structure columns in query

metropia used Ask the Experts™

on 2012-12-27

I have a query that uses a union to get the results that I need, but I am having problems understanding how I need to change my query to be able to format the same results in a more readable manner. I am ending with a larger number of columns that I actually need.

The query is simple, I think the complexity comes in how it needs to be structured. May be I need to use CASE statements? I am not sure but any help would be appreciated.

My query:

SELECT 
	sl.No_ [ItemNumber]	
,   sl.Description
,   sl.[Document No_] [SalesOrderNumber]
,   sl.[Location Code] [LocationCode]
,   sl.[Shipment Date] [ShipmentDate]
,   sl.[Sell-to Customer No_] [CustomerNumber]
,   sl.Quantity [OrderQty]
,   cus.Name [CustomerName]
,   0  [FirmedPlannedQty]
,   '' [FirmedPlannedDueDate]
,   '' [FirmedPlannedNumber]
,   '' [FirmedPlannedLocation]
FROM
	dbo.[CQC$Sales Line] sl INNER JOIN
    dbo.[CQC$Customer] cus ON cus.No_ = sl.[Sell-to Customer No_]
WHERE
    sl.No_ = '10568'
AND
    sl.[Document Type] IN ('1')
AND
    sl.Quantity = sl.[Outstanding Quantity]
UNION
SELECT 
	'' [ItemNumber]	
,   '' [Description]
,   '' [SalesOrderNumber]
,   '' [LocationCode]
,   '' [ShipmentDate]
,   '' [CustomerNumber]
,   0  [OrderQty]
,   '' [CustomerName]
,	pol.Quantity [FirmedPlannedQty]
,   pol.[Due Date] [FirmedPlannedDueDate]
,   pol.[Prod_ Order No_] [FirmedPlannedNumber]
,   pol.[Location Code] [FirmedPlannedLocation]
FROM 
	dbo.[CQC$Prod_ Order Line] pol
WHERE	
	[Item No_] = '10568'	
AND 
	Status = 2
AND 
	[Variant Code] <> 'R'
ORDER BY 
	ShipmentDate asc
,	FirmedPlannedDueDate asc

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the results:

current results of my query

how I need it to be (mock up with excel):

mock up with excel

Thank you very much for your help.

If more details need to be added, please let me know.

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Omar_El_Sergany

Commented: 2012-12-27

Don't know if that what you need or not but you can give it a try

SELECT 
	sl.No_ [ItemNumber]	
,   sl.Description
,   sl.[Document No_] [Document No]
,   sl.[Location Code] [Location]
,   '' [DueDate]
,   sl.[Shipment Date] [ShipmentDate]
,   sl.[Sell-to Customer No_] [CustomerNumber]
,   cus.Name [CustomerName]
,   sl.Quantity [Quantity]



FROM
	dbo.[CQC$Sales Line] sl INNER JOIN
    dbo.[CQC$Customer] cus ON cus.No_ = sl.[Sell-to Customer No_]
WHERE
    sl.No_ = '10568'
AND
    sl.[Document Type] IN ('1')
AND
    sl.Quantity = sl.[Outstanding Quantity]
UNION
SELECT 
	'' [ItemNumber]	
,   '' [Description]
,   pol.[Prod_ Order No_] [Document No]
,   pol.[Location Code] [Location]
,   pol.[Due Date] [DueDate]
,   '' [ShipmentDate]
,   '' [CustomerNumber]
,   '' [CustomerName]
,	pol.Quantity [Quantity]


FROM 
	dbo.[CQC$Prod_ Order Line] pol
WHERE	
	[Item No_] = '10568'	
AND 
	Status = 2
AND 
	[Variant Code] <> 'R'
ORDER BY 
	ShipmentDate asc
,	FirmedPlannedDueDate asc

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metropia

Author

Commented: 2012-12-27

do you think this change will that give me the output sort of what the last screen shot looks like?

Omar_El_Sergany

Commented: 2012-12-27

if you attach SQL script to create the tables with data I can help you to get closer to what you want

RehanYousaf

Commented: 2012-12-28

It is better to use crystal reports or ssrs for such layouts but if you only want to to use sql for the job then one of the solutions is as follows

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DECLARE @SalesLine TABLE (
	 [ItemNumber]	VARCHAR(50)
	,[Description]	VARCHAR(50)
	,[SalesOrderNumber]	VARCHAR(50)
	,[LocationCode]	VARCHAR(50)
	,[ShipmentDate]	DATETIME
	,[CustomerNumber]	VARCHAR(50)
	,[OrderQty]	VARCHAR(50)
)
INSERT INTO @SalesLine VALUES ('10568','Wilton Cocoa','S10603','90','2012-05-01','10090','42000')
INSERT INTO @SalesLine VALUES ('10568','Wilton Cocoa','S10604','90','2012-05-04','10090','12000')
INSERT INTO @SalesLine VALUES ('10568','Wilton Cocoa','S10605','90','2012-05-04','10090','6000')
INSERT INTO @SalesLine VALUES ('10568','Wilton Cocoa','S10619','90','2012-05-04','10090','32000')
INSERT INTO @SalesLine VALUES ('10568','Wilton Cocoa','S10767','20','2012-05-08','10537','24000')
INSERT INTO @SalesLine VALUES ('10568','Wilton Cocoa','S10722','90','2012-06-01','10090','18000')

DECLARE @Customer TABLE (
	 [CustomerNumber]	VARCHAR(50)
	,[CustomerName]	VARCHAR(50)
)
INSERT INTO @Customer VALUES ('10090', 'Cano Packaging Corporation')
INSERT INTO @Customer VALUES ('10537', 'Create A Pack Foods')

DECLARE @Product TABLE (
	 [ItemNumber]	VARCHAR(50)
	,[Description]	VARCHAR(50)
)
INSERT INTO @Product VALUES ('10568','Wilton Cocoa')
INSERT INTO @Product VALUES ('10569','Pepsi Max')

DECLARE @OrderLine TABLE (
	 [ItemNumber]	VARCHAR(50)
	,[FirmedPlannedQty]	VARCHAR(50)
	,[FirmedPlannedDueDate]	DATETIME
	,[FirmedPlannedNumber]	VARCHAR(50)
	,[FirmedPlannedLocation]	VARCHAR(50)
)
INSERT INTO @OrderLine VALUES ('10568','49000','2012-05-06','FP15309','20')
INSERT INTO @OrderLine VALUES ('10568','49000','2012-05-08','FP15311','20')
INSERT INTO @OrderLine VALUES ('10568','49000','2012-05-09','FP15313','20')
INSERT INTO @OrderLine VALUES ('10568','49000','2012-05-22','FP15337','20')
INSERT INTO @OrderLine VALUES ('10568','49000','2012-05-22','FP15339','20')
INSERT INTO @OrderLine VALUES ('10568','49000','2012-05-22','FP15341','20')

