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Filtering Column [message #333770] Mon, 14 July 2008 07:18 Go to next message
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Hi,

I have a table with many fields. I want to display columns of this table if data is present. If the column is empty i dont want to display that column at all.

Is there a way to filter colmns this way?

Looking forward to your supporting

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Re: Filtering Column [message #333777 is a reply to message #333770] Mon, 14 July 2008 07:32 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Look for IS NULL and IS NOT NULL
Re: Filtering Column [message #333798 is a reply to message #333770] Mon, 14 July 2008 08:06 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Oh dear..

Reminds me of a topic some while back. Someone asked for the same thing. Turned out into a big discussion.

Please be more specific in what you want: do you want to hide a field when ALL records have a null value for that column, or do you want to hide it on a per-record base?
If you want it per record, then how are you going to know which column is which, as the number of columns differs per record.
Re: Filtering Column [message #333799 is a reply to message #333798] Mon, 14 July 2008 08:08 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Yep, I mis read the original post and swapped row for column Sad
Re: Filtering Column [message #333951 is a reply to message #333798] Tue, 15 July 2008 00:35 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I have columns wich do not have any value at all. I want to hide these columns. As i have many columns like this i dont want to manually do it rather i want to select these columns if anyvalue is present.

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Re: Filtering Column [message #333958 is a reply to message #333951] Tue, 15 July 2008 00:51 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Try to post an example of what you want.

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Re: Filtering Column [message #333992 is a reply to message #333958] Tue, 15 July 2008 02:38 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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please see the attachment.

In this example there are 3 columns with data and 4 without data. What I want to do actually is to select columns with data

and display. So in the result i am expecting these three columns(id,so_date,compled).
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Re: Filtering Column [message #333994 is a reply to message #333992] Tue, 15 July 2008 02:41 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Don't use attachment.
Post HERE you data and the result chart you want with them.
Don't forget to format as speficied in forum guide.

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Re: Filtering Column [message #334005 is a reply to message #333994] Tue, 15 July 2008 03:13 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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ID	SO_DATE	   DESC	REMARKS	START_D	COMPLED	   AMOUN
5022984	10-Apr-08			10-Apr-08		
5023040	24-Apr-08			24-Apr-08		
5023073	30-Apr-08			30-Apr-08		
5023096	4-May-08			4-May-08		
5023106	4-May-08			4-May-08		
5023108	4-May-08			4-May-08		
5023127	5-May-08			5-May-08		
5023150	11-May-08			11-May-08		
5023158	13-May-08			13-May-08		


Columns With Data	Columns Without Data
ID                      DESC
SO_DATE                 REMARKS
                        START_D
COMPLED                 AMOUN

EXPECTING RESULT

ID	SO_DATE	  	COMPLED	   
5022984	10-Apr-08 	10-Apr-08		
5023040	24-Apr-08 	24-Apr-08		
5023073	30-Apr-08 	30-Apr-08		
5023096	4-May-08  	4-May-08		
5023106	4-May-08  	4-May-08		
5023108	4-May-08  	4-May-08		
5023127	5-May-08  	5-May-08		
5023150	11-May-08 	11-May-08		
5023158	13-May-08 	13-May-08		



In this example there are 3 columns with data and 4 without data. What I want to do actually is to select columns with data and display. So in the result i am expecting these three columns(id,so_date,compled).

Re: Filtering Column [message #334009 is a reply to message #334005] Tue, 15 July 2008 03:30 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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In what piece of client software do you want this query to run?
Re: Filtering Column [message #334026 is a reply to message #334005] Tue, 15 July 2008 04:12 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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And what happens if some rows have data in some columns and others don't have data in the same ones?

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Re: Filtering Column [message #334029 is a reply to message #334009] Tue, 15 July 2008 04:25 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I want to query in sqlplus
Re: Filtering Column [message #334033 is a reply to message #334026] Tue, 15 July 2008 04:32 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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those columns do not have any data in any rows. If they have data i want them to be displayed.

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Re: Filtering Column [message #334071 is a reply to message #334033] Tue, 15 July 2008 06:47 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Why?
If there are so many columns, what difference does it make if some empty columns are displayed or not.
You'd have to go through quite some trouble; probably executing your query twice, thereby stressing your database unnecessarily, in order to get this.
Re: Filtering Column [message #334111 is a reply to message #334033] Tue, 15 July 2008 08:12 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Run this script in SQL*Plus

SQL> create table test_0056 (col_1 varchar2(30), col_2 varchar2(30), col_3 varchar2(30));

insert into test_0056 values ('A',null,'B');
insert into test_0056 values ('C',null,'D');

VARIABLE c_cursor REFCURSOR

declare
  v_sql   varchar2(4000);
  
  cursor c_got_data is
  SELECT count(col_1) col_1
        ,count(col_2) col_2
        ,count(col_3) col_3
  FROM   test_0056;
  
  r_got_data   c_got_data%rowtype;
begin
  open c_got_data;
  fetch c_got_data into r_got_data;
  close c_got_data;
  
  v_sql := 'SELECT ';
  
  if r_got_data.col_1 > 0 then
    v_sql:= v_sql ||' COL_1,';
  end if;
  
  if r_got_data.col_2 > 0 then
    v_sql:= v_sql ||' COL_2,';
  end if;
  
  if r_got_data.col_3 > 0 then
    v_sql:= v_sql ||' COL_3,';
  end if;

  if v_sql = 'SELECT ' then
    v_sql := v_sql ||' null';
  else
    v_sql := rtrim(v_sql,',');
  end if;
  
  v_sql := v_sql ||' FROM test_0056';
  
  open :c_cursor FOR v_sql;

end;
/

print c_cursor;

Expected Results
COL_1                          COL_3
------------------------------ ------------------------------
A                              B
C                              D
Re: Filtering Column [message #336621 is a reply to message #333770] Mon, 28 July 2008 07:24 Go to previous message
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So There is no simple way. I just dont want to waste my time by checking names of each column with null value thats how this idea came up in my mind. You might be wondering why i am not deleting this columns,i have only select access on these columns thats why i was searching for an easier way.


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