asked on Subquery non unique records
I need assistance on how to make my subquery pull the correct record. At the heart of the issue is the fact that the lookup table, propery type codes does not and cannot have unique records. I have attached the table.
Here is the subquery:
(
SELECT cp.[c.PROP_TYPE_CODE]
FROM dbo.[C_Property_type code] cp
WHERE cp.[C_PROP TYPE CODE] = CI.[PROPERTY_TYPE_CD]
) as [State Code]
CI.[property_type_cd] is one element of the table that resides in the TSQL program that this subquery is embedded in. They are both found in the single SQL Server databse that I am using on my SQL Server.
Here is the subquery:
(
SELECT cp.[c.PROP_TYPE_CODE]
FROM dbo.[C_Property_type code] cp
WHERE cp.[C_PROP TYPE CODE] = CI.[PROPERTY_TYPE_CD]
) as [State Code]
CI.[property_type_cd] is one element of the table that resides in the TSQL program that this subquery is embedded in. They are both found in the single SQL Server databse that I am using on my SQL Server.
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
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Leogal
ASKER
Attached is a table to show the incoming rows that I am trying to map to the lookup table. I am stumped on whot to provied a single record output...
ASKER
I figured this out:
(
SELECT TOP 1 cp.[c.PROP_TYPE_CODE]
FROM dbo.[C_Property_type code] cp
WHERE cp.[C_PROP TYPE CODE] = CI.[PROPERTY_TYPE_CD]
) as [State Code]
(
SELECT TOP 1 cp.[c.PROP_TYPE_CODE]
FROM dbo.[C_Property_type code] cp
WHERE cp.[C_PROP TYPE CODE] = CI.[PROPERTY_TYPE_CD]
) as [State Code]
ASKER
I've requested that this question be closed as follows:
Accepted answer: 0 points for Leogal's comment #a40038074
for the following reason:
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Accepted answer: 0 points for Leogal's comment #a40038074
for the following reason:
I did not get any responses to the problem
Using a TOP clause without an ORDER BY clause in general makes no sense and means that you do not care which row is returned.
ASKER
Acutally, I do care. I am still learning TSQL and this was the best I could come up with at the time. The first column has mutiples of almost every code. The 3 column is primarily unqiue. I realize that this solution is not the best and am open to other solutions.
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ASKER
Thank you I will add ORDER BY column 1
ASKER
I am double checking the data, it appears that the query it working correctly now.
ASKER
I appreciate the help in this matter.
It isn't as simple as a DISTINCT issue, where only each unique Property Code would be listed once (despite thewre being multiple entries in the db of that code.
Such as "SELECT DISTINCT cp.[c.PROP_TYPE_CODE]" ?
Bob