Filter on "---" in Left Outer Join Query

Hi guys,
very basic question but I have not found an answer, yet. I built an left outer join MDO query and need to select all those dataset that did not find a "partner", that is fields are set to "---". However, I do not manage to filter on '---', NULL...
When using SQL, it appears to be a String "---" but in MDO???

Hey guys, found out that IS NULL needs to be used in query. Anyway, it appears to cause problems somewhere else.
I placed an IS NULL filter expression inside a join query but query did not return any results when called in by transaction. After removing this line, both NULL and NOT NULL data were returned. When used in test mode, IS NULL was working fine...

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Left outer join query

Hi Experts,
 I am facing a problem with left outer join query. Am using one standard table and ztable for this join. My problem is values are not extracted from the Ztable.
Query:
 SELECT b~lifnr b~belnr b~gjahr b~xblnr b~shkzg b~blart b~zfbdt b~budat b~wrbtr
 b~wskto b~zlspr s~EXTRACT_STATUS s~maturity_date FROM bsik AS b
 LEFT OUTER JOIN zprm_rvne_sapdoc AS s
 ON s~belnr EQ b~belnr
 AND s~gjahr EQ b~gjahr
 INTO CORRESPONDING FIELDS OF TABLE it_join
 WHERE b~zlsch = p_zlsch
 AND b~xblnr IN so_invno
 ORDER BY b~lifnr b~xblnr.
I have all entries of BSIK table in Ztable with extract status as Y but this query is not fetching extract status and maturity date of ztable so it is blank in the internal table.
Need solution.
Regards
Sridevi S

Hi,
see the sample wiki for writing the Left outer join
http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/Snippets/EmployeeInfotype0000to9999ChangeHistory
Specifying Two or More Database Tables as a Left Outer Join
The left outer join, on the other hand, reads lines from the left-hand database table or join even if there is no corresponding line in the right-hand table.
SELECT...
FROM <tab> LEFT [OUTER] JOIN <dbtab> [AS <alias>] ON <cond>
 <options>
<tab> and <dbtab> are subject to the same rules and conditions as in an inner join. The OUTER addition is optional. The tables are linked in the same way as the inner join with the one exception that all lines selected from <tab> are included in the final selection. If <dbtab> does not contain any lines that meet the condition <cond>, the system includes a single line in the selection whose columns from <dbtab> are filled with null values.
In the left outer join, more restrictions apply to the condition <cond> than in the inner join. In addition to the above restrictions:
EQ or = is the only permitted relational operator.
There must be at least one comparison between columns from <tab> and <dbtab>.
The WHERE clause may not contain any comparisons with columns from <dbtab>. All comparisons using columns from <dbtab> must appear in the condition <cond>.
If we have two tables named stud1,stud2 with the following data
Stud1: id Name stud2: id Name
1 xxx 1 aaa
2 yyy 2 bbb
3 zzz 4 ccc
4 www 6 ddd
When we use Left Outer Join we get the output as:
1 aaa
2 bbb
3 <Null>
4 ccc
When we use Right Outer Join we get the output as:
1 aaa
2 bbb
4 ccc
<Null> ddd
When we use Full Outer Join we get the output as:
1 aaa
2 bbb
3 <Null>
4 ccc
<Null> ddd
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Issue on left outer join query in 10G

Dear Mr./Mrs./Ms. Oracle expertise,
The following query structure can function properly in Oracle 9i, but not work in Oracle 10G.
Please kindly advise what happened in Oracle 10G?
Is it a bug in 10G? If yes, any patch for it?
select a.col1,
a.col2,
a.col5,
b.col3,
b.col4
from t1 a
inner join t2 c on c.col1 = a.col1
left join (select col3
col4
from t3) b
on b.col1 = a.col1
and a.col2 = 'Y' <---------- seems 10G cannot allow this condition
where a.col5 = 123;
Purpose of above SQL
====================
Only those records from t1 table with a.col2 = 'Y' will
do the left outer join to "b" table and get the columns b.col3 and b.col4
Result set in Oracle 9i
=======================
col1 col2 col5 col3 col4
AAA N 111
BBB N 222
CCC Y 333 XYZ OOO
DDD Y 444 QPR 111
Result set in Oracle 10G
========================
col1 col2 col5 col3 col4
AAA N 111
BBB N 222
CCC Y 333
DDD Y 444
Rgds,
Ken Chan