--SELECT * FROM @SalesLine
--SELECT * FROM @Customer
--SELECT * FROM @OrderLine

DECLARE @Result TABLE (
	 [Item]	VARCHAR(50)
	,[Description]	VARCHAR(50)
	,[DOCUMENT No.]	VARCHAR(50)
	,[Location] VARCHAR(50)
	,[Due DATE]	VARCHAR(50)
	,[Ship DATE]	VARCHAR(50)
	,[Sell-TO]	VARCHAR(50)
	,[Customer]	VARCHAR(50)
	,[Quantity]	VARCHAR(50)
	,[SortDate] DATETIME
)
DECLARE @ItemNumber VARCHAR(50)

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SET @ItemNumber = '10568'

INSERT INTO
	@Result
SELECT
	 ItemNumber
	,Description
	,''
	,''
	,''
	,''
	,''
	,''
	,''
	,''
FROM
	@Product
WHERE
	ItemNumber = @ItemNumber

;WITH cteResult 
AS 
(
	(
		SELECT 
			 '' AS ItemNumber
			,'' AS Description
			,FirmedPlannedNumber
			,FirmedPlannedLocation
			,CONVERT(VARCHAR,FirmedPlannedDueDate,103) AS DueDate
			,'' AS ShipDate
			,'' AS SellTo
			,'' AS Customer
			,FirmedPlannedQty
			,FirmedPlannedDueDate
		FROM
			@OrderLine
		WHERE
			ItemNumber = @ItemNumber
	)
	UNION
	(
	SELECT 
		 ''
		,''
		,SalesOrderNumber
		,LocationCode
		,''
		,CONVERT(VARCHAR,ShipmentDate,103)
		,c.CustomerNumber
		,CustomerName
		,OrderQty
		,ShipmentDate
	FROM
		@SalesLine s
		INNER JOIN @Customer c ON s.CustomerNumber = c.CustomerNumber
	WHERE
		ItemNumber = @ItemNumber
	)	
)
INSERT INTO 
	@Result
SELECT 
	*
FROM 
	cteResult

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------		
SELECT 
	 Item
	,Description
	,[Document No.]
	,Location
	,[Due Date]
	,[Ship Date]
	,[Sell-TO]
	,Customer
	,Quantity
FROM
	@Result
ORDER BY 
	SortDate

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metropia

Author

Commented: 2012-12-28

@RehanYousaf

I have a question regarding your code example. I see that you use a variable for ItemNumber. What if I don't need to specify an Item Number? What if I need to retrieve all Items? Should I just remove the variable and the WHERE clasues?

Thank you for your example, it is awesome.

RehanYousaf

Commented: 2012-12-30

Nope, removing where clause will have different effect, what you need to do is use while loop with the two inserts

I will paste the solution soon

RehanYousaf

Commented: 2012-12-30

try the following script for all items

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DECLARE @SalesLine TABLE (
	 [ItemNumber]	VARCHAR(50)
	,[Description]	VARCHAR(50)
	,[SalesOrderNumber]	VARCHAR(50)
	,[LocationCode]	VARCHAR(50)
	,[ShipmentDate]	DATETIME
	,[CustomerNumber]	VARCHAR(50)
	,[OrderQty]	VARCHAR(50)
)
INSERT INTO @SalesLine VALUES ('10568','Wilton Cocoa','S10603','90','2012-05-01','10090','42000')
INSERT INTO @SalesLine VALUES ('10568','Wilton Cocoa','S10604','90','2012-05-04','10090','12000')
INSERT INTO @SalesLine VALUES ('10568','Wilton Cocoa','S10605','90','2012-05-04','10090','6000')
INSERT INTO @SalesLine VALUES ('10568','Wilton Cocoa','S10619','90','2012-05-04','10090','32000')
INSERT INTO @SalesLine VALUES ('10568','Wilton Cocoa','S10767','20','2012-05-08','10537','24000')
INSERT INTO @SalesLine VALUES ('10568','Wilton Cocoa','S10722','90','2012-06-01','10090','18000')

INSERT INTO @SalesLine VALUES ('10569','Wilton Cocoa','S10603','90','2012-05-01','10090','42000')
INSERT INTO @SalesLine VALUES ('10569','Wilton Cocoa','S10604','90','2012-05-04','10090','12000')

DECLARE @Customer TABLE (
	 [CustomerNumber]	VARCHAR(50)
	,[CustomerName]	VARCHAR(50)
)
INSERT INTO @Customer VALUES ('10090', 'Cano Packaging Corporation')
INSERT INTO @Customer VALUES ('10537', 'Create A Pack Foods')

DECLARE @Product TABLE (
	 [ItemNumber]	VARCHAR(50)
	,[Description]	VARCHAR(50)
)
INSERT INTO @Product VALUES ('10568','Wilton Cocoa')
INSERT INTO @Product VALUES ('10569','Pepsi Max')

DECLARE @OrderLine TABLE (
	 [ItemNumber]	VARCHAR(50)
	,[FirmedPlannedQty]	VARCHAR(50)
	,[FirmedPlannedDueDate]	DATETIME
	,[FirmedPlannedNumber]	VARCHAR(50)
	,[FirmedPlannedLocation]	VARCHAR(50)
)
INSERT INTO @OrderLine VALUES ('10568','49000','2012-05-06','FP15309','20')
INSERT INTO @OrderLine VALUES ('10568','49000','2012-05-08','FP15311','20')
INSERT INTO @OrderLine VALUES ('10568','49000','2012-05-09','FP15313','20')
INSERT INTO @OrderLine VALUES ('10568','49000','2012-05-22','FP15337','20')
INSERT INTO @OrderLine VALUES ('10568','49000','2012-05-22','FP15339','20')
INSERT INTO @OrderLine VALUES ('10568','49000','2012-05-22','FP15341','20')

INSERT INTO @OrderLine VALUES ('10569','49000','2012-04-08','FP15311','20')
INSERT INTO @OrderLine VALUES ('10569','49000','2012-05-09','FP15313','20')

