I have a very fat common table expression which includes row numbers so that I can return a paged result set. I also want to return the total number of records that match the query before I page the result set.
with recs as (select *, row_number() over (order by id) as rownum from ......)
select * from recs where rownum between @a and @b .... select count(*) from recs
Obviously my query above is patchy, but it's just for illustrating my point. I want a page of results AND the total number of matches. How do I do this without having to literally copy and paste the entire 20+ line CTE?
You can use commas to create multiple CTEs that references the CTEs Above.
Just to illustrate what I mean:
with recs as (
select
*,
row_number() over (order by id) as rownum from ......
),
counts as (
select count(*) as totalrows from recs
)
select recs.*,count.totalrows
from recs
cross apply counts
where rownum between @a and @b ....
This is not the a good solution.
The best solution I found to have the total count in a CTE without counting the records is described in this article.
DECLARE @startRow INT; SET @startrow = 50;
WITH cols
AS
(
SELECT table_name, column_name,
ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY table_name, column_name) AS seq,
ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY table_name DESC, column_name desc) AS totrows
FROM [INFORMATION_SCHEMA].columns
)
SELECT table_name, column_name, totrows + seq -1 as TotRows
FROM cols
WHERE seq BETWEEN @startRow AND @startRow + 49
ORDERBY seq
Don't think you can. From MSDN
A common table expression (CTE) can be
thought of as a temporary result set
that is defined within the execution
scope of a single SELECT, INSERT,
UPDATE, DELETE, or CREATE VIEW
statement.
Emphasis on "single SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, or CREATE VIEW statement."
This might be a situation where you want to use a Temporary Table.
CREATE TABLE #Recs
{
.....
}
INSERT INTO #Recs
select *, row_number() over (order by id) as rownum from ......
If you don't know the structure of the table before hand you can use this form to create a temporary table:
select *, row_number() over (order by id) as rownum INTO #Recs from ......
You will be able to use the Temporary table in the manner you have described above.
You could append a field that has the total rows in it, of course it will be on every row
select recs.*,totalrows = (select count(0) from recs)
from recs
This is the best:
;WITH recs AS
(SELECT a,b,c,
row_number() over (
ORDER BY id) AS RowNum,
row_number() over () AS RecordCount
FROM ......)
SELECT a,b,c,rownum,RecordCount FROM recs
WHERE rownum BETWEEN @a AND @b
This is how we deal with paging (without session management for now) in a production environment. Performs as expected.
DECLARE
@p_PageNumberRequested int = 1,
-- Provide -1 to retreive all pages with all the rows.
@p_RowsPerPage int = 25
;WITH Numbered AS (
SELECT
ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY YourOrdering) AbsoluteRowNumber
, COUNT(1) OVER () TotalRows
, YourColumns
FROM
YourTable
),
Paged AS (
SELECT
(AbsoluteRowNumber - 1) / @p_RowsPerPage + 1 PageNumber,
*
FROM
Numbered)
SELECT
ROW_NUMBER() OVER(PARTITION BY PageNumber ORDER BY AbsoluteRowNumber) RowNumberOnPage,
*
FROM
Paged
WHERE
PageNumber = @p_PageNumberRequested
OR
@p_PageNumberRequested = -1
ORDER BY
AbsoluteRowNumber