My initial query looks like this:
select process_date, count(*) batchCount
from T1.log_comments
order by process_date asc;
I need to be able to do some quick analysis for weekends that are missing, but wanted to know if there was a quick way to fill in the missing dates not present in process_date
.
I've seen the solution here but am curious if there's any magic hidden in db2 that could do this with only a minor modification to my original query.
Note: Not tested, framed it based on my exposure to SQL Server/Oracle. I guess this gives you the idea though:
*now amended and tested on DB2*
WITH MaxDateQry(MaxDate) AS
(
SELECT MAX(process_date) FROM T1.log_comments
),
MinDateQry(MinDate) AS
(
SELECT MIN(process_date) FROM T1.log_comments
),
DatesData(ProcessDate) AS
(
SELECT MinDate from MinDateQry
UNION ALL
SELECT (ProcessDate + 1 DAY) FROM DatesData WHERE ProcessDate < (SELECT MaxDate FROM MaxDateQry)
)
SELECT a.ProcessDate, b.batchCount
FROM DatesData a LEFT JOIN
(
SELECT process_date, COUNT(*) batchCount
FROM T1.log_comments
) b
ON a.ProcessDate = b.process_date
ORDER BY a.ProcessDate ASC;