--SELECT * FROM @SalesLine
--SELECT * FROM @Customer
--SELECT * FROM @OrderLine

DECLARE @Result TABLE (
	 [Item]	VARCHAR(50)
	,[Description]	VARCHAR(50)
	,[DOCUMENT No.]	VARCHAR(50)
	,[Location] VARCHAR(50)
	,[Due DATE]	VARCHAR(50)
	,[Ship DATE]	VARCHAR(50)
	,[Sell-TO]	VARCHAR(50)
	,[Customer]	VARCHAR(50)
	,[Quantity]	VARCHAR(50)
	,[SortDate] DATETIME
)
DECLARE @ItemNumber VARCHAR(50)
DECLARE @x INT
DECLARE @y INT

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SELECT 
	*,
	ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY ItemNumber) AS 'RowNo'
INTO
	#Product
FROM
	@Product
	
--SELECT *
--FROM #Product	

SET @x = 1
SELECT 
	@y = COUNT(*)
FROM
	@Product

WHILE @x <= @y
BEGIN
	SELECT 
		@ItemNumber = ItemNumber
	FROM	
		#Product
	WHERE
		RowNo = @x
		
	INSERT INTO
		@Result
	SELECT
		 ItemNumber
		,Description
		,''
		,''
		,''
		,''
		,''
		,''
		,''
		,''
	FROM
		@Product
	WHERE
		ItemNumber = @ItemNumber

	;WITH cteResult 
	AS 
	(
		(
			SELECT 
				 '' AS ItemNumber
				,'' AS Description
				,FirmedPlannedNumber
				,FirmedPlannedLocation
				,CONVERT(VARCHAR,FirmedPlannedDueDate,103) AS DueDate
				,'' AS ShipDate
				,'' AS SellTo
				,'' AS Customer
				,FirmedPlannedQty
				,FirmedPlannedDueDate AS 'SortDate'
			FROM
				@OrderLine
			WHERE
				ItemNumber = @ItemNumber
		)
		UNION
		(
		SELECT 
			 ''
			,''
			,SalesOrderNumber
			,LocationCode
			,''
			,CONVERT(VARCHAR,ShipmentDate,103)
			,c.CustomerNumber
			,CustomerName
			,OrderQty
			,ShipmentDate
		FROM
			@SalesLine s
			INNER JOIN @Customer c ON s.CustomerNumber = c.CustomerNumber
		WHERE
			ItemNumber = @ItemNumber
		)	
	)
	INSERT INTO 
		@Result
	SELECT 
		*
	FROM 
		cteResult
	ORDER BY
		SortDate
		
	SET @x = @x + 1
END

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------		
SELECT 
	 Item
	,Description
	,[DOCUMENT No.]
	,Location
	,[Due DATE]
	,[Ship DATE]
	,[Sell-TO]
	,Customer
	,Quantity
FROM
	@Result

	
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------			
DROP TABLE #Product

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metropia

Author

Commented: 2013-01-02

@RehanYousaf, thank you again for your help. Your query results are impeccable.

I would like to understand something. I noticed that due to the need for data for you to show me how the query works, you are using hard coded values and the multipe INSERT statements.

How would the query change, in which places, to make it data driven instead that using hard coded values? Do I just remove the INSERT statements and replace them with the SELECT statements from my original query posted at the top of this question?

I am not sure how to make this change, if you could offer some guidance, that would be kind.

Thank you very much.

RehanYousaf

Commented: 2013-01-03

Hi,

I had to create variable tables and insert data into them so that I can write the script

Variable table syntax is like: DECLARE @SalesLine TABLE

and then I used the follwoing script to insert data into variable table: INSERT INTO @SalesLine VALUES

What you have to do is replace variable table with your own and replace columns with your own

			SELECT 
				 '' AS ItemNumber
				,'' AS Description
				,FirmedPlannedNumber
				,FirmedPlannedLocation
				,CONVERT(VARCHAR,FirmedPlannedDueDate,103) AS DueDate
				,'' AS ShipDate
				,'' AS SellTo
				,'' AS Customer
				,FirmedPlannedQty
				,FirmedPlannedDueDate AS 'SortDate'
			FROM
				@OrderLine
			WHERE
				ItemNumber = @ItemNumber

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For instance in the above mentioned script you will replace @OrderLine with your tablename and the related columns with your own

P.S. @Result and #Product are extra tables to process data

metropia

Author

Commented: 2013-01-04

Hi again RehanYousaf,

Sorry I have been busy with other tasks and just today I am able to get back to this work.
While removing some of your code and starting to use my actual views, I came up to this question, what abou parts such as:

SELECT 
	*,
	ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY ItemNumber) AS 'RowNo'
INTO
	#Product
FROM
	@Product
	
SET @x = 1
SELECT 
	@y = COUNT(*)
FROM
	@Product

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Do I still need these parts?

metropia

Author

Commented: 2013-01-04

@RehanYousaf,

I think I was somehow able to modify the script you wrote. Unfortunately I am still struggling to make it work.

When an Item Number is contained in multiple orders, lets say 5 orders (numbers prefixed SB), I get duplicate results, based on the number of orders, in the screen shot example, this is five times.

Do you know any recommendation on how to work this issue out? And, how would I be able to avoid displaying dates that are zeroes and interpreted by SQL server as 1900-01-01 00:00:00.000?

I have attached the revised query and a screen shot of the results after the modifications.

duplicate results

Thank you very much for your help and patience.
invplan-formatted-using-dinamyc-.sql

RehanYousaf

Commented: 2013-01-07

Hi Metropia,

Do you have a seperate table where you store all item details?

RehanYousaf

Commented: 2013-01-07

Try the following script

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DECLARE @Result TABLE 
(
	[Item]	VARCHAR(20)
,	[Description]	VARCHAR(50)
,	[DocumentNo]	VARCHAR(20)
,	[Location] VARCHAR(10)
,	[DueDate]	DATETIME
,	[ShipDate]	DATETIME
,	[SellTo]	VARCHAR(20)
,	[Customer]	VARCHAR(50)
,	[Quantity]	VARCHAR(50)
,	[SortDate] DATETIME
)
DECLARE @ItemNumber VARCHAR(20)
DECLARE @x INT
DECLARE @y INT

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--	@SalesLine				=	[nav].[vStd_SalesLineWithCustomerName]
--	@FirmPlannedProdOrders	=	[nav].[vStd_FirmPlannedProductionOrders]

SELECT DISTINCT
	 [ItemNumber]
	,[Description]
	,ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY ItemNumber) AS 'RowNo'
INTO
	#SalesLineItem
FROM
	[nav].[vStd_SalesLineWithCustomerName]
	
