Query producing null results

I have the following update statement:
update Position set value=(select price from SecuMaster where SecuMaster.cusip = Position.cusip and SecuMaster.dealernumber='ID' and SecuMaster.dealernumber=Position.dealernumber and SecuMaster.price is not null)* Position.sharesThe problem is if there is no SecuMaster.price for the current Position.cusip, I get the null return.
I want to prevent the null from being used.
is there any way to avoid this, some sort of conditional in sql?

iketurner wrote:
I have the following update statement:
Helps to format lines so that they are more readable.
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update Position set value=(
select price from SecuMaster
where SecuMaster.cusip = Position.cusip
and SecuMaster.dealernumber='ID'
and SecuMaster.dealernumber=Position.dealernumber
and SecuMaster.price is not null)* Position.shares
The problem is if there is no SecuMaster.price for the current Position.cusip, I get the null return.
I want to prevent the null from being used.
is there any way to avoid this, some sort of conditional in sql?Currently the situation is that every row is gettng updated. So obviously the column
must be set to something.
Value needs to be set to something correct? So do you just not want to overwrite it
or do you want something else there?
Note that problems like this usually require information about which database and version is in use.

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Edited by: stevensutcliffe on Oct 10, 2008 5:27 AM

stevensutcliffe wrote:
Yes, using COUNT(*) gives the same result as COUNT(1).
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SDO_ELEM_INFO_ARRAY(1, 1003, 1),
SDO_ORDINATE_ARRAY(-98.20268,18.05079,-57.30101,18.00705,-57.08229,
54.66061,-98.59638,32.87842,-98.20268,18.05079)),'mask=inside')='TRUE'
This query returns the following coordinates that are outside of the polygon:
vesselid : 1152 obstime : 2005-08-24 06:00:00 long : -82.1 lat : 45.3
vesselid : 3140 obstime : 2005-08-28 12:00:00 long : -80.6 lat : 44.6
vesselid : 1253 obstime : 2005-08-22 09:00:00 long : -80.0 lat : 45.3
Example 2a: Using SDO_GEOM.VALIDATE_GEOMETRY_WITH_CONTEXT
Select areaid, the_geom,
SDO_GEOM.VALIDATE_GEOMETRY_WITH_CONTEXT(the_geom, 0.005) from area where
areaid=24
ResultSet:
AREAID THE_GEOM(SDO_GTYPE, SDO_SRID, SDO_POINT(X, Y, Z), SDO_ELEM_INFO,
SDO_ORDINATES) SDO_GEOM.VALIDATE_GEOMETRY_WITH_CONTEXT(THE_GEOM,0.005)
24 SDO_GEOMETRY(2003, 8307, NULL, SDO_ELEM_INFO_ARRAY(1, 1003, 1), SDO_ORDINATE_ARRAY(-98.20268, 18.05079, -57.30101, 18.00705, -57.08229, 54.66061, -98.59638, 32.87842, -98.20268, 18.05079)) TRUE
Example 2b: Using SDO_GEOM.VALIDATE_GEOMETRY_WITH_CONTEXT
Select positionid, vesselid, the_geom,
SDO_GEOM.VALIDATE_GEOMETRY_WITH_CONTEXT(the_geom, 0.005) from positions where vesselid=1152
ResultSet:
POSITIONID VESSELID THE_GEOM(SDO_GTYPE, SDO_SRID, SDO_POINT(X, Y, Z),
SDO_ELEM_INFO, SDO_ORDINATES) DO_GEOM.VALIDATE_GEOMETRY_WITH_CONTEXT(THE_GEOM,0.005)
743811 1152 SDO_GEOMETRY(2001, 8307, SDO_POINT_TYPE(-82.1, 45.3, NULL), NULL, NULL) TRUE
743812 1152 SDO_GEOMETRY(2001, 8307, SDO_POINT_TYPE(-82.1, 45.3, NULL), NULL, NULL) TRUE
743813 1152 SDO_GEOMETRY(2001, 8307, SDO_POINT_TYPE(-80.2, 42.5, NULL), NULL, NULL) TRUE
743814 1152 SDO_GEOMETRY(2001, 8307, SDO_POINT_TYPE(-80.2, 42.5, NULL), NULL, NULL) TRUE
Example 3: Invalid Coordinate values found in POSITIONS table.
SELECT p.positionid, p.latitude, p.longitude, p.the_geom FROM positions p
WHERE p.latitude < -180.0
2 lines from ResultSet:
POSITIONID LATITUDE LONGITUDE THE_GEOM(SDO_GTYPE, SDO_SRID, SDO_POINT(X, Y, Z), SDO_ELEM_INFO, SDO_ORDINATES)
714915 -210.85408 -79.74449 SDO_GEOMETRY(2001, 8307, SDO_POINT_TYPE(-79.74449, -210.85408, NULL), NULL, NULL)
714938 -211.13632 -79.951256 SDO_GEOMETRY(2001, 8307, SDO_POINT_TYPE(-79.951256, -211.13632, NULL), NULL, NULL)
SELECT p.positionid, p.latitude, p.longitude, p.the_geom FROM positions p
WHERE p.longitude > 180.0
3 lines from ResultSet:
POSITIONID LATITUDE LONGITUDE THE_GEOM(SDO_GTYPE, SDO_SRID, SDO_POINT(X, Y, Z), SDO_ELEM_INFO, SDO_ORDINATES)
588434 91 181 SDO_GEOMETRY(2001, 8307, SDO_POINT_TYPE(181, 91, NULL), NULL, NULL)
589493 91 181 SDO_GEOMETRY(2001, 8307, SDO_POINT_TYPE(181, 91, NULL), NULL, NULL)
589494 91 181 SDO_GEOMETRY(2001, 8307, SDO_POINT_TYPE(181, 91, NULL), NULL, NULL)
Example 4: Failure to locate illegal coordinates by querying for disjoint coordinates outside of MBR for the world:
SELECT p.vesselid, p.latitude, p.longitude, p.the_geom,
TO_CHAR(p.observationtime, 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS') as obstime,
SDO_GEOM.RELATE(p.the_geom, 'determine',
SDO_GEOMETRY(2003, 8307, NULL,SDO_ELEM_INFO_ARRAY(1, 1003, 1),
SDO_ORDINATE_ARRAY(-180.0,-90.0,180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0,
-180.0,90.0,-180.0,-90.0)), .005) relationship FROM positions p where
SDO_GEOM.RELATE(p.the_geom, 'disjoint', SDO_GEOMETRY(2003, 8307,
NULL,SDO_ELEM_INFO_ARRAY(1, 1003, 1),
SDO_ORDINATE_ARRAY(-180.0,-90.0,180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0,-80.0,90.0,
-180.0,-90.0)),.005)='TRUE'
no rows selected
Carol Saah

