How can I format a Mailing Address so that I always push all non-null rows to the top? That is, I want to convert an address from the structure below to a mailing address.
Here is the structure:
[Line1] [varchar](50) NULL,
[Line2] [varchar](50) NULL,
[Line3] [varchar](50) NULL,
[City] [varchar](50) NULL,
[State] [varchar] (2) NULL,
[PostalCode] [varchar](50) NULL,
Here is some sample data:
Line1=
Line2=123 Some Address
Line3=
City=Royal Oak
State=MI
ZIP=45673-2312
Here is what the result should look like (4 distinct or separate fields should be returned):
MailAddress1=123 Some Address
MailAddress2=ROYAL OAK MI 45673-2312
MailAddress3=
MailAddress4=
I am using SQL Server 2005.
Someone wrote this logic in our company and it just seemed to complex (Note: this is not the whole SELECT statement):
,CASE
WHEN eai.Line1 IS NULL OR eai.Line1 = '' THEN
CASE
WHEN eai.Line2 IS NULL OR eai.Line2 = '' THEN
CASE
WHEN eai.Line3 IS NULL OR eai.Line3 = '' THEN ISNULL(LTRIM(RTRIM(eai.City)),'') + ' ' + ISNULL(LTRIM(RTRIM(eai.RegionCode)),'') + ' ' + ISNULL(LTRIM(RTRIM(eai.PostalCode)),'')
ELSE eai.Line3
END
ELSE eai.Line2
END
ELSE eai.Line1
END
,CASE
WHEN eai.Line1 IS NULL OR eai.Line1 = '' THEN
CASE
WHEN eai.Line3 IS NULL OR eai.Line3 = '' THEN ISNULL(LTRIM(RTRIM(eai.City)),'') + ' ' + ISNULL(LTRIM(RTRIM(eai.RegionCode)),'') + ' ' + ISNULL(LTRIM(RTRIM(eai.PostalCode)),'')
ELSE eai.Line3
END
ELSE
CASE
WHEN eai.Line2 IS NULL OR eai.Line2 = '' THEN
CASE
WHEN eai.Line3 IS NULL OR eai.Line3 = '' THEN ISNULL(LTRIM(RTRIM(eai.City)),'') + ' ' + ISNULL(LTRIM(RTRIM(eai.RegionCode)),'') + ' ' + ISNULL(LTRIM(RTRIM(eai.PostalCode)),'')
ELSE eai.Line3
END
ELSE eai.Line2
END
END
,CASE
WHEN eai.Line1 IS NULL OR eai.Line1 = '' THEN
CASE
WHEN eai.Line2 IS NULL OR eai.Line2 = '' THEN NULL
ELSE
CASE
WHEN eai.Line3 IS NULL OR eai.Line3 = '' THEN NULL
ELSE ISNULL(LTRIM(RTRIM(eai.City)),'') + ' ' + ISNULL(LTRIM(RTRIM(eai.RegionCode)),'') + ' ' + ISNULL(LTRIM(RTRIM(eai.PostalCode)),'')
END
END
ELSE
CASE
WHEN eai.Line2 IS NULL OR eai.Line2 = '' THEN
CASE
WHEN eai.Line3 IS NULL OR eai.Line3 = '' THEN NULL
ELSE ISNULL(LTRIM(RTRIM(eai.City)),'') + ' ' + ISNULL(LTRIM(RTRIM(eai.RegionCode)),'') + ' ' + ISNULL(LTRIM(RTRIM(eai.PostalCode)),'')
END
ELSE
CASE
WHEN eai.Line3 IS NULL OR eai.Line3 = '' THEN ISNULL(LTRIM(RTRIM(eai.City)),'') + ' ' + ISNULL(LTRIM(RTRIM(eai.RegionCode)),'') + ' ' + ISNULL(LTRIM(RTRIM(eai.PostalCode)),'')
ELSE eai.Line3
END
END
END
,CASE WHEN eai.Line2 IS NOT NULL AND eai.Line2 <> '' AND eai.Line3 IS NOT NULL AND eai.Line3 <> '' THEN eai.City + ' ' + eai.RegionCode + ' ' + eai.PostalCode ELSE NULL END
The way to do this is with an UNPIVOT. Here is the solution:
With AddrTable as (
Select AddrFld, MailAddr From (
Select Cast(ISNULL([Line1], '') as Varchar(102)) as [A1],
Cast(ISNULL([Line2], '') as Varchar(102)) as [A2],
Cast(ISNULL([Line3], '') as Varchar(102)) as [A3],
Cast(ISNULL(LTRIM(RTRIM(City)),'') + ' ' + ISNULL(LTRIM(RTRIM(RegionCode)),'') + ' ' + ISNULL(LTRIM(RTRIM(PostalCode)),'') as Varchar(102)) as A4
From TableName Where UniqueID=@UniqueID) p
Unpivot (MailAddr For AddrFld in ([A1], [A2], [A3], [A4])) as unpvt)
Select Row_Number() over (Order by (Case Len(MailAddr) When 0 then 1 else 0 end), AddrFld) as RN,
MailAddr From AddrTable
Order By RN
Here's the output:
Address1
Westby WI 55555
-empty line-
-empty line-
Note that I had to use "Varchar(102)" as the field length (unpivot requires that all fields be the same) because your City/Region/Postal can have up to 102 chars in total. Also, note that "@UniqueID" is the identifier for the record whose address you need. This returns four and always four rows containing the data you need for your address.