SET @x = 1
SELECT 
	@y = COUNT(*)
FROM
	[nav].[vStd_SalesLineWithCustomerName]

WHILE @x <= @y
BEGIN
	SELECT 
		@ItemNumber = ItemNumber
	FROM	
		#SalesLineItem
	WHERE
		RowNo = @x
		
	INSERT INTO
		@Result
	SELECT
		ItemNumber
	,	[Description]
	,	''
	,	''
	,	''
	,	''
	,	''
	,	''
	,	''
	,	''
	FROM
		[nav].[vStd_SalesLineWithCustomerName]
	WHERE
		ItemNumber = @ItemNumber

	;WITH cteResult 
	AS 
	(
		(
		SELECT 
			'' AS ItemNumber
		,	'' AS [Description]
		,	[FirmPlannedNumber]
		,	[FirmPlannedLocation]
		,	[FirmPlannedDueDate] AS [DueDate]
		,	'' AS [ShipDate]
		,	'' AS [SellTo]
		,	'' AS [Customer]
		,	[FirmPlannedQty]
		,	[FirmPlannedDueDate] AS [SortDate]
		FROM
			[nav].[vStd_FirmPlannedProductionOrders]
		WHERE
			ItemNumber = @ItemNumber
		)
		UNION
		(
		SELECT 
			''
		,	''
		,	SalesOrderNumber
		,	LocationCode
		,	''
		,	[ShipmentDate]
		,	CustomerNumber
		,	CustomerName
		,	OrderQty
		,	ShipmentDate
		FROM
			[nav].[vStd_SalesLineWithCustomerName]
		WHERE
			ItemNumber = @ItemNumber
		)	
	)
	INSERT INTO 
		@Result
	SELECT 
		*
	FROM 
		cteResult
	ORDER BY
		SortDate
		
	SET @x = @x + 1
END
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------		
SELECT 
	[Item]
,	[Description]
,	[DocumentNo]
,	[Location]
,	[DueDate]
,	[ShipDate]
,	[SellTo]
,	[Customer]
,	[Quantity]
FROM
	@Result	
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------			
DROP TABLE #SalesLineItem

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metropia

Author

Commented: 2013-01-07

Hi,

The Item details come from the view [nav].[vStd_SalesLineWithCustomerName]

I tried your new script but I see the same results

10202	DARK CHOC LIQUID CHIP BULK			1900-01-01 00:00:00.000	1900-01-01 00:00:00.000			
10202	DARK CHOC LIQUID CHIP BULK			1900-01-01 00:00:00.000	1900-01-01 00:00:00.000			
10202	DARK CHOC LIQUID CHIP BULK			1900-01-01 00:00:00.000	1900-01-01 00:00:00.000			
10202	DARK CHOC LIQUID CHIP BULK			1900-01-01 00:00:00.000	1900-01-01 00:00:00.000			
		S10828	20	1900-01-01 00:00:00.000	2012-05-02 00:00:00.000	10316	PECAN DELUXE-BULK 	45000.00000000000000000000
		FP15201	20	2012-05-04 00:00:00.000	1900-01-01 00:00:00.000			45000.00000000000000000000
		S10829	20	1900-01-01 00:00:00.000	2012-05-09 00:00:00.000	10316	PECAN DELUXE-BULK 	45000.00000000000000000000
		FP15202	20	2012-05-11 00:00:00.000	1900-01-01 00:00:00.000			45000.00000000000000000000
		S10830	20	1900-01-01 00:00:00.000	2012-05-16 00:00:00.000	10316	PECAN DELUXE-BULK 	45000.00000000000000000000
		FP15203	20	2012-05-18 00:00:00.000	1900-01-01 00:00:00.000			45000.00000000000000000000
		S10831	20	1900-01-01 00:00:00.000	2012-05-23 00:00:00.000	10316	PECAN DELUXE-BULK 	45000.00000000000000000000
10202	DARK CHOC LIQUID CHIP BULK			1900-01-01 00:00:00.000	1900-01-01 00:00:00.000			
10202	DARK CHOC LIQUID CHIP BULK			1900-01-01 00:00:00.000	1900-01-01 00:00:00.000			
10202	DARK CHOC LIQUID CHIP BULK			1900-01-01 00:00:00.000	1900-01-01 00:00:00.000			
10202	DARK CHOC LIQUID CHIP BULK			1900-01-01 00:00:00.000	1900-01-01 00:00:00.000			
		S10828	20	1900-01-01 00:00:00.000	2012-05-02 00:00:00.000	10316	PECAN DELUXE-BULK 	45000.00000000000000000000
		FP15201	20	2012-05-04 00:00:00.000	1900-01-01 00:00:00.000			45000.00000000000000000000
		S10829	20	1900-01-01 00:00:00.000	2012-05-09 00:00:00.000	10316	PECAN DELUXE-BULK 	45000.00000000000000000000
		FP15202	20	2012-05-11 00:00:00.000	1900-01-01 00:00:00.000			45000.00000000000000000000
		S10830	20	1900-01-01 00:00:00.000	2012-05-16 00:00:00.000	10316	PECAN DELUXE-BULK 	45000.00000000000000000000
		FP15203	20	2012-05-18 00:00:00.000	1900-01-01 00:00:00.000			45000.00000000000000000000
		S10831	20	1900-01-01 00:00:00.000	2012-05-23 00:00:00.000	10316	PECAN DELUXE-BULK 	45000.00000000000000000000
10202	DARK CHOC LIQUID CHIP BULK			1900-01-01 00:00:00.000	1900-01-01 00:00:00.000			
10202	DARK CHOC LIQUID CHIP BULK			1900-01-01 00:00:00.000	1900-01-01 00:00:00.000			
10202	DARK CHOC LIQUID CHIP BULK			1900-01-01 00:00:00.000	1900-01-01 00:00:00.000			
10202	DARK CHOC LIQUID CHIP BULK			1900-01-01 00:00:00.000	1900-01-01 00:00:00.000			
		S10828	20	1900-01-01 00:00:00.000	2012-05-02 00:00:00.000	10316	PECAN DELUXE-BULK 	45000.00000000000000000000
		FP15201	20	2012-05-04 00:00:00.000	1900-01-01 00:00:00.000			45000.00000000000000000000
		S10829	20	1900-01-01 00:00:00.000	2012-05-09 00:00:00.000	10316	PECAN DELUXE-BULK 	45000.00000000000000000000
		FP15202	20	2012-05-11 00:00:00.000	1900-01-01 00:00:00.000			45000.00000000000000000000
		S10830	20	1900-01-01 00:00:00.000	2012-05-16 00:00:00.000	10316	PECAN DELUXE-BULK 	45000.00000000000000000000
		FP15203	20	2012-05-18 00:00:00.000	1900-01-01 00:00:00.000			45000.00000000000000000000
		S10831	20	1900-01-01 00:00:00.000	2012-05-23 00:00:00.000	10316	PECAN DELUXE-BULK 	45000.00000000000000000000
10202	DARK CHOC LIQUID CHIP BULK			1900-01-01 00:00:00.000	1900-01-01 00:00:00.000			
10202	DARK CHOC LIQUID CHIP BULK			1900-01-01 00:00:00.000	1900-01-01 00:00:00.000			
10202	DARK CHOC LIQUID CHIP BULK			1900-01-01 00:00:00.000	1900-01-01 00:00:00.000			
10202	DARK CHOC LIQUID CHIP BULK			1900-01-01 00:00:00.000	1900-01-01 00:00:00.000			
		S10828	20	1900-01-01 00:00:00.000	2012-05-02 00:00:00.000	10316	PECAN DELUXE-BULK 	45000.00000000000000000000
		FP15201	20	2012-05-04 00:00:00.000	1900-01-01 00:00:00.000			45000.00000000000000000000
		S10829	20	1900-01-01 00:00:00.000	2012-05-09 00:00:00.000	10316	PECAN DELUXE-BULK 	45000.00000000000000000000
		FP15202	20	2012-05-11 00:00:00.000	1900-01-01 00:00:00.000			45000.00000000000000000000
		S10830	20	1900-01-01 00:00:00.000	2012-05-16 00:00:00.000	10316	PECAN DELUXE-BULK 	45000.00000000000000000000
		FP15203	20	2012-05-18 00:00:00.000	1900-01-01 00:00:00.000			45000.00000000000000000000
		S10831	20	1900-01-01 00:00:00.000	2012-05-23 00:00:00.000	10316	PECAN DELUXE-BULK 	45000.00000000000000000000