Dear Schneider,
Sorry that there was a typo in my query.
Below is the revised query.
select a.col1,
a.col2,
a.col5,
b.col3,
b.col4
from t1 a
inner join t2 c on c.col1 = a.col1
left join (select col1,
col3,
col4
from t3) b
on b.col1 = a.col1
and a.col2 = 'Y' <---------- seems 10G cannot allow this condition
where a.col5 = 123;
Thanks.
Rgds,
ken Chan

BI 7.0 Infoset - Infocube - Left outer join - query

Hi Expert,
A infoset contain Infocube and ODS, linked with left outer join, common fields are PO,PO item. PO account assignment ODS have three keyfields: PO Doc.,Item,account Assignment .
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1000 10 230 1000 10 1 CC1
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1002 10 150 1 CC1
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Message was edited by:
 Saravanan K

Hi,
did you solve your problem? because I have the same issue right now: the left outer join doesn't seem to do its job.
Let me know if you have found a solution, it would be appreciated.
have a nice day,
Dominic

Left Outer Join on same table clarification

HI,
I have a table that gets populated from 3rd party system. We don’t have control over it. So, the table has master record (master) and children. Master type is 78 and children’s type is 64. So, it looks like this. In the 3rd
party system, if Master transaction gets cancelled, it is recorded as type 178. If child is cancelled, then it is 164. Once the child is cancelled and created again using one process then newly created transaction will have 65 as type. Same thing with Master
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Cancelled Transaction type = 178
Cancelled with creation transaction type = 79
Child:
Brand New Transaction type = 64
Cancelled Transaction type = 164
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ID
TxnID
Master
Type
TDate
Location
193075
211554
211543
64
20140805
ABC
193076
211555
211543
64
20140805
NBC
193077
211556
211543
64
20140805
ABC
193080
211559
211558
64
20140805
ABC
193081
211562
211561
64
20140805
ABC
193082
211565
211564
64
20140805
CBC
193083
211565
211564
164
20140805
CBC
193084
211566
211564
65
20140805
AZC
--drop
table #Transactions
CREATE
TABLE #Transactions
ID
int,
TxnID
int,
mstTicket
int,
Typecode
int,
Tdate
datetime,
Location
varchar(10)
select
* from
#Transactions
Insert
into #Transactions
(ID,
TxnID,
mstTicket,Typecode,Tdate,Location)
Select 193075, 211554,211543,64,'2014-08-05','ABC'
UNION ALL
Select 193076, 211555,211543, 64,
'2014-08-05',
'NBC' UNION ALL
Select 193077, 211556, 211543, 64,
'2014-08-05',
'ABC' UNION
ALL
Select 193080, 211559, 211558, 64,
'2014-08-05',
'ABC' UNION
ALL
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'2014-08-05',
'ABC' UNION
ALL
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'2014-08-05',
'CBC' UNION
ALL
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'2014-08-05',
'CBC' UNION
ALL
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'2014-08-05',
'AZC'
select
T.TxnID,
T.TypeCode,
T.Location,
TL.TxnID
From
#Transactions T
Left Outer
JOIN #Transactions
TL ON
TL.TxnID
= T.TxnID
and TL.TypeCode
= 164
select
T.TxnID,
T.TypeCode,
T.Location,
TL.TxnID
From
#Transactions T
Left Outer
JOIN #Transactions
TL ON
TL.TxnID
= T.TxnID
and TL.TypeCode
= 164
Where
T.typecode
in (64, 65)
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In the first left outer join query both 64 and 164 both have TL.TxnID populated. Why is that?. What I understand from
left outer join is that ‘Returns all the rows’ from left table and only matching data from right table.
Here, matching row from right table is 211565 and 164 record (id 193083). So, only it should have TxnID populated. But row 211565 and 64 has TL.txnID getting populated (ID 193082).
Why is it? Am I not understanding left out join properly?
Thanks,