Hi Carol,
1) I think the results are correct. Note in a geodetic coordinate system adjacent points in a linestring or polygon are connected via geodesics. You are probably applying planar thinking to an ellipsoidal problem! I don't have time to do the full analysis right now, but a first guess is that is what is happening.
2) The query window seems to be valid. I don't think this is a problem.
3) Oracle will let you insert most anything into a table. In the index, it probably wraps. If you validate, I think the validation routines will tell you is is illegal if you use the signature with diminfo, where the coordinate system bounds are included in the validation.
4) Your query window is not valid. Your data is not valid. As the previous reply stated, you need to have valid data. If you think in terms of a geodetic coordinate system, you will realize that -180.0,-90.0 and 180.0,-90.0 are really the same point. Also, Oracle has a rule that polygon geometries cannot be greater than half the surface of the Earth.
Hope this helps.

Filter expression producing different results after upgrade to 11.1.1.7

Hello,
We recently did an upgrade and noticed that on a number of reports where we're using the FILTER expression that the numbers are very inflated. Where we are not using the FILTER expression the numbers are as expected. In the example below we ran the 'Bookings' report in 10g and came up with one number and ran the same report in 11g (11.1.1.7.0) after the upgrade and got two different results. The data source is the same database for each envrionment. Also, in running the physical SQL generated by the 10g and 11g version of the report we get different the inflated numbers from the 11g SQL. Any ideas on what might be happening or causing the issue?
10g report: 2016-Q3......Bookings..........72,017
11g report: 2016-Q3......Bookings..........239,659
This is the simple FILTER expression that is being used in the column formula on the report itself for this particular scenario which produces different results in 10g and 11g.
FILTER("Fact - Opportunities"."Won Opportunity Amount" USING ("Opportunity Attributes"."Business Type" = 'New Business'))
-------------- Physical SQL created by 10g report -------- results as expected --------------------------------------------
WITH
SAWITH0 AS (select sum(case when T33142.OPPORTUNITY_STATUS = 'Won-closed' then T33231.USD_LINE_AMOUNT else 0 end ) as c1,
T28761.QUARTER_YEAR_NAME as c2,
T28761.QUARTER_RANK as c3
from
XXFI.XXFI_GL_FISCAL_MONTHS_V T28761 /* Dim_Periods */ ,
XXFI.XXFI_OSM_OPPTY_HEADER_ACCUM T33142 /* Fact_Opportunity_Headers(CloseDate) */ ,
XXFI.XXFI_OSM_OPPTY_LINE_ACCUM T33231 /* Fact_Opportunity_Lines(CloseDate) */
where ( T28761.PERIOD_NAME = T33142.CLOSE_PERIOD_NAME and T28761.QUARTER_YEAR_NAME = '2012-Q3' and T33142.LEAD_ID = T33231.LEAD_ID and T33231.LINES_BUSINESS_TYPE = 'New Business' and T33142.OPPORTUNITY_STATUS <> 'Duplicate' )
group by T28761.QUARTER_YEAR_NAME, T28761.QUARTER_RANK)
select distinct SAWITH0.c2 as c1,
'Bookings10g' as c2,
SAWITH0.c1 as c3,
SAWITH0.c3 as c5,
SAWITH0.c1 as c7
from
SAWITH0
order by c1, c5
-------------- Physical SQL created by the same report as above but in 11g (11.1.1.7.0) -------- results much higher --------------------------------------------