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The correct results should show ideally the same way you showed me with the hard coded values, like (the spaces in between each column due to my poor text editing):

10202	DARK CHOC LIQUID CHIP BULK			
		S10828	20			2012-05-02 00:00:00.000	10316	PECAN DELUXE-BULK 	45000.00000000000000000000
		FP15201	20	2012-05-04 00:00:00.000					45000.00000000000000000000
		S10829	20	2012-05-09 00:00:00.000	10316	PECAN DELUXE-BULK 	45000.00000000000000000000
		FP15202	20	2012-05-11 00:00:00.000					45000.00000000000000000000
		S10830	20	2012-05-16 00:00:00.000	10316	PECAN DELUXE-BULK 	45000.00000000000000000000
		FP15203	20	2012-05-18 00:00:00.000					45000.00000000000000000000
		S10831	20	2012-05-23 00:00:00.000	10316	PECAN DELUXE-BULK 	45000.00000000000000000000

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Thank you much for your help.

RehanYousaf

Commented: 2013-01-07

My apologies ... forgot to replace first table .. try the script now

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DECLARE @Result TABLE 
(
	[Item]	VARCHAR(20)
,	[Description]	VARCHAR(50)
,	[DocumentNo]	VARCHAR(20)
,	[Location] VARCHAR(10)
,	[DueDate]	DATETIME
,	[ShipDate]	DATETIME
,	[SellTo]	VARCHAR(20)
,	[Customer]	VARCHAR(50)
,	[Quantity]	VARCHAR(50)
,	[SortDate] DATETIME
)
DECLARE @ItemNumber VARCHAR(20)
DECLARE @x INT
DECLARE @y INT

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--	@SalesLine				=	[nav].[vStd_SalesLineWithCustomerName]
--	@FirmPlannedProdOrders	=	[nav].[vStd_FirmPlannedProductionOrders]

SELECT DISTINCT
	 [ItemNumber]
	,[Description]
	,ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY ItemNumber) AS 'RowNo'
INTO
	#SalesLineItem
FROM
	[nav].[vStd_SalesLineWithCustomerName]
	
SET @x = 1
SELECT 
	@y = COUNT(*)
FROM
	[nav].[vStd_SalesLineWithCustomerName]

WHILE @x <= @y
BEGIN
	SELECT 
		@ItemNumber = ItemNumber
	FROM	
		#SalesLineItem
	WHERE
		RowNo = @x
		
	INSERT INTO
		@Result
	SELECT
		ItemNumber
	,	[Description]
	,	''
	,	''
	,	''
	,	''
	,	''
	,	''
	,	''
	,	''
	FROM
		#SalesLineItem
	WHERE
		ItemNumber = @ItemNumber

	;WITH cteResult 
	AS 
	(
		(
		SELECT 
			'' AS ItemNumber
		,	'' AS [Description]
		,	[FirmPlannedNumber]
		,	[FirmPlannedLocation]
		,	[FirmPlannedDueDate] AS [DueDate]
		,	'' AS [ShipDate]
		,	'' AS [SellTo]
		,	'' AS [Customer]
		,	[FirmPlannedQty]
		,	[FirmPlannedDueDate] AS [SortDate]
		FROM
			[nav].[vStd_FirmPlannedProductionOrders]
		WHERE
			ItemNumber = @ItemNumber
		)
		UNION
		(
		SELECT 
			''
		,	''
		,	SalesOrderNumber
		,	LocationCode
		,	''
		,	[ShipmentDate]
		,	CustomerNumber
		,	CustomerName
		,	OrderQty
		,	ShipmentDate
		FROM
			[nav].[vStd_SalesLineWithCustomerName]
		WHERE
			ItemNumber = @ItemNumber
		)	
	)
	INSERT INTO 
		@Result
	SELECT 
		*
	FROM 
		cteResult
	ORDER BY
		SortDate
		
	SET @x = @x + 1
END
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------		
SELECT 
	[Item]
,	[Description]
,	[DocumentNo]
,	[Location]
,	[DueDate]
,	[ShipDate]
,	[SellTo]
,	[Customer]
,	[Quantity]
FROM
	@Result	
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------			
DROP TABLE #SalesLineItem

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P.S. Keep all the columns as string, text or varchar and you will get blanks rather than 1900-01-01 00:00:00.000

metropia

Author

Commented: 2013-01-07

I am not sure what I am doing wrong, but I see no changes after the second time you posted the latest script.