UPDATE: If you need to return this as a set of four columns rather than four rows, then just plop it into a view and then query the view with a Pivot. I've included the view here for completeness as I had to change the above just a bit when creating the view so the uniqueID field was included and no sort was done (the sort is now done in the query):
Create View AddressRows AS
With AddrTable as (
Select UniqueID, AddrFld, MailAddr From (
Select UniqueID,
Cast(ISNULL([Line1], '') as Varchar(102)) as [A1],
Cast(ISNULL([Line2], '') as Varchar(102)) as [A2],
Cast(ISNULL([Line3], '') as Varchar(102)) as [A3],
Cast(ISNULL(LTRIM(RTRIM(City)),'') + ' ' + ISNULL(LTRIM(RTRIM(RegionCode)),'') + ' ' + ISNULL(LTRIM(RTRIM(PostalCode)),'') as Varchar(102)) as A4
From TableName Where UniqueID=@UniqueID) p
Unpivot (MailAddr For AddrFld in ([A1], [A2], [A3], [A4])) as unpvt)
Select UniqueID,
Row_Number() over (Order by (Case Len(MailAddr) When 0 then 1 else 0 end), AddrFld) as RN,
MailAddr From AddrTable
And then, when you want to pull your matching "row" out, Pivot it back using this SQL (notice that I am querying again using UniqueID):
Select [Addr1], [Addr2], [Addr3], [Addr4] From (
Select Top 4 'Addr' + Cast(Row_Number() over (Order by RN) as Varchar(12)) as AddrCol, -- "Top 4" needed so we can sneak the "Order By" in
MailAddr
From AddressRows Where UniqueID=@UniqueID
) p PIVOT (Max([MailAddr]) for AddrCol in ([Addr1], [Addr2], [Addr3], [Addr4])
) as pvt
This returns:
Addr1 Addr2 Addr3 Addr4
-------------- ------------------ ------------- ------------------
Address1 Westby WI 54667
Here's a three-minutes-invested solution:
DECLARE @address TABLE (
[Line1] [varchar](50) NULL,
[Line2] [varchar](50) NULL,
[Line3] [varchar](50) NULL,
[City] [varchar](50) NULL,
[State] [varchar] (2) NULL,
[PostalCode] [varchar](50) NULL
)
INSERT INTO @address (
[Line1],
[Line2],
[Line3],
[City],
[State],
[PostalCode]
)
VALUES (
NULL,
'123 Some Address',
NULL,
'Royal Oak',
'MI',
'45673-2312'
)
SELECT * FROM @address
SELECT
ISNULL(Line1 + CHAR(13), '')
+ ISNULL(Line2 + CHAR(13), '')
+ ISNULL(Line3 + CHAR(13), '')
+ ISNULL(City + ' ', '')
+ ISNULL([State] + ' ', '')
+ ISNULL(PostalCode, '')
FROM @address
Result:
123 Some Address
Royal Oak MI 45673-2312
Fiddle with the control characters until you get the result you need.
SELECT
LTRIM(RTRIM(LINE1)) + LTRIM(RTRIM(LINE2)) + LTRIM(RTRIM(LINE3)) AS MailAddress1,
LTRIM(RTRIM(CITY)) + ' ' + LTRIM(RTRIM(STATE)) + ' ' + LTRIM(RTRIM(POSTALCODE)) AS MailAddress2
FROM MyTable