WITH
SAWITH0 AS (select sum(case when T33142.OPPORTUNITY_STATUS = 'Won-closed' then T33142.TOTAL_OPPORTUNITY_AMOUNT_USD else 0 end ) as c1,
T28761.QUARTER_YEAR_NAME as c2,
T28761.QUARTER_RANK as c3
from
XXFI.XXFI_GL_FISCAL_MONTHS_V T28761 /* Dim_Periods */ ,
XXFI.XXFI_OSM_OPPTY_HEADER_ACCUM T33142 /* Fact_Opportunity_Headers(CloseDate) */ ,
XXFI.XXFI_OSM_OPPTY_LINE_ACCUM T33231 /* Fact_Opportunity_Lines(CloseDate) */
where ( T28761.PERIOD_NAME = T33142.CLOSE_PERIOD_NAME and T28761.QUARTER_YEAR_NAME = '2012-Q3' and T33142.LEAD_ID = T33231.LEAD_ID and T33231.LINES_BUSINESS_TYPE = 'New Business' and T33142.OPPORTUNITY_STATUS <> 'Duplicate' )
group by T28761.QUARTER_YEAR_NAME, T28761.QUARTER_RANK),
SAWITH1 AS (select distinct 0 as c1,
D1.c2 as c2,
'Bookings2' as c3,
D1.c3 as c4,
D1.c1 as c5
from
SAWITH0 D1),
SAWITH2 AS (select D1.c1 as c1,
D1.c2 as c2,
D1.c3 as c3,
D1.c4 as c4,
D1.c5 as c5,
sum(D1.c5) as c6
from
SAWITH1 D1
group by D1.c1, D1.c2, D1.c3, D1.c4, D1.c5)
select D1.c1 as c1, D1.c2 as c2, D1.c3 as c3, D1.c4 as c4, D1.c5 as c5, D1.c6 as c6 from ( select D1.c1 as c1,
D1.c2 as c2,
D1.c3 as c3,
D1.c4 as c4,
D1.c5 as c5,
sum(D1.c6) over () as c6
from
SAWITH2 D1
order by c1, c4, c3 ) D1 where rownum <= 2000001
Thank you,
Mike
Edited by: Mike Jelen on Jun 7, 2013 2:05 PM

Thank you for the info. They are definitely different values since ones on the header and the other is on the lines. As the "Won Opportunity" logical column is mapped to multiple LTS it appears the OBI 11 uses a different alogorthim to determine the most efficient table to use in the query generation vs 10g. I'll need to spend some time researching the impact to adding a 'sort' to the LTS. I'm hoping that there's a way to get OBI to use similar logic relative to 10g in how it generated the table priority.
Thx again,
Mike

Same Query returning different result (Different execution plan)

Hi all,
To day i have discovered a strange thing: a query that return a different result when using a different execution plan.
The query :
SELECT *
FROM schema.table@database a
WHERE     column1 IN ('3')
       AND column2 = '101'
       AND EXISTS
              (SELECT null
                 FROM schema.table2 c
                WHERE a.column3 = SUBSTR (c.column1, 2, 12));where schema.table@database is a remote table.
when executed with the hint /*+ ordered use_nl(a c) */ these query return no result and its execution plan is :
Rows     Row Source Operation
      0 NESTED LOOPS (cr=31 r=0 w=0 time=4894659 us)
   4323   SORT UNIQUE (cr=31 r=0 w=0 time=50835 us)
   4336    TABLE ACCESS FULL TABLE2 (cr=31 r=0 w=0 time=7607 us)
      0   REMOTE (cr=0 r=0 w=0 time=130536 us)When i changed the execution plan with the hint /*+ use_hash(c a) */
Rows     Row Source Operation
   3702 HASH JOIN SEMI (cr=35 r=0 w=0 time=497839 us)
22556   REMOTE (cr=0 r=0 w=0 time=401176 us)
   4336   TABLE ACCESS FULL TABLE2 (cr=35 r=0 w=0 time=7709 us)It seem that when the execution plan have changed the remote query return no result.
It'is a bug or i have missed somthing ?
PS: The two table are no subject to insert or update statement.
Oracle version : 9.2.0.2.0
System version : HP-UX v1
Thanks.