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and TL.TypeCode = 164
#Transactions
T
Left
Outer
JOIN
#Transactions
TL
ON
TL.TxnID
=
T.TxnID
and
TL.TypeCode
= 164
Where
T.typecode
in
(64,
65)

Not using Index when SDO_RELATE in Spatial Query is used in LEFT OUTER JOIN

I want to know for every City (Point geometry) in which Municipality (Polygon geometry) it is.
Some cities will not be covered by any municipality (as there is no data for it), so its municipality name should be blank in the result
We have 4942 cities (point geometries)
and 500 municipalities (polygon geometry)
SELECT T1.NAME as City, T2.NAME as Municipality
FROM CITY T1
LEFT OUTER JOIN MUNICIPALITY T2 ON SDO_RELATE(T1.GEOM, T2.GEOM, 'MASK=ANYINTERACT') = 'TRUE'The explain plan for this query is:
SELECT STATEMENT
FILTER
    Filter Predicates
      MDSYS.SDO_RTREE_RELATE(T1.GEOM, T2.GEOM, 'mask=ANYINTERACT querytype=window ') = 'TRUE'
    MERGE JOIN
      TABLE ACCESS              CITY               FULL                            11
      BUFFER                                       SORT                        100605
          TABLE ACCESS          MUNICIPALITY       FULL                            20So the cost is in the BUFFER (whatever that is), it takes +2000 seconds to run this, it is not using the spatial index.
And we are not getting all rows, but only the ones interacting with a municipality, e.g. 2436 rows.
But I want all rows, including the ones not interacting with any Municipality.
When we want only those cities that actually are in a municipality, I use a different query and it will use the index.
SELECT T1.NAME as City, T2.NAME as Municipality
FROM CITY T1, MUNICIPALITY T2
WHERE SDO_RELATE(T1.GEOM, T2.GEOM, 'MASK=ANYINTERACT') = 'TRUE'I get (only) 2436 rows (as expected) in 5 seconds (it is fast) and the explain plan shows it is using the spatial index.
But in this case, I am not getting any cities not inside any municipality (of course)
SELECT STATEMENT
   NESTED LOOPS
      TABLE ACCESS                   MUNICIPALITY       FULL                22
      TABLE ACCESS                   CITY               BY INDEX ROWID      22
         DOMAIN INDEX                CITY_SDX                                0
            Access Predicates
               MDSYS.SDO_RTREE_RELATE(T1.GEOM, T2.GEOM, 'mask=ANYINTERACT querytype=window ') = 'TRUE'I always thought a LEFT OUTER JOIN would return all rows from the Table, whatever happens in the next,
but it seems the query has been rewritten so that it is now using a Filter Predicate in the end, which filters those geometries having no interaction.
As an example I also do thing alphanumerically, I do get 4942 rows, including the ones which have no Municipality name.
In this case the names must match, so its only for testing if the LEFT OUTER JOIN returns stuff correctly, which it does in this case.
SELECT T1.NAME as City, T2.NAME as Municipality
FROM CITY T1
LEFT OUTER JOIN MUNICIPALITY T2 ON T1.NAME = T2.NAMEIs this an Oracle Spatial bug, e.g. not return 4942 rows, but only 2436 rows on the first query?
Note all tests performed on Oracle 11g R2 (11.2.0.1.0)

