MS SQL dealing with duplicate columns in rows?

Hello,

Suppose I have the following table...

name employeeId email
--------------------------------------------
Tom 12345 tom@localhost.com
Hary 54321
Hary 54321 hary@localhost.com


I only want unique employeeIds return. If I use Distinct it will still
return all of the above as the email is different/missing. Is there a
way to query in SQL so that only distinct employeeId is returned? no
duplicates.

I wouuld like to say WHERE no blank fields are present to get the
right row to return.


Many thanks

Yas

Re: MS SQL dealing with duplicate columns in rows?

On Aug 21, 10:04 am, Yas wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Suppose I have the following table...
>
> name employeeId email
> --------------------------------------------
> Tom 12345 t...@localhost.com
> Hary 54321
> Hary 54321 h...@localhost.com
>
> I only want unique employeeIds return. If I use Distinct it will still
> return all of the above as the email is different/missing. Is there a
> way to query in SQL so that only distinct employeeId is returned? no
> duplicates.
>
> I wouuld like to say WHERE no blank fields are present to get the
> right row to return.
>
> Many thanks
>
> Yas

Which row for Hary do you want to be returned? The one without an
email address or the one with the email address?

Re: MS SQL dealing with duplicate columns in rows?

On 21 Aug, 11:20, stephen wrote:
> On Aug 21, 10:04 am, Yas wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hello,
>
> > Suppose I have the following table...
>
> > name employeeId email
> > --------------------------------------------
> > Tom 12345 t...@localhost.com
> > Hary 54321
> > Hary 54321 h...@localhost.com
>
> > I only want unique employeeIds return. If I use Distinct it will still
> > return all of the above as the email is different/missing. Is there a
> > way to query in SQL so that only distinct employeeId is returned? no
> > duplicates.
>
> > I wouuld like to say WHERE no blank fields are present to get the
> > right row to return.
>
> > Many thanks
>
> > Yas
>
> Which row for Hary do you want to be returned? The one without an
> email address or the one with the email address?

basically 1 that doesn't have any fields missing....

cheers

Re: MS SQL dealing with duplicate columns in rows?

"Yas" schreef in bericht
news:1187701509.682453.306820@o80g2000hse.googlegroups.com.. .
> On 21 Aug, 11:20, stephen wrote:
>> On Aug 21, 10:04 am, Yas wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> > Hello,
>>
>> > Suppose I have the following table...
>>
>> > name employeeId email
>> > --------------------------------------------
>> > Tom 12345 t...@localhost.com
>> > Hary 54321
>> > Hary 54321 h...@localhost.com
>>
>> > I only want unique employeeIds return. If I use Distinct it will still
>> > return all of the above as the email is different/missing. Is there a
>> > way to query in SQL so that only distinct employeeId is returned? no
>> > duplicates.
>>
>> > I wouuld like to say WHERE no blank fields are present to get the
>> > right row to return.
>>
>> > Many thanks
>>
>> > Yas
>>
>> Which row for Hary do you want to be returned? The one without an
>> email address or the one with the email address?
>
> basically 1 that doesn't have any fields missing....
>
> cheers
>

SELECT * from table where name<>"" and employeeId<>0 and email<>"";

but why would you have this second row "Hary 54321 " in your
table anyway?

would it not be better to create unique index on emplyeeId ?

Re: MS SQL dealing with duplicate columns in rows?

"Yas" wrote in message
news:1187701509.682453.306820@o80g2000hse.googlegroups.com.. .
> On 21 Aug, 11:20, stephen wrote:
>> On Aug 21, 10:04 am, Yas wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> > Hello,
>>
>> > Suppose I have the following table...
>>
>> > name employeeId email
>> > --------------------------------------------
>> > Tom 12345 t...@localhost.com
>> > Hary 54321
>> > Hary 54321 h...@localhost.com
>>
>> > I only want unique employeeIds return. If I use Distinct it will still
>> > return all of the above as the email is different/missing. Is there a
>> > way to query in SQL so that only distinct employeeId is returned? no
>> > duplicates.
>>
>> > I wouuld like to say WHERE no blank fields are present to get the
>> > right row to return.
>>
>> > Many thanks
>>
>> > Yas
>>
>> Which row for Hary do you want to be returned? The one without an
>> email address or the one with the email address?
>
> basically 1 that doesn't have any fields missing....
>
> cheers
>

What is the key of your table? If you don't have a key then you need to fix
the design before you can expect a reasonable solution in SQL.

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Re: MS SQL dealing with duplicate columns in rows?

> >> > Hello,
> >>
> >> > Suppose I have the following table...
> >>
> >> > name employeeId email
> >> > --------------------------------------------
> >> > Tom 12345 t...@localhost.com
> >> > Hary 54321
> >> > Hary 54321 h...@localhost.com
> >>
> >> > I only want unique employeeIds return. If I use Distinct it will
still
> >> > return all of the above as the email is different/missing. Is there a
> >> > way to query in SQL so that only distinct employeeId is returned? no
> >> > duplicates.
> >>
> >> > I wouuld like to say WHERE no blank fields are present to get the
> >> > right row to return.
> >>
> >> > Many thanks
> >>
> >> > Yas
> >>
> >> Which row for Hary do you want to be returned? The one without an
> >> email address or the one with the email address?
> >
> > basically 1 that doesn't have any fields missing....
> >
> > cheers
> >
>
> SELECT * from table where name<>"" and employeeId<>0 and email<>"";

Just a note:

Please, no double quotes for string constants, use single quotes.

Double quotes are reserved for "delimited identifiers" as defined by the
SQL Standard and supported by MS SQL Server.


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Re: MS SQL dealing with duplicate columns in rows?

>>
>> SELECT * from table where name<>"" and employeeId<>0 and email<>"";
>
> Just a note:
>
> Please, no double quotes for string constants, use single quotes.
>
> Double quotes are reserved for "delimited identifiers" as defined by the
> SQL Standard and supported by MS SQL Server.
>

I tend to forget those things, as its different in every programming
evironment i use....
some of the don't care, some use double quotes, and some use single
quotes...

thanks anyway for this reminder....