H.Mahmoud wrote:
Oracle version : 9.2.0.2.0
System version : HP-UX v1Hard to say. You're using a very old and deprecated version of the database, and one that was known to contain bugs.
9.2.0.7 was really the lowest version of 9i that was considered to be 'stable', but even so, it's old and lacking in many ways.
Consider upgrading to the latest database version at your earliest opportunity. (or at least apply patches up to the latest 9i version before querying if there is bugs in your really low buggy version)

Old outer join syntax produces different results from new syntax!

I have inherited a query that uses the old outer join syntax but that is yielding correct results. When I translate it to the new outer join syntax, I get the results I expect, but they are not correct! And I don't understand why the old syntax produces the results it produces. Bottom line: I want the results I'm getting from the old syntax, but I need it in the new syntax (I'm putting it into Reporting Services, and RS automatically converts old syntax to new).
Here's the query with the old outer join syntax that is working correctly:
Code Snippet
SELECT TE = COUNT(DISTINCT T1.ID),
 UE = COUNT(DISTINCT T2.ID),
 PE = CONVERT(MONEY, COUNT(DISTINCT T2.ID)) /
 CONVERT(MONEY,COUNT(DISTINCT T1.ID))
FROM TABLE T1, TABLE T2
WHERE T1 *= T2
In this query, much to my surprise, TE <> UE and PE <> 1. However, TE, UE, and PE seem to be accurate!
Here's the query with the new outer join syntax that is working but not producing the results I need:
Code Snippet
SELECT TE = COUNT(DISTINCT T1.ID),
 UE = COUNT(DISTINCT T2.ID),
 PE = CONVERT(MONEY, COUNT(DISTINCT T2.ID)) /
 CONVERT(MONEY,COUNT(DISTINCT T1.ID))
FROM TABLE T1 LEFT OUTER JOIN TABLE T2 ON T1.ID = T2.ID
Though not producing the results I need, it is producing what would be expected: TE = UE and PE = 1.
My questions:
1) Can someone who is familiar enough with the old syntax please help me understand why TE <> UE and PE <> 1 in the first query?
2) Can someone please tell me how to properly translate the first query to the new syntax so that it continues to produce the results in the first query?
Thank you very much.

How can we reproduce the issue?
Code Snippet
USE [master]
GO
EXEC sp_dbcmptlevel Northwind, 80
GO
USE [Northwind]
GO
SELECT
TE
= COUNT(DISTINCT T1.OrderID),
UE = COUNT(DISTINCT T2.OrderID),
PE = CONVERT(MONEY, COUNT(DISTINCT T2.OrderID)) /
CONVERT(MONEY,COUNT(DISTINCT T1.OrderID))
FROM
dbo
.Orders T1, dbo.Orders T2
WHERE
T1
.OrderID *= T2.OrderID
SELECT
TE
= COUNT(DISTINCT T1.OrderID),
UE = COUNT(DISTINCT T2.OrderID),
PE = CONVERT(MONEY, COUNT(DISTINCT T2.OrderID)) /
CONVERT(MONEY,COUNT(DISTINCT T1.OrderID))
FROM
dbo
.Orders T1
LEFT OUTER JOIN
dbo.Orders T2
ON T1.OrderID = T2.OrderID
GO
EXEC sp_dbcmptlevel Northwind, 90
GO
Result:
TE
UE
PE
830
830
1.00
TE
UE
PE
830
830
1.00
As you can see, I am getting same results.
AMB

SUM function to give NULL result

I am really lost on how I can force the SUM function to give me a NULL result when at least one of the elements is a NULL value. I would appreciate any help.

