JOIN three tables and aggregate data from multiple rows for every DISTINCT row in separate column
i have a table where one item is mapped with multiple items.
Key 1 | Key 2
1 2
1 5
1 6
1 4
1 8
I have another table like this
Key 1 | ShortKey1Desc
1 'Desc short'
i have one more table where i have data like this
Key 1 | Description
1 'Desc a'
1 'Desc c'
1 'Desc aa'
1 'Desc tt'
i need to write a sql query for my view where table would be generated like this
Key 1 | AllKeys2ForKey1 | AllDescriptionsForKey1 | ShortKey1Desc
1 | 2;5;6;4;8 | Desc a; Desc c; Desc aa; Desc tt | Desc short
Key 1 is a string type field so i need to join them table using that string key
what i'm trying is to create a view for comfortable data access. need to create a query what will not take ages. i already tried to do it with Functions but it takes ages for load.
any help on this one would be highly appreciated. thanks a lot
Assuming that you are unable to change the data structures to make a more efficient query, this will work:
--Populate sample data
SELECT 1 as key1, 2 as key2 INTO #tbl1
UNION ALL SELECT 1, 5
UNION ALL SELECT 1, 6
UNION ALL SELECT 1, 4
UNION ALL SELECT 1, 8
SELECT 1 as key1, 'Desc short' as shortkeydesc INTO #tbl2
SELECT 1 as key1, 'Desc a' as [description] INTO #tbl3
UNION ALL SELECT 1, 'Desc c'
UNION ALL SELECT 1, 'Desc aa'
UNION ALL SELECT 1, 'Desc tt'
--Combine data into semi-colon separated lists
SELECT
key1
,STUFF(
(
SELECT
';' + CAST(t2.key2 AS VARCHAR(10))
FROM #tbl1 t2
WHERE t2.key1 = tbl1.key1
FOR XML PATH('')
), 1, 1, ''
)
,STUFF(
(
SELECT
';' + tbl2.shortkeydesc
FROM #tbl2 tbl2
WHERE tbl2.key1 = tbl1.key1
FOR XML PATH('')
), 1, 1, ''
)
,STUFF(
(
SELECT
';' + tbl3.[description]
FROM #tbl3 tbl3
WHERE tbl3.key1 = tbl1.key1
FOR XML PATH('')
), 1, 1, ''
)
FROM #tbl1 tbl1
GROUP BY tbl1.key1
to convert rows into one single result you will need to save values in a variable, below is sample code just to give you an idea
Declare @AllKeys2ForKey1 varchar(50)
set @AllKeys2ForKey1 = ''
SELECT @AllKeys2ForKey1 = @AllKeys2ForKey1 + cast([Key 2] as varchar(3)) + ','
FROM [AllKeys2ForKey1Table] where [KEY 1] = 1
Declare @AllDescriptionsForKey1 varchar(100)
set @AllDescriptionsForKey1 = ''
SELECT @AllKeys2ForKey1 = @AllKeys2ForKey1 + [Description] + ','
FROM [AllDescriptionsForKey1Table] where [KEY 1] = 1
Declare @ShortKey1Desc varchar(100)
set @ShortKey1Desc = ''
SELECT @ShortKey1Desc = @ShortKey1Desc + [ShortKey1Desc] + ','
FROM [ShortKey1DescTable] where [KEY 1] = 1
Select [KEY 1],
substring(@AllKeys2ForKey1,1,len(@AllKeys2ForKey1) - 1) as 'AllKeys2ForKey1 ',
substring(@AllDescriptionsForKey1,1,len(@AllDescriptionsForKey1) - 1) as 'AllDescriptionsForKey1',
substring(@ShortKey1Desc,1,len(@ShortKey1Desc) - 1) as 'ShortKey1Desc'
from Table where [KEY 1]= 1
You Must Write CLR Aggregate Function for Solving This Question.
for write CLR Aggregate Function :
1: Run Microsoft Visual Stadio
2: Create New Project
3: then Select Data Project
4: CLR Aggregate Function
After Create Your Aggregate Function Create Your Query Such as Below
Select A.Key1, OwnAggregateFn(B.Description), OwnAggregateFn(C.Key2), ...
From A
inner join B ON B.Key1 = A.Key1
inner join C ON C.Key1 = A.Key1
...
Group By A.Key1