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decode problem

Asked by: deNZity

Hi I want to be able to do the following so I can use count and sum to find all who fit the criteria and all whether they fit the criteria or not.

WHERE Exists (decode(select * from Case_Details first
       where first.Case_ID <> second.Case_ID
       And first.NHI = second.NHI
       And second.Case_Start_Date - first.Case_End_Date Between 0 And 365),1,0)

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2007-07-08 at 16:20:41ID22682297
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Answers

 

by: rbrookerPosted on 2007-07-08 at 20:02:21ID: 19442654

can you post the entire sql please?

 

by: deNZityPosted on 2007-07-08 at 20:58:13ID: 19442880

Hi thanks for the reply,

SELECT second.Workunit, second.NHI, second.Case_Start_Date, second.Case_End_Date,second.case_ID
FROM Case_Details second
WHERE Exists ( select * from Case_Details first
       where first.Case_ID <> second.Case_ID
       And first.NHI = second.NHI
       And second.Case_Start_Date - first.Case_End_Date Between 0 And 365 )
AND second.Service_Subtype <> 'Inpatient Mental Health Services'
AND second.workunit =:PARAM3

 

by: jwahlPosted on 2007-07-09 at 00:31:58ID: 19443432

using this statement will retrieve only rows where EXISTS second.Case_Start_Date - first.Case_End_Date Between 0 And 365.

for all the other rows use NOT EXISTS.

if you want a column in your select representing this, you could use


SELECT SECOND.workunit
      ,SECOND.nhi
      ,SECOND.case_start_date
      ,SECOND.case_end_date
      ,SECOND.case_id
      ,CASE
           WHEN SECOND.case_start_date - FIRST.case_end_date BETWEEN 0 AND 365 THEN 1
           ELSE 0
       END
FROM   case_details SECOND
      ,case_details FIRST
WHERE  FIRST.case_id <> SECOND.case_id AND
       FIRST.nhi = SECOND.nhi AND
       SECOND.case_start_date - FIRST.case_end_date BETWEEN 0 AND 365 AND
       SECOND.service_subtype <> 'Inpatient Mental Health Services' AND
       SECOND.workunit = :param3;

disadvantage: if there are multiple rows in case_details FIRST, you'll get multiple results.

maybe a select with UNION?

SELECT SECOND.workunit
      ,SECOND.nhi
      ,SECOND.case_start_date
      ,SECOND.case_end_date
      ,SECOND.case_id
      , 1
FROM   case_details SECOND
WHERE  EXISTS (
           SELECT *
           FROM   case_details FIRST
           WHERE  FIRST.case_id <> SECOND.case_id AND
                  FIRST.nhi = SECOND.nhi AND
                  SECOND.case_start_date - FIRST.case_end_date BETWEEN 0 AND 365) AND
       SECOND.service_subtype <> 'Inpatient Mental Health Services' AND
       SECOND.workunit = :param3
UNION
SELECT SECOND.workunit
      ,SECOND.nhi
      ,SECOND.case_start_date
      ,SECOND.case_end_date
      ,SECOND.case_id
      , 0
FROM   case_details SECOND
WHERE  NOT EXISTS (
           SELECT *
           FROM   case_details FIRST
           WHERE  FIRST.case_id <> SECOND.case_id AND
                  FIRST.nhi = SECOND.nhi AND
                  SECOND.case_start_date - FIRST.case_end_date BETWEEN 0 AND 365) AND
       SECOND.service_subtype <> 'Inpatient Mental Health Services' AND
       SECOND.workunit = :param3

 

by: sujit_kumarPosted on 2007-07-09 at 10:28:21ID: 19447026

1st thing is, looks like you are treying to join the same table (Self-join). if thiss is the case, you may end up with a cartician join which you may not want. so there must be some criteria on basis of which you want to join first then compare.

I am assuming the criteria is, "first.NHI = second.NHI "

on this baisi the query should be,

select first.Case_ID, second.Case_ID, second.NHI,
(case when second.Case_Start_Date - first.Case_End_Date Between 0 And 365 then 1 else 0) criteria_result
from <TABLE> first, <TABLE> second
where first.Case_ID <> second.Case_ID
       And first.NHI = second.NHI;

If this is not the case, please provide the test data and output format that you want for your query.

 

by: sujit_kumarPosted on 2007-07-09 at 10:29:16ID: 19447034

sorry i forgot the END to the case statement, re-writing the query

select first.Case_ID, second.Case_ID, second.NHI,
(case when second.Case_Start_Date - first.Case_End_Date Between 0 And 365 then 1 else 0 end) criteria_result
from <TABLE> first, <TABLE> second
where first.Case_ID <> second.Case_ID
       And first.NHI = second.NHI;

 

by: deNZityPosted on 2007-07-09 at 16:10:06ID: 19449545

Thanks for the replies.

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