I want to take a column with values that repeat multiple times and get that value only once and store it for later use, but at the same time I would like to get another value in the same row as that distinct column.
A B C
32263 123456 44
32263 123456 45
32263 123456 46
32264 246802 44
32263 246802 45
32264 246802 46
32265 369258 44
32265 369258 45
32265 369258 46
A, B, C represent three columns. Ignore C for now.
My question is: How can I get this information in this table and store it for I can use it later in the script?
Here is what I tried:
use databaseName
select distinct A from tableName
order by A
The result is:
A
32263
32264
32265
I'm trying to get it to also give me B's value. (Note it does not matter at all which row I get since no matter what A I choose the value of B will be the same for given A.) We are ignoring C for now.
The result should be:
A B
32263 123456
32264 246802
32265 369258
Now, once I get it like that I want to insert a row using the values I got from the query. This is where C comes in. I want to do something like this:
use databaseName
insert into tableName (A, B, C)
values (32263, 123456, 47)
Of course I don't want to put the values directly inside of there, instead have some type of loop that will cycle through each of the 3 distinct A values I found.
In short, my table should go from:
A B C
32263 123456 44
32263 123456 45
32263 123456 46
32264 246802 44
32263 246802 45
32264 246802 46
32265 369258 44
32265 369258 45
32265 369258 46
To:
A B C
32263 123456 44
32263 123456 45
32263 123456 46
32263 123456 47 -
32264 246802 44
32263 246802 45
32264 246802 46
32264 246802 47 -
32265 369258 44
32265 369258 45
32265 369258 46
32265 369258 47 -
I placed dashes next to the newly added rows to help you see the changes.
I figure I should perhaps do some type of loop that will cycle through all three distinct A values, but my problem is how to do that?
Thanks for your time.