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icon7.gif  Help requried in Writing query with Analytical function [message #349147] Fri, 19 September 2008 02:07 Go to next message
shankhan
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Hi,
I need to write a query on below given data.

Col 1	Col 2	Required Output
1        1      2
2               2
3        1      3
4        1      3
5               3


What I want is to get the count of rows uptil the "Col 2" field is NULL. But when the "Col 2" field is NULL in the previous row it should start a new counter.
The required output column is also given above and the script to create table and reference data is given below.



create table temp_tab ( col1 varchar2(10), col2 varchar2(10));

INSERT INTO temp_tab
            (col1, col2
            )
     VALUES ('1', '1'
            );
INSERT INTO temp_tab
            (col1
            )
     VALUES ('2'
            );
INSERT INTO temp_tab
            (col1, col2
            )
     VALUES ('3', '1'
            );
INSERT INTO temp_tab
            (col1, col2
            )
     VALUES ('4', '1'
            );
INSERT INTO temp_tab
            (col1
            )
     VALUES ('5'
            );[CODE][/CODE]

[Updated on: Fri, 19 September 2008 02:33]

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Re: Help requried in Writing query with Analytical function [message #349161 is a reply to message #349147] Fri, 19 September 2008 02:50 Go to previous messageGo to next message
JRowbottom
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Thankyou for providing a test case, and sparing us from the (seemingly mandatory) exhortations to follow the guidelines.

Well, that was a nice little warmup to get the neurons firing.

The trick with problems like this is to create a column that you can use to group the rows you want to count together with.

In this case, we need to create a column that will put the first two rows into one group, and the next three rows into a second group.

A way to do this is:
select col1
      ,col2
      ,sum(nvl2(col2,0,1)) over (order by col1 desc) grp 
from   temp_tab

This simply counts the number of Nulls between the current row and the end of the data, providing us with our groupings:
COL1       COL2              GRP
---------- ---------- ----------
5                              1
4          1                   1
3          1                   1
2                              2
1          1                   2


From here it now just a case of counting the number of members in each group:
select col1
      ,col2
      ,count(*) over (partition by grp)
from (select col1
            ,col2
            ,sum(nvl2(col2,0,1)) over (order by col1 desc) grp 
      from temp_tab)
order by col1;

COL1       COL2       COUNT(*)OVER(PARTITIONBYGRP)
---------- ---------- ----------------------------
1          1                                     2
2                                                2
3          1                                     3
4          1                                     3
5                                                3


Re: Help requried in Writing query with Analytical function [message #349172 is a reply to message #349161] Fri, 19 September 2008 03:16 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Michel Cadot
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Gosh! JRowbottom beat me to post this solution => cancel mine
I will try to find another one.

Regards
Michel
Re: Help requried in Writing query with Analytical function [message #349178 is a reply to message #349161] Fri, 19 September 2008 03:36 Go to previous messageGo to next message
shankhan
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You guys are totally brilliant.
Thanks a lot.
Re: Help requried in Writing query with Analytical function [message #349179 is a reply to message #349172] Fri, 19 September 2008 03:49 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Michel Cadot
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Here are 2 other ways.
They just convert question into SQL and starts a new group each time the previous col2 is null.
SQL> with
  2    data as (
  3      select col1, col2,
  4             case when lag(col2) over (order by col1) is null
  5                  then row_number() over (order by col1)
  6             end grp
  7      from temp_tab
  8    ),
  9    grouped as (
 10      select col1, col2,
 11             max(grp) over (order by col1) grp
 12      from data
 13    )
 14  select col1, col2, 
 15         count(*) over (partition by grp) cnt
 16  from grouped
 17  order by col1
 18  /
COL1       COL2              CNT
---------- ---------- ----------
1          1                   2
2                              2
3          1                   3
4          1                   3
5                              3

5 rows selected.

SQL> 
SQL> with 
  2    data as (
  3      select col1, col2, 
  4             lag(col1) over (order by col1) prev_col1,
  5             lag(col2) over (order by col1) prev_col2
  6      from temp_tab
  7      where rownum > 0
  8    ),
  9    grouped as (
 10      select col1, col2, connect_by_root col1 grp
 11      from data
 12      connect by     prior col1 = prev_col1
 13                 and prev_col2 is not null
 14      start with prev_col2 is null
 15    )
 16  select col1, col2,
 17         count(*) over (partition by grp) cnt
 18  from grouped
 19  order by col1
 20  /
COL1       COL2              CNT
---------- ---------- ----------
1          1                   2
2                              2
3          1                   3
4          1                   3
5                              3

5 rows selected.

(prev_col1 is not necessary with the current example, it is just there to support the case where col1 are not consecutive.)

Regards
Michel

[Updated on: Fri, 19 September 2008 03:51]

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Re: Help requried in Writing query with Analytical function [message #349191 is a reply to message #349179] Fri, 19 September 2008 04:21 Go to previous messageGo to next message
shankhan
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Brilliant Guys!
Now if add i another three below given rows in this table.

Insert into TEMP_TAB
   (COL1, COL2)
 Values
   (6, 1);
Insert into TEMP_TAB
   (COL1, COL2)
 Values
   (7, 1);
Insert into TEMP_TAB
   (COL1)
 Values
   (8);


The requried output will be something like this.

COL1	COL2	Count	GRP
1	1	2	3
2		2	3
3	1	3	2
4	1	3	2
5		3	2
6	1	3	1
7	1	3	1
8		3	1


Now out of these rows i want to pick those rows that have max value for col2 based on group grp. Since GRP 1 & 2 both have value 3, I want to pick any of GRP 1 OR 2.

So, the output will be something like this:

COL1	COL2	Count	GRP
3	1	3	2
4	1	3	2
5		3	2


OR LIKE THIS

COL1	COL2	Count	GRP
6	1	3	1
7	1	3	1
8		3	1
Re: Help requried in Writing query with Analytical function [message #349192 is a reply to message #349191] Fri, 19 September 2008 04:28 Go to previous message
Michel Cadot
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Just use the previous queries as inline view (adding the group number) then it is easy to get the max count and select one group with this one.

Regards
Michel
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