The short answer is "you can't". The slightly longer answer is the you can't because most aggregate functions work only on non-null values, so SUM silently ignores NULLS.
However, you can take advantage of that fact to do what you want.
SQL> SELECT * FROM t;
        ID GROUPCOL
        33 GROUPA
        50 GROUPA
         5 GROUPA
        21 GROUPA
        43 GROUPA
        58 GROUPB
        10 GROUPB
        29 GROUPB
        10 GROUPB
        37 GROUPB
           GROUPA
SQL> SELECT groupcol, SUM(id) sum_id, COUNT(*) count_all,
2               COUNT(id) count_id
3        FROM t
4        GROUP BY groupcol;
GROUPCOL       SUM_ID COUNT_ALL   COUNT_ID
GROUPA            152          6          5
GROUPB            144          5          5Note that count_all is different than count_id. So, we can wrap this query in another to return NULL for the sum of groupa.
SQL> SELECT groupcol, CASE WHEN count_all = count_id THEN sum_id
2                        ELSE NULL END sum_id
3 FROM (SELECT groupcol, SUM(id) sum_id, COUNT(*) count_all,
4               COUNT(id) count_id
5        FROM t
6        GROUP BY groupcol);
GROUPCOL       SUM_ID
GROUPA
GROUPB            144Although, I too would be interested in the answer to 405764's question.
John

Non-local searches return "null" results

I'm creating a Merged help output using AIR Browser Based Help. Said output currently has one major flaw: null search results when viewed over a network.
Now, I have read through the thread on this forum about people who initially got a "null" search result when searching a local project, but with the search subsequently working, and indeed that behavior is what I was initially seeing. That is, on my local copy of the project, my first search would return "null," and then things would work normally. However, when other users accessed my local project over our network, they never got anything other than "null" results. (Quick aside for relevant information: output was from 64-bit RH9, testing is on FIrefox 13 and I.E. 9) If I move my local copy onto the network, I am no longer successful in searching.
I have performed the suggested fix on the whfhost.js file, and while it fixed the problem locally-- I no longer see "null" results-- the problem persists for non-local access. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to fix this?
Thanks!

For the benefit of anyone else, this is the solution that was provided by Adobe.
Open the generated output folder and open whfhost.js file in the notepad application. Search for the following strings in the file. you need to replace this function
function Query()
gbAIRSearchString = goOdinHunter.strQuery;
g_CurPage = 1;
context = new HuginContext();
context.reset();
context.push( goOdinHunter.query, goOdinHunter,
processHunterResult, null );
context.resume();
With this new function
function isValidType(obj)
return ( (typeof(obj)!='undefined')&&(obj!=null) );
function Query()
gbAIRSearchString = goOdinHunter.strQuery;
g_CurPage = 1;
if (isValidType(context) && isValidType(context.aTasks))
while(context.aTasks.length>0)
context.resume();
context = new HuginContext();
context.reset();
context.push( goOdinHunter.query, goOdinHunter,
processHunterResult, null );
context.resume();
And try running the output and see if you stilll face the null search result problem
If this problem is fixed, then you can go to the C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe RoboHelp 8\RoboHTML\WebHelp5Ext\template_stock folder location, and make the similar changes in the whfhost.js file located in this folder.
It has worked for others so I would first check carefully that you have made the modification correctly.
If you reverse the change, are you back to square one and get a null result first time?
The modification was for RoboHelp 8 or 9. You haven't said what version you are using.
Does it fail with all browsers?
See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips
@petergrainge

Query giving no result

Dear Gurus,
Pzl tell me why this query is not producing any result where as when it is done with table QALS thru SE11 result is coming
DATA: BEGIN OF it_qals OCCURS 0,
 prueflos LIKE qals-prueflos,
 nplnr LIKE qals-nplnr,
 zaehl LIKE qals-zaehl,
 enstehdat LIKE qals-enstehdat,
 END OF it_qals.
SELECT prueflos nplnr zaehl enstehdat
INTO TABLE it_qals
FROM qals
WHERE nplnr EQ p_nplnr
AND zaehl = p_zaehl.
Points will be reward to right ans.
Regards
Rajesh

Hi Rajesh,
SELECT prueflos nplnr zaehl enstehdat
INTO TABLE it_qals
FROM qals
WHERE nplnr EQ p_nplnr
AND zaehl = p_zaehl.
in this qurey use CORRESPONDING FIELDS
SELECT prueflos nplnr zaehl enstehdat
INTO CORRESPONDING FIELDS OF TABLE it_qals
FROM qals
WHERE nplnr EQ p_nplnr
AND zaehl = p_zaehl.
P_nplnr is a varible or taken form selection screen?
if it is a varible then use
CONVERSION_EXIT_ALPHA_INPUT
CONVERSION_EXIT_ALPHA_OUPUT
as per your requiement.
reward if useful
Regards,
sunil kairam.

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