here is another item to illustrate the point:

item 10264 contains two order numbers (order numbers are the ones that start with SB)
and the same results is shown two times, as per each order that there is. That is my assumption.

how can i make sure to display blanks instead that the 1900-01-01 00:00:00.000 date?
I am not sure how to do this.

latest result

RehanYousaf

Commented: 2013-01-07

Replace

DECLARE @Result TABLE 
(
	[Item]	VARCHAR(20)
,	[Description]	VARCHAR(50)
,	[DocumentNo]	VARCHAR(20)
,	[Location] VARCHAR(10)
,	[DueDate]	DATETIME
,	[ShipDate]	DATETIME
,	[SellTo]	VARCHAR(20)
,	[Customer]	VARCHAR(50)
,	[Quantity]	VARCHAR(50)
,	[SortDate] DATETIME
)

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with

DECLARE @Result TABLE 
(
	[Item]	VARCHAR(20)
,	[Description]	VARCHAR(50)
,	[DocumentNo]	VARCHAR(20)
,	[Location]	VARCHAR(10)
,	[DueDate]	VARCHAR(20)
,	[ShipDate]	VARCHAR(20)
,	[SellTo]	VARCHAR(20)
,	[Customer]	VARCHAR(50)
,	[Quantity]	VARCHAR(50)
,	[SortDate] DATETIME
)

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Also tell me what you get when you run the following script

SELECT DISTINCT
	 [ItemNumber]
	,[Description]
	,ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY ItemNumber) AS 'RowNo'
FROM
	[nav].[vStd_SalesLineWithCustomerName]

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metropia

Author

Commented: 2013-01-07

regarding your second post, these are the results

results

metropia

Author

Commented: 2013-01-07

regarding the date columns. now i see an explicit date

Jan 1 1900 12:00AM      May 2 2012 12:00AM
May 4 2012 12:00AM      Jan 1 1900 12:00AM
Jan 1 1900 12:00AM      May 9 2012 12:00AM
May 11 2012 12:00AM      Jan 1 1900 12:00AM
Jan 1 1900 12:00AM      May 16 2012 12:00AM
May 18 2012 12:00AM      Jan 1 1900 12:00AM
Jan 1 1900 12:00AM      May 23 2012 12:00AM

RehanYousaf

Commented: 2013-01-07

Hmm ... I think I know what is wrong ... just give me a minute

RehanYousaf

Commented: 2013-01-07

Tel me what result do you get

;WITH cteSalesLineItem 
AS (
	SELECT DISTINCT
		 [ItemNumber]
		,[Description]
	FROM
		[nav].[vStd_SalesLineWithCustomerName]
)
SELECT 
	 *
	,ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY ItemNumber) AS 'RowNo'
FROM
	cteSalesLineItem

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metropia

Author

Commented: 2013-01-07

these are the results

10202      DARK CHOC LIQUID CHIP BULK      1
10203      CALCIUM YOGURT FLVD WAFER      2
10217      MILK CHOC LIQUID CHIP BULK      3
10221      BULK DARK CANDY WAFER      4
10232      ORCHID WAFER      5
10233      NOBLE YOGURT FLVD WAFER      6
10240      DARK BLUE WAFER      7
10241      BLUE WAFER      8
10245      DARK CHOC MINT WAFER      9
10256      RS YOGURT W/ TIO2 RIBBON      10
10258      WHITE MINT WAFER      11
10264      PINK WAFER      12
10269      CARROT FLVD 260 CT REGAL WAFER      13
10288      ALPINE WHITE W/TIO2 WAFER      14
10292      ORANGE WAFER      15
10302      YELLOW WAFER      16
10307      DARK ROAST PEANUT WAFER      17
10318      HI PRO MALTITOL YOGURT RIBBON      18
10328      HI PRO MALTITOL PEANUT RIBBON      19
10330      RS MILK CHOC FLVD RIBBON      20

RehanYousaf

Commented: 2013-01-07

Replace

SELECT DISTINCT
	 [ItemNumber]
	,[Description]
	,ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY ItemNumber) AS 'RowNo'
INTO
	#SalesLineItem
FROM
	[nav].[vStd_SalesLineWithCustomerName]

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with

;WITH cteSalesLineItem 
AS (
	SELECT DISTINCT
		 [ItemNumber]
		,[Description]
	FROM
		[nav].[vStd_SalesLineWithCustomerName]
)
SELECT 
	 *
	,ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY ItemNumber) AS 'RowNo'
INTO
	#SalesLineItem
FROM
	cteSalesLineItem

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RehanYousaf

Commented: 2013-01-07

And for the date lets try this

Replace

	INSERT INTO
		@Result
	SELECT
		ItemNumber
	,	[Description]
	,	''
	,	''
	,	''
	,	''
	,	''
	,	''
	,	''
	,	''
	FROM
		#SalesLineItem
	WHERE
		ItemNumber = @ItemNumber

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With

	INSERT INTO
		@Result
	SELECT
		ItemNumber
	,	[Description]
	,	'-'
	,	'-'
	,	'-'
	,	'-'
	,	'-'
	,	'-'
	,	'-'
	,	'-'
	FROM
		#SalesLineItem
	WHERE
		ItemNumber = @ItemNumber

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metropia

Author

Commented: 2013-01-07

these are the results:

improved ressults!

would you be able to help me fix the "fake" dates?

thank you very much.

metropia

Author

Commented: 2013-01-07

about the dates.

I got several of these warnings:

(138 row(s) affected)
Msg 242, Level 16, State 3, Line 54
The conversion of a varchar data type to a datetime data type resulted in an out-of-range value.
The statement has been terminated.

(7 row(s) affected)
Msg 242, Level 16, State 3, Line 54
The conversion of a varchar data type to a datetime data type resulted in an out-of-range value.
The statement has been terminated.