Patrick,
Even so, your geoms in the relate were the wrong way around.
Also, I don't recall you saying (or showing) that you wanted the municipality geometry returned. Still,
no matter, easy to do.
Here are some additional suggestions. I don't have your data so I have had to use some of my own.
set serveroutput on timing on autotrace on
SELECT T1.SPECIES as City,
       (SELECT T2.ADMIN_NAME FROM AUSTRALIAN_STATES T2 WHERE SDO_ANYINTERACT(T2.GEOM, SDO_GEOM.SDO_BUFFER(T1.GEOM,10000,0.5,'UNIT=M')) = 'TRUE') as Municipality,
       (SELECT T2.GEOM       FROM AUSTRALIAN_STATES T2 WHERE SDO_ANYINTERACT(T2.GEOM, SDO_GEOM.SDO_BUFFER(T1.GEOM,10000,0.5,'UNIT=M')) = 'TRUE') as geom
FROM GUTDATA T1;
762 rows selected
Elapsed: 00:00:21.656
Plan hash value: 2160035213
| Id | Operation                   | Name                       | Rows | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time     |
|   0 | SELECT STATEMENT            |                            |   762 | 49530 |     5   (0)| 00:00:01 |
|   1 | TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID| AUSTRALIAN_STATES          |     1 |   115 |     0   (0)| 00:00:01 |
|* 2 |   DOMAIN INDEX              | AUSTRALIAN_STATES_GEOM_SPX |       |       |     0   (0)| 00:00:01 |
|   3 | TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID| AUSTRALIAN_STATES          |     1 |   115 |     0   (0)| 00:00:01 |
|* 4 |   DOMAIN INDEX              | AUSTRALIAN_STATES_GEOM_SPX |       |       |     0   (0)| 00:00:01 |
|   5 | TABLE ACCESS FULL          | GUTDATA                    |   762 | 49530 |     5   (0)| 00:00:01 |
Predicate Information (identified by operation id):
   2 - access("MDSYS"."SDO_ANYINTERACT"("T2"."GEOM","SDO_GEOM"."SDO_BUFFER"(:B1,10000,0.5,'UNIT=M'))='TRUE')
   4 - access("MDSYS"."SDO_ANYINTERACT"("T2"."GEOM","SDO_GEOM"."SDO_BUFFER"(:B1,10000,0.5,'UNIT=M'))='TRUE')
   Statistics
               7 user calls
           24576 physical read total bytes
               0 physical write total bytes
               0 spare statistic 3
               0 commit cleanout failures: cannot pin
               0 TBS Extension: bytes extended
               0 total number of times SMON posted
               0 SMON posted for undo segment recovery
               0 SMON posted for dropping temp segment
               0 segment prealloc tasksThe above can look messy as you add more (SELECT ...) attributes, but is is fast (though can't use in Materialized Views).
/* The set of all cities not in municipalities */
SELECT T1.SPECIES                 as City,
       cast(null as varchar2(42)) as municipality,
       cast(null as sdo_geometry) as geom
FROM GUTDATA T1
WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1
                     FROM AUSTRALIAN_STATES T2
                    WHERE SDO_ANYINTERACT(T2.GEOM, SDO_GEOM.SDO_BUFFER(T1.GEOM,10000,0.5,'UNIT=M')) = 'TRUE')
UNION ALL
/* The set of all cities in municipalities */
SELECT T1.SPECIES    as City,
       T2.ADMIN_NAME as Municipality,
       T2.GEOM       as geom
FROM GUTDATA T1
       INNER JOIN
       AUSTRALIAN_STATES T2 ON (SDO_ANYINTERACT(T2.GEOM, SDO_GEOM.SDO_BUFFER(T1.GEOM,10000,0.5,'UNIT=M')) = 'TRUE');
762 rows selected
Elapsed: 00:00:59.953
Plan hash value: 2854682795
| Id | Operation           | Name                       | Rows | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time     |
