Alternative/enhancement to union query?

Hello,
I have 2 sets of similar data which I am joining together with a union query.
Simplified E.g.
*Table A*
Name Dept
Ben    1
Amy   3
Ken    3
*Table B*
Name Dept
Jim    1
John 2
Sue   3
select Name, Dept
from table A
UNION
select Name, Dept
from table BWhat I would like to do is ONLY include data from the second part of the union query where it joins with some data from the first part of the union query.
E.g.
select Name, Dept
from table A
UNION
select Name, Dept
from table B
where Dept in (select distinct Dept from A)Therefore John that works in Dept 2 would not be included in the results.
Is there a better or more efficient way of doing this than my example using the subquery as part of the where clause?
Many thanks,
Hazel

Hi, Hazel,
What you posted is as good as you can get without changing the tables.
You don't have to say DISTINCT in the IN-subquery:
where   Dept in ( select Dept
                   from    A
                )will get the same results, perhaps a little faster.

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Alternative/enhancement to union query? Duplicate - please delete

Hello,
I have 2 sets of similar data which I am joining together with a union query.
Simplified E.g.
*Table A*
Name Dept
Ben    1
Amy   3
Ken    3
*Table B*
Name Dept
Jim    1
John 2
Sue   3
select Name, Dept
from table A
UNION
select Name, Dept
from table BWhat I would like to do is ONLY include data from the second part of the union query where it joins with some data from the first part of the union query.
E.g.
select Name, Dept
from table A
UNION
select Name, Dept
from table B
where Dept in (select distinct Dept from A)Therefore John that works in Dept 2 would not be included in the results.
Is there a better or more efficient way of doing this than my example using the subquery as part of the where clause?
Many thanks,
Hazel
Edited by: user11979866 on 04-Nov-2010 08:48

Hazel:
It would really depend on the sizes of the tables and the indexes available, but that is probably the way I would write it, at least as a first cut.
You could lose the distinct in the in sub-query since it is implied by the in itself, and Oracle will only return one row from the sub-query for each value of dept in A.
John

How to get Average of a column in UNION query

Hi All,
I will try to explain the issue as much as I can and If you need clarification on any piece please let me know.
So, I have a Union Query with two sets of Criteria.
The first Criteria Brings the list of Buildings and a set of Measures for it. The second criteria does the same but with a different set of filters.
No I use a UNION between these both criteria and present them in a Pivot view so that we only have one row per each building. The values in each of the criteria in the UNION query are Summed
Ex:
Building
Metric 1
Metric 2
1
20
30
1
25
35
2
40
50
2
45
55
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Metric 1
Metric 2
1
45
65
2
85
105
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I want the Grand Total to be an Average of the Buildings. So for Metric 1 The Grand Total should be (45+85)/2 because we have two buildings so the answer should be 65.
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Bottom Line: Need an Average as the Grand Total when the Aggregation rule on the column is set to Sum.
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Hi VJ
What you are asking is impossible in the pivot table itself as you are asking one part of the pivot table to aggregate via one method, and another to aggregate via another method, on the same column ..
It can be done using a calculated item. For your example above you'd use the formula ( $1 + $2) / 2.
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Peter vd Zwan wrote:
try this:Grouping by records will not produce correct results:
SQL> with a as
2 (
3 select * from (select 100 records from dual), (select 50 available from dual)
4 union
5 select * from (select 100 records from dual), (select 100 available from dual)
6 union
7 select * from (select 200 records from dual), (select 150 available from dual)
8 )
9 select
10    case when grouping(records) = 0 then null else 'total' end tot
11    ,sum(records)   records
12    ,sum(available) available
13 from
14    a
15 group by
16 rollup (records)
17 ;
TOT      RECORDS AVAILABLE
             200        150
             200        150
total        400        300
SQL> select case grouping(rownum)
2     when 1 then 'Total'
3   end display,
4          sum(records) records,
5          sum(available) available
6    from (
7            select * from (select 100 records from dual), (select 50 available from dual)
8           union
9            select * from (select 100 records from dual), (select 100 available from dual)
10           union
11            select * from (select 200 records from dual), (select 150 available from dual)
12          )
13    group by rollup(rownum)
14 /
DISPL    RECORDS AVAILABLE
             100         50
             100        100
             200        150
Total        400        300
SQL> SY.