(1 row(s) affected)
Msg 242, Level 16, State 3, Line 54
The conversion of a varchar data type to a datetime data type resulted in an out-of-range value.
The statement has been terminated.

and the results are now different. altered by the '-' modification

RehanYousaf

Commented: 2013-01-07

Ignore the last change ... let me try something different

RehanYousaf

Commented: 2013-01-07

Replace

		(
		SELECT 
			'' AS ItemNumber
		,	'' AS [Description]
		,	[FirmPlannedNumber]
		,	[FirmPlannedLocation]
		,	[FirmPlannedDueDate] AS [DueDate]
		,	'' AS [ShipDate]
		,	'' AS [SellTo]
		,	'' AS [Customer]
		,	[FirmPlannedQty]
		,	[FirmPlannedDueDate] AS [SortDate]
		FROM
			[nav].[vStd_FirmPlannedProductionOrders]
		WHERE
			ItemNumber = @ItemNumber
		)
		UNION
		(
		SELECT 
			''
		,	''
		,	SalesOrderNumber
		,	LocationCode
		,	''
		,	[ShipmentDate]
		,	CustomerNumber
		,	CustomerName
		,	OrderQty
		,	ShipmentDate
		FROM
			[nav].[vStd_SalesLineWithCustomerName]
		WHERE
			ItemNumber = @ItemNumber
		)

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with

		(
		SELECT 
			'' AS ItemNumber
		,	'' AS [Description]
		,	[FirmPlannedNumber]
		,	[FirmPlannedLocation]
		,	CONVERT(VARCHAR(10),[FirmPlannedDueDate]) AS [DueDate]
		,	'' AS [ShipDate]
		,	'' AS [SellTo]
		,	'' AS [Customer]
		,	[FirmPlannedQty]
		,	[FirmPlannedDueDate] AS [SortDate]
		FROM
			[nav].[vStd_FirmPlannedProductionOrders]
		WHERE
			ItemNumber = @ItemNumber
		)
		UNION
		(
		SELECT 
			''
		,	''
		,	SalesOrderNumber
		,	LocationCode
		,	''
		,	CONVERT(VARCHAR(10),[ShipmentDate]) AS [ShipmentDate]
		,	CustomerNumber
		,	CustomerName
		,	OrderQty
		,	ShipmentDate
		FROM
			[nav].[vStd_SalesLineWithCustomerName]
		WHERE
			ItemNumber = @ItemNumber
		)

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RehanYousaf

Commented: 2013-01-07

Basically its all about

CONVERT(VARCHAR(10),[FirmPlannedDueDate]) AS [DueDate]

and

CONVERT(VARCHAR(10),[ShipmentDate]) AS [ShipmentDate]

metropia

Author

Commented: 2013-01-07

it looks great, the results.
is there a technique that displaying 1900-01-01 can be fixed but at the same time be able to see the date as mm/dd/yyyy format?

awesome results

metropia

Author

Commented: 2013-01-07

SELECT 
			'' AS ItemNumber
		,	'' AS [Description]
		,	[FP_Number]
		,	[FP_Location]
		,	CONVERT(VARCHAR(10),[FP_DueDate]) AS [DueDate]
		,	'' AS [ShipDate]
		,	'' AS [SellTo]
		,	'' AS [Customer]
		,	[FP_Qty]
		,	[FP_DueDate] AS [SortDate]
		FROM
			[nav].[vStd_FirmPlannedProductionOrders]
		WHERE
			FP_ItemNumber = @ItemNumber
		)
		UNION
		(
		SELECT 
			''
		,	''
		,	SalesOrderNumber
		,	LocationCode
		,	''
		,	CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), [ShipmentDate]) AS [ShipmentDate]
		,	CustomerNumber
		,	CustomerName
		,	OrderQty
		,	ShipmentDate
		FROM
			[nav].[vStd_SalesLineWithCustomerName]
		WHERE
			ItemNumber = @ItemNumber

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RehanYousaf

Commented: 2013-01-08

For date format you can try

CONVERT(VARCHAR(10),[FirmPlannedDueDate], 101) AS [DueDate]

and

CONVERT(VARCHAR(10),[ShipmentDate], 101) AS [ShipmentDate]

for more date formats you can check the link : http://www.sql-server-helper.com/tips/date-formats.aspx

once you have updated ... can you send me your final script to review ... I will try to fix default date issue

RehanYousaf

Commented: 2013-01-08

Also can you send me the screenshot of result when you run the following script

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DECLARE @SalesLine TABLE (
	 [ItemNumber]	VARCHAR(50)
	,[Description]	VARCHAR(50)
	,[SalesOrderNumber]	VARCHAR(50)
	,[LocationCode]	VARCHAR(50)
	,[ShipmentDate]	DATETIME
	,[CustomerNumber]	VARCHAR(50)
	,[OrderQty]	VARCHAR(50)
)
INSERT INTO @SalesLine VALUES ('10568','Wilton Cocoa','S10603','90','2012-05-01','10090','42000')
INSERT INTO @SalesLine VALUES ('10568','Wilton Cocoa','S10604','90','2012-05-04','10090','12000')
INSERT INTO @SalesLine VALUES ('10568','Wilton Cocoa','S10605','90','2012-05-04','10090','6000')
INSERT INTO @SalesLine VALUES ('10568','Wilton Cocoa','S10619','90','2012-05-04','10090','32000')
INSERT INTO @SalesLine VALUES ('10568','Wilton Cocoa','S10767','20','2012-05-08','10537','24000')
INSERT INTO @SalesLine VALUES ('10568','Wilton Cocoa','S10722','90','2012-06-01','10090','18000')

INSERT INTO @SalesLine VALUES ('10569','Wilton Cocoa','S10603','90','2012-05-01','10090','42000')
INSERT INTO @SalesLine VALUES ('10569','Wilton Cocoa','S10604','90','2012-05-04','10090','12000')

DECLARE @Customer TABLE (
	 [CustomerNumber]	VARCHAR(50)
	,[CustomerName]	VARCHAR(50)
)
INSERT INTO @Customer VALUES ('10090', 'Cano Packaging Corporation')
INSERT INTO @Customer VALUES ('10537', 'Create A Pack Foods')

DECLARE @Product TABLE (
	 [ItemNumber]	VARCHAR(50)
	,[Description]	VARCHAR(50)
)
INSERT INTO @Product VALUES ('10568','Wilton Cocoa')
INSERT INTO @Product VALUES ('10569','Pepsi Max')

DECLARE @OrderLine TABLE (
	 [ItemNumber]	VARCHAR(50)
	,[FirmedPlannedQty]	VARCHAR(50)
	,[FirmedPlannedDueDate]	DATETIME
	,[FirmedPlannedNumber]	VARCHAR(50)
	,[FirmedPlannedLocation]	VARCHAR(50)
)
INSERT INTO @OrderLine VALUES ('10568','49000','2012-05-06','FP15309','20')
INSERT INTO @OrderLine VALUES ('10568','49000','2012-05-08','FP15311','20')
INSERT INTO @OrderLine VALUES ('10568','49000','2012-05-09','FP15313','20')
INSERT INTO @OrderLine VALUES ('10568','49000','2012-05-22','FP15337','20')
INSERT INTO @OrderLine VALUES ('10568','49000','2012-05-22','FP15339','20')
INSERT INTO @OrderLine VALUES ('10568','49000','2012-05-22','FP15341','20')