|   0 | SELECT STATEMENT    |                            |    99 | 13450 |    38 (87)| 00:00:01 |
|   1 | UNION-ALL          |                            |       |       |            |          |
|* 2 |   FILTER            |                            |       |       |            |          |
|   3 |    TABLE ACCESS FULL| GUTDATA                    |   762 | 49530 |     5   (0)| 00:00:01 |
|* 4 |    DOMAIN INDEX     | AUSTRALIAN_STATES_GEOM_SPX |       |       |     0   (0)| 00:00:01 |
|   5 |   NESTED LOOPS      |                            |    61 | 10980 |    33   (0)| 00:00:01 |
|   6 |    TABLE ACCESS FULL| AUSTRALIAN_STATES          |     8 |   920 |     3   (0)| 00:00:01 |
|* 7 |    TABLE ACCESS FULL| GUTDATA                    |     8 |   520 |     4   (0)| 00:00:01 |
Predicate Information (identified by operation id):
   2 - filter( NOT EXISTS (SELECT 0 FROM "AUSTRALIAN_STATES" "T2" WHERE "MDSYS"."SDO_ANYINTERACT"("T2"."GEOM","SDO_GEOM"."SDO_BUFFER"(:B1,10000,0.5,'UNIT=M'))='TRUE'))
   4 - access("MDSYS"."SDO_ANYINTERACT"("T2"."GEOM","SDO_GEOM"."SDO_BUFFER"(:B1,10000,0.5,'UNIT=M'))='TRUE')
   7 - filter("MDSYS"."SDO_ANYINTERACT"("T2"."GEOM","SDO_GEOM"."SDO_BUFFER"("T1"."GEOM",10000,0.5,'UNIT=M'))='TRUE')
   Statistics
               7 user calls
          131072 physical read total bytes
               0 physical write total bytes
               0 spare statistic 3
               0 commit cleanout failures: cannot pin
               0 TBS Extension: bytes extended
               0 total number of times SMON posted
               0 SMON posted for undo segment recovery
               0 SMON posted for dropping temp segment
               0 segment prealloc tasksMuch slower but Materialized View friendly.
This one is a bit more "natural" but still slower than the first.
set serveroutput on timing on autotrace on
/* The set of all cities in municipalities */
WITH municipal_cities As (
SELECT T1.ID         as City,
         T2.ADMIN_NAME as Municipality,
         T2.GEOM       as geom
    FROM GUTDATA T1
         INNER JOIN
         AUSTRALIAN_STATES T2 ON (SDO_ANYINTERACT(T2.GEOM, SDO_GEOM.SDO_BUFFER(T1.GEOM,10000,0.5,'UNIT=M')) = 'TRUE')
SELECT T1.ID           as City,
       T2.Municipality as Municipality,
       T2.GEOM         as geom
FROM GUTDATA          T1
       LEFT OUTER JOIN
       municipal_cities T2
       ON (T2.CITY = T1.ID);
762 rows selected
Elapsed: 00:00:50.228
Plan hash value: 745978991
| Id | Operation             | Name              | Rows | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time     |
|   0 | SELECT STATEMENT      |                   |   762 | 44196 |    36   (3)| 00:00:01 |
|* 1 | HASH JOIN RIGHT OUTER|                   |   762 | 44196 |    36   (3)| 00:00:01 |
|   2 |   VIEW                |                   |    61 | 3294 |    33   (0)| 00:00:01 |
|   3 |    NESTED LOOPS       |                   |    61 | 10980 |    33   (0)| 00:00:01 |
|   4 |     TABLE ACCESS FULL | AUSTRALIAN_STATES |     8 |   920 |     3   (0)| 00:00:01 |
|* 5 |     TABLE ACCESS FULL | GUTDATA           |     8 |   520 |     4   (0)| 00:00:01 |
|   6 |   INDEX FAST FULL SCAN| GUTDATA_ID_PK     |   762 | 3048 |     2   (0)| 00:00:01 |
Predicate Information (identified by operation id):