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View using Union Query

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All,
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"combine similar request" and the report functions fine. Now I have to create two prompts, one for
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Hello
Thanks for the reply.
My problem here is that I have 5 different tables with country fields in them. They are of the same format and datatype but there is no join between these tables. If I choose one Country field from any particular table, then the combine similar request doesnt seem to take it for other queries where the fields come from a different table.
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I have a client requirement that a couple of companies have their own sub-total in a report, a treatment which applies to no other companies in their group.
I have achieved this via a union all, but they also want a total of companies.
Is there anyway to emulate a Grand Total, other than another union query such that the double count is not double counted?
thanks for any ideas.
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null

Hi
Sorry for that one. I didn't do my rtfm before asking that. There
is a constructor for QueryInfo which takes any sql statement.
--Gopal
Gopal (guest) wrote:
: Hi,
: How do I make a union query in JDev? Something like this.
: select 'x' from dual
: union
: select 'y' from dual;
: to get a rowsetinfo for showing in a combobox control? Don't
ask
: me to create view in the database:-). It may not be practical
for
: all such adhoc queries.
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Who could help me out please with a dynamic SQL statement.
Best regards Jurjen

you can use INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES view for that
do like below
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SELECT @Query = STUFF((SELECT ' UNION ALL ' + 'SELECT * FROM ' + TABLE_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE TABLE_NAME LIKE 'TD_EXP%' FOR XML PATH('')),1,11,'')
SELECT @Query
Add one more condition as below if you want to exclude views from above
DECLARE @Query varchar(max)
SELECT @Query = STUFF((SELECT ' UNION ALL ' + 'SELECT * FROM ' + TABLE_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE TABLE_NAME LIKE 'TD_EXP%' AND TABLE_TYPE = 'BASE TABLE' FOR XML PATH('')),1,11,'')
SELECT @Query
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Trying to narrow down a UNIONed query

I've compared 2 tables using MINUS. There should have been no difference. Since there was, I used UNION to display the corresponding rows between both tables. Now, in my result set, I have to search through many rows that don't have correspondents to find rows that do.
Basically how do I narrow the UNION query down so that only the corresponding pair rows that have differences in their columns show up? I'm trying to use the primary key which is a combination of the first 5 columns. My query looks like this:
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Not sure if this meets your requirements;
SQL> with t1 as (
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   select 'tom', 'a', 'a' from dual union all
   select 'bob', 's', 's' from dual union all
   select 'Stan', 'm', 'l' from dual union all
   select 'Kyle', 'b', 'r' from dual union all
   select 'Kenny', 'm', 'r' from dual union all
   select 'Eric', 'c', 'c' from dual),
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   select 'tom', 'a', 'l' from dual union all
   select 'bob', 's', 'j' from dual union all
   select 'Stan', 'm', 'l' from dual union all
   select 'Kyle', 'b', 'r' from dual union all
   select 'Kenny', 'm', 'r' from dual union all
   select 'Eric', 'c', 'c' from dual)
   select 'T1' source, first_name, last_name, middle_init from t1
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   select 'T1' source, first_name, last_name, middle_init from t2
union all
   select 'T2' source, first_name, last_name, middle_init from t2
   minus
   select 'T2' source, first_name, last_name, middle_init from t1
order by 2,3,1
SO FIRST LAST_ M
T1 bob   s     s
T2 bob   s     j
T1 jon   smith j
T2 jon   smith p
T1 tom   a     a
T2 tom   a     l
6 rows selected.

Union query optimalization

Help me please. I have this query with a Union
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where p.vnrbslt = bbt.vnrbslt
and bbt.cdsrt like :n_rol
and bbt.nrbetr in (select i.nrbetr from tuser i
where i.naam like :n_naam
and (i.cdsrtrpers like :n_cdsrtrpers
or :n_cdsrtrpers is null)
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I will the same result but without a Union.
Regards,
Patrick

Hi Patric,
probably if you dont want to display UNIQUE values and you are sure that both parts of your query will give different o/p and you just want to club them.. Use UNION ALL.. Your performance problem will be solved, especially when the data fetched is large. Union finds the two data sets and try to sort them to display UNIQUE records only where as UNION ALL just merges them so saving time on sorting.
Hope that this will help you.
Regards
Santa

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I have a requirement in which have to draw a chart report for last six months?.
When i query against database, my query got different where clause for open month and close month.
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select close month1, fact1 from table1
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select close month2, fact2 from table1
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select close month4, fact4 from table1
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select close month5, fact5 from table1
where close month = march and open month in (march, february, january)
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Following Report find missing elimination account based on Transaction done in a date Range. Find out how many accounts are not defined in Elimination Account Setup. Following query gives me desired output but i am having hard time creating a discoverer report for Date Range Parameter as Date Range only applied to one side of union.
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gl_je_headers jeh,
gl_je_batches jeb,
gl_je_categories cat,
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WHERE cc.CHART_OF_ACCOUNTS_ID = 50308
AND cc.segment2 IN ('111710','201910')
AND jel.code_combination_id = cc.code_combination_id
AND jel.status
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OR jel.accounted_dr != 0)
AND jeh.je_header_id = jel.je_header_id
AND jeh.actual_flag = 'A'
AND jeh.currency_code != 'STAT'
AND jeb.je_batch_id = jeh.je_batch_id
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AND cc.segment6 = source_segment6
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