INSERT INTO @OrderLine VALUES ('10569','49000','2012-04-08','FP15311','20')
INSERT INTO @OrderLine VALUES ('10569','49000','2012-05-09','FP15313','20')

--SELECT * FROM @SalesLine
--SELECT * FROM @Customer
--SELECT * FROM @OrderLine

DECLARE @Result TABLE (
	 [Item]	VARCHAR(50)
	,[Description]	VARCHAR(50)
	,[DOCUMENT No.]	VARCHAR(50)
	,[Location] VARCHAR(50)
	,[Due DATE]	VARCHAR(50)
	,[Ship DATE]	VARCHAR(50)
	,[Sell-TO]	VARCHAR(50)
	,[Customer]	VARCHAR(50)
	,[Quantity]	VARCHAR(50)
	,[SortDate] DATETIME
)
DECLARE @ItemNumber VARCHAR(50)
DECLARE @x INT
DECLARE @y INT

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SELECT 
	*,
	ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY ItemNumber) AS 'RowNo'
INTO
	#Product
FROM
	@Product
	
--SELECT *
--FROM #Product	

SET @x = 1
SELECT 
	@y = COUNT(*)
FROM
	@Product

WHILE @x <= @y
BEGIN
	SELECT 
		@ItemNumber = ItemNumber
	FROM	
		#Product
	WHERE
		RowNo = @x
		
	INSERT INTO
		@Result
	SELECT
		 ItemNumber
		,Description
		,''
		,''
		,''
		,''
		,''
		,''
		,''
		,''
	FROM
		@Product
	WHERE
		ItemNumber = @ItemNumber

	;WITH cteResult 
	AS 
	(
		(
			SELECT 
				 '' AS ItemNumber
				,'' AS Description
				,FirmedPlannedNumber
				,FirmedPlannedLocation
				,CONVERT(VARCHAR,FirmedPlannedDueDate,103) AS DueDate
				,'' AS ShipDate
				,'' AS SellTo
				,'' AS Customer
				,FirmedPlannedQty
				,FirmedPlannedDueDate AS 'SortDate'
			FROM
				@OrderLine
			WHERE
				ItemNumber = @ItemNumber
		)
		UNION
		(
		SELECT 
			 ''
			,''
			,SalesOrderNumber
			,LocationCode
			,''
			,CONVERT(VARCHAR,ShipmentDate,103)
			,c.CustomerNumber
			,CustomerName
			,OrderQty
			,ShipmentDate
		FROM
			@SalesLine s
			INNER JOIN @Customer c ON s.CustomerNumber = c.CustomerNumber
		WHERE
			ItemNumber = @ItemNumber
		)	
	)
	INSERT INTO 
		@Result
	SELECT 
		*
	FROM 
		cteResult
	ORDER BY
		SortDate
		
	SET @x = @x + 1
END

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------		
SELECT 
	 Item
	,Description
	,[DOCUMENT No.]
	,Location
	,[Due DATE]
	,[Ship DATE]
	,[Sell-TO]
	,Customer
	,Quantity
FROM
	@Result

	
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------			
DROP TABLE #Product

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metropia

Author

Commented: 2013-01-08

hi RehanYousaf,

here is the screen shot you requested

screen shor requested

metropia

Author

Commented: 2013-01-08

@RehanYousaf,

Thank you very much for your help on this query. I truly appreciate and value the help I have received from you. It has been a lifesaver.

I need to add another thing to the result. I have that query ready, but this question is getting super long, and I have gotten the answer I was originally looking for already.

I will open a new question, and post the link to that question here. Hopefully I will be lucky and get your help again, it should not be too cumbersome.

At any rate, thank you very much for your kind help and instruction.
ee-sql-script.txt

metropia

Author

Commented: 2013-01-08

@RehanYousaf,

Here is the link to my new question. hop you can offer a hand.

http://www.experts-exchange.com/Microsoft/Development/MS-SQL-Server/SQL_Server_2008/Q_27988494.html

I will go ahead and close this question.

Thank you very much.

metropia

Author

Commented: 2013-01-08

Thank you. Excellent help. Skilled, and kind Expert.

metropia

Author

Commented: 2013-01-08

@RehanYousaf,

I think I spoke too soon, I am seeing duplicates in the results again :/

duplicates

I am using the script at the one I uploaded on comment id 38755345

metropia

Author

Commented: 2013-01-08

Seems like this Item Number is entered twice in the database and assigned to two different but at the same time similar items

10559 WILTON WHITE 1911-919x WAFER < the only difference is the 'x'
10559 WILTON WHITE 1911-919 WAFER

when I look at the results outside your code, I see this:

item 10559

There is only one order to 10559 WILTON WHITE 1911-919x WAFER

Would this be throwing your code off? Is there a way to work around it? I see this same case happening to another item in the database.

thank you.

metropia

Author

Commented: 2013-01-08

I just verified, and the x next to the description, is not an error. It supposed to be there

metropia

Author

Commented: 2013-01-08

the problem is on this part I think,

;WITH cteSalesLineItem 
AS (
	SELECT DISTINCT
		 [ItemNumber]
		,[Description]
	FROM
		[nav].[vStd_SalesLineWithCustomerName]
)
SELECT 
	 *
	,ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY ItemNumber) AS 'RowNo'
INTO
	#SalesLineItem
FROM
	cteSalesLineItem

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the description column is the problem. how could i retrieve the description although different but with same item number. i just care for the description that does not contain the 'x'

RehanYousaf

Commented: 2013-01-08

Try this to remove duplicates

;WITH cteSalesLineItem 
AS (
	SELECT 
		 [ItemNumber]
		,MIN([Description]) AS [Description]
	FROM
		[nav].[vStd_SalesLineWithCustomerName]
	GROUP BY
		[ItemNumber]
)
SELECT 
	 *
	,ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY ItemNumber) AS 'RowNo'
INTO
	#SalesLineItem
FROM
	cteSalesLineItem

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you can also try
MAX([Description]) AS [Description]
whichever suits you

as for the new question ... i will try to look at it tomorrow

metropia

Author

Commented: 2013-01-08

i am going to try your suggestion.

in the mean time what i did wat to joing to a new view "item" from which I get the description.

thank you very much.

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