   1 - access("T2"."CITY"(+)="T1"."ID")
   5 - filter("MDSYS"."SDO_ANYINTERACT"("T2"."GEOM","SDO_GEOM"."SDO_BUFFER"("T1"."GEOM",10000,0.5,'UNIT=M'))='TRUE')
   Statistics
               7 user calls
           49152 physical read total bytes
               0 physical write total bytes
               0 spare statistic 3
               0 commit cleanout failures: cannot pin
               0 TBS Extension: bytes extended
               0 total number of times SMON posted
               0 SMON posted for undo segment recovery
               0 SMON posted for dropping temp segment
               0 segment prealloc tasksFinally, the Pièce de résistance: trick the LEFT OUTER JOIN operator...
set serveroutput on timing on autotrace on
SELECT T1.SPECIES    as City,
       T2.ADMIN_NAME as Municipality,
       T2.GEOM       as geom
FROM GUTDATA           T1
       LEFT OUTER JOIN
       AUSTRALIAN_STATES T2
       ON (t2.admin_name = to_char(t1.ID) OR
           SDO_ANYINTERACT(T2.GEOM, SDO_GEOM.SDO_BUFFER(T1.GEOM,10000,0.5,'UNIT=M')) = 'TRUE');
762 rows selected
Elapsed: 00:00:50.273
Plan hash value: 158854308
| Id | Operation           | Name              | Rows | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time     |
|   0 | SELECT STATEMENT    |                   |   762 | 92964 | 2294   (1)| 00:00:28 |
|   1 | NESTED LOOPS OUTER |                   |   762 | 92964 | 2294   (1)| 00:00:28 |
|   2 |   TABLE ACCESS FULL | GUTDATA           |   762 | 49530 |     5   (0)| 00:00:01 |
|   3 |   VIEW              |                   |     1 |    57 |     3   (0)| 00:00:01 |
|* 4 |    TABLE ACCESS FULL| AUSTRALIAN_STATES |     1 |   115 |     3   (0)| 00:00:01 |
Predicate Information (identified by operation id):
   4 - filter("T2"."ADMIN_NAME"=TO_CHAR("T1"."ID") OR
              "MDSYS"."SDO_ANYINTERACT"("T2"."GEOM","SDO_GEOM"."SDO_BUFFER"("T1"."GEOM",10000,0.5,'UNIT=M'))='TRUE')
   Statistics
               7 user calls
               0 physical read total bytes
               0 physical write total bytes
               0 spare statistic 3
               0 commit cleanout failures: cannot pin
               0 TBS Extension: bytes extended
               0 total number of times SMON posted
               0 SMON posted for undo segment recovery
               0 SMON posted for dropping temp segment
               0 segment prealloc tasksTry these combinations to see what works for you.
Interestingly, for me, the following returns absolutely nothing.
SELECT T1.SPECIES    as City,
       T2.ADMIN_NAME as Municipality
FROM GUTDATA           T1
       LEFT OUTER JOIN
       AUSTRALIAN_STATES T2
       ON (SDO_ANYINTERACT(T2.GEOM, SDO_GEOM.SDO_BUFFER(T1.GEOM,10000,0.5,'UNIT=M')) = 'TRUE')
MINUS
SELECT T1.SPECIES    as City,
       T2.ADMIN_NAME as Municipality
FROM GUTDATA           T1
       LEFT OUTER JOIN
       AUSTRALIAN_STATES T2
       ON (t2.admin_name = to_char(t1.ID) OR
           SDO_ANYINTERACT(T2.GEOM, SDO_GEOM.SDO_BUFFER(T1.GEOM,10000,0.5,'UNIT=M')) = 'TRUE');(I leave it to you to see if you can see why as the LEFT OUTER JOIN seems to be working correctly for me but I am not going to dedicate time to detailed checking of results.)
Note all tests performed on Oracle 11g R2 (11.2.0.1.0)
If you get the answer you want: mark the post as answered to assign points.
regards
Simon

