will have a stores id, then will have multiple articles, and docs. The 'allstores' table will have 'all' in the store for every article and doc combination. This table is like the master lookup table for all possible article and doc combinations. The 'stores' table will have the actual article and doc per storeid.
What I am wanting to pull is all article, doc combinations that exist in the 'allstores' table, but do not exist in the 'stores' table, per storeid. So if the article/doc combination exists in the 'allstores' table and in the 'stores' table for storeid of 50 does not use that combination, but store 51 does, I want the output of storeid 50, and what combination does not exist for that storeid. I will try this example:
'allstores' 'Stores'
storeid doc article storeid doc article
ALL 0010 001 101 0010 001
ALL 0010 002 101 0010 002
ALL 0011 001 102 0011 002
ALL 0011 002
So I want the query to pull the one from 'allstores' that does not exist in 'stores' which in this case would the 3rd record "ALL 0011 001".