Apply filter before Left Outer joins in OBIEE.

Hi Experts,
I have an user requirement where a filter need to be applied before the Left outer join applied on the OBIEE generated query.
But obiee normally applies the filters on the resulted data after the Left outer join applied which eliminates some required data.
Is there any way to achieve this at the RPD level.
Thanks
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Swam,
your syntax for sql is not correct.
you are doing outer join and filter I am not sure what you are trying to achieve here
assume T1 is fact table and T2 is time dimension
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you will see all the records.
Please manually write the Sql and we have lot of ways to force that in to OBIEE.
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Raghavendra

Restriction to Left Outer Joins in PS Query

Hello I am trying to do Left Outer JOin in PS QUERY. I need to do dept tbl, job code tbl and locatable as left outer joins with JOB Table. Looks like in PS QUERY there is a error message saying as below. Can someone has any workaround to achieve this in PS QUERY. I know I can create a View and use that in PS QUERY but BUsiness Users are dependent on IT, so that doesn't work. Also, adding JOB table multiple times works but I am looking for better solution if anyone had come accorss working through PS QUERY Outer JOins.
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Left outer joins must be joined to the last record in the query. (139,290)
OK
Thanks,
SC.

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Query Of Queries : Error When Trying To Fake Left Outer Join

Hi there
I am trying to replicate a left outer join, combining two query of queries using a method I located here
However, I keep getting an error message..
Here is the code I am using....
 <cfquery dbtype="query" name="qry">
 SELECT *
 FROM returnQry, returnQry2
 WHERE returnQry.mediumImage = returnQry2.mediumImage
 ORDER BY returnQry.name
 </cfquery>
 <cfquery name="returnQry3" dbtype="#application.mx#">
 SELECT *
 FROM trackmeanings AS t
 </cfquery>
 <cfquery dbtype="query" name="endQry">
 SELECT name,nameRcd,mediumImage, COUNT(sMessage) AS comments
 FROM qry, returnQry3
 WHERE qry.name = returnQry3.sNameTrack
 UNION
 SELECT name,nameRcd,mediumImage, COUNT(sMessage) AS comments
 FROM qry, returnQry3
 WHERE #qry.name# NOT IN (#QuotedValueList(returnQry3.sNameTrack)#)
 GROUP BY name,nameRcd,mediumImage
 </cfquery>
When I try to use the query output in a page, i get the error message "Incorrect conditional expression, Expected one of [like|null|between|in|comparison] condition"
Would anyone have any ideas?
Many thanks

Actually , spoke a little too soon, my query now seems to be outputting duplicates when the value is found on both sides of the union, my group by clause doesnt seem to be eliminating them like it usually does.
My SELECT code now reads
<cfquery dbtype="query" name="endQry">
SELECT name,nameRcd,mediumImage, COUNT(sMessage) AS comments
FROM qry, returnQry3
WHERE qry.name = returnQry3.sNameTrack
GROUP BY name,nameRcd,mediumImage
UNION
SELECT name,nameRcd,mediumImage, 0 AS comments
FROM qry
WHERE qry.name NOT IN (<cfqueryparam
value="#returnQry3.sNameTrack#"
cfsqltype="cf_sql_varchar"
list="yes"
/>)
GROUP BY name,nameRcd,mediumImage
ORDER BY name DESC
</cfquery>
and my ouput...is producing duplicates
<cfoutput query="rc.qryTopTracks" group="name">
#rc.qryTopTracks.name#
</cfoutput>
Would you have any idea of how to eliminate them here? Thanks

LEFT OUTER JOIN, Problem in POST-QUERY TRIGGER

Hi,
Please guide for the following
I wrote below query in POST-QUERY Trigger of a TABULAR DATA BLOCK, having only one text item, called INVENTORY_ITEM
select c.cat||' '||s.subcat||' '||l1.lvl1 ITEM INTO :DATABLOCK.INVENTORY_ITEM
from itemcat c
LEFT OUTER JOIN itemsubcat s on (c.catid = s.catid)
LEFT OUTER JOIN lvl1 l1 on (s.subcatid = l1.subcatid)
When I compile the module an error is generated
*" Encountered the symbol 'LEFT' when expecting one of the following ,; for group having intersect minus order start union where connect ".*
Above query is working fine in ORACLE SQL DEVELOPER .
Any solution please.
Regards,

Difference

Error in making left outer join to a nested query

i am writing this query getting error here i am using nested query with that i am making join it is giving error
SQL
SELECT
* FROM IVItem INNER JOIN
IVPackSize_Mst ON IVItem.PackSizeID = IVPackSize_Mst.Id
left outer join IvItemGenericLink on IvItemGenericLink.itemID=IVItem.Id
Select GenericId from
IvItemGenericLink where ItemID=IVItem.Id and rownum <=1
)x
and x on IvItemGenericLink.GenericId=x.GenericId;
Error report:
SQL Error: ORA-00936: missing expression
00936. 00000 - "missing expression"
*Cause:
*Action:
give me and suggestion

i am using left outer join at virtual table say x your gave me its equivalent
EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM IvItemGenericLink G
WHERE G.ITEMID =V.ID
AND G.GenericId = L.GenericId)-----its i guess inner join
i am not confirmed that why iam asking this i guess i have to use this
as i use keyword inner join for inner join and for left join i use
left outer join
EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM IvItemGenericLink G
WHERE G.ITEMID =V.ID
AND G.GenericId(+) = L.GenericId)-----its i guess left outer join
left outer join
Select GenericId from
IvItemGenericLink where ItemID=IVItem.Id and rownum <=1
)*x*
IvItemGenericLink.GenericId=x.GenericId
-------------------Statement U Gave in this--------------------------------------------------------------------------
SELECT *
FROM IVITEM V, IVPACKSIZE_MST M , IVITEMGENERICLINK L,
WHERE V.PACKSIZEID = M.ID
AND V.ID = L.ITEMID (+)
AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM IvItemGenericLink G
WHERE G.ITEMID =V.ID
AND G.GenericId = L.GenericId)
-------------------Statement U Gave in this--------------------------------------------------------------------------
is this equivalent to left outer join
*AND EXISTS (
SELECT 1 FROM IvItemGenericLink G*
WHERE G.ITEMID =V.ID
*AND G.GenericId = L.GenericId
please tell me this in this regard

Multiple left outer join in single select query

My client requires to apply multiple left outer join in single select query.
Tell me how it is possible . tell me if we can use native sql query.

HI vineet,
Using multile left join is possible but it reduce performance as it takes a long time to retrieve data.
The following code would help you in knowing how to use multiple left join
REPORT test.
PARAMETERS:
p_auart LIKE vbak-auart.
DATA:
BEGIN OF fs_sales,
    auart LIKE vbak-auart,
    vbeln LIKE vbak-vbeln,
    posnr LIKE vbap-posnr,
    matnr LIKE vbap-matnr,
    netwr LIKE vbap-netwr,
END OF fs_sales,
fs_temp LIKE fs_sales.
DATA:
t_sales LIKE STANDARD TABLE OF fs_sales.
SELECT k~auart
       k~vbeln
       p~posnr
       p~matnr
       p~netwr
INTO TABLE t_sales
FROM vbak AS k
OUTER JOIN vbap AS p
ON k~vbeln = p~vbeln
WHERE auart = p_auart
   AND p~netwr LT 1000.
IF sy-subrc EQ 0.
WRITE:/5 'Sales Document'(001),/,
        15 'Sales Document Item'(002),
        40 'Material Number'(003).
sort t_sales by netwr ascending.
LOOP AT t_sales INTO fs_sales.
    WRITE:/ fs_sales-vbeln under text-001.
    LOOP AT t_sales INTO fs_temp WHERE vbeln = fs_sales-vbeln.
      WRITE:/ fs_temp-posnr under text-002,
              fs_temp-matnr under text-003.
    ENDLOOP.
ENDLOOP.
ELSE.
MESSAGE 'No Record Found' TYPE 'I'.
ENDIF.
But i would suggest you to go with views instead of using multiple joins..
Best of luck,
Bhumika

Query slow when exctract column from a left outer join

Hi,
in my 2008 i've a query like this:
select a1, a2,a3
from ....
LEFT OUTER JOIN (select a2,a3....
from my_tab_with_170Milionrecords
if I exclude a2,a3 from principal select the elapsed is about 1
If I include a2,a3 the elapsed is abount 40s
How can solve this?
Regards

I posted an example how re-write it
select a1, a2,a3
from ....
LEFT OUTER JOIN
my_tab_with_170Milionrecords ON ........
Instead of subquery LEFT JOIN user the standard LEFT JOIN..
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How to do left outer join in one-one mapping

I tried to do a left outer join between two tables. I specified
kodo.jdbc.DBDictionary: JoinSyntax=sql92 in kodo.properties. I used
ref-join-type="outer" in the package.mapping. However, I still see Kodo is
translating my queries using inner join. How can I force kodo to use outer
join (or maybe even to use left outer join) when translating my queries?
Thanks.

Kodo will automatically use an outer join when eager-fetching a to-one
relation (unless you have set null-value="exception" on the field, in
which case Kodo knows it can use an inner join). There is no need to set
the ref-join type (in fact, that is only for when the foreign key
columns are in a joined table).
When you place criteria on a relation in a query, though, the relation
must exist to satisfy the query. For example, in the filter:
"relation.x == y"
The "relation" field must hold a related object to satisfy the
expression, just as in Java.
If you want the "relation" field to optionally be null, then write your
filter exactly as you would in Java:
"relation == null || relation.x == y"
Kodo will correctly use an outer join in this case because the filter
can be satisfied even when no related object exists.

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