[SOLUTION] How to pick only distinct bill id's ..

How to pick only distinct bill id's ..

I have some bills keep circulating in our BillWorkflow table. I have to pick only those Bills.

Almost every bill will hit this ProcessorId, ProcessorBinId and StateId.

But i want the bills which are keep circulating (occured more than 5 times) and it is on top 1 record with ProcessorId = 300, ProcessorBinid = 50 and StateId = 38.

select distinct BillId from Billworkflow
where ProcessorID = 300
and ProcessorBinID = 50
and StateID = 38
and TimeStmp >= '08/30/2015'

How should i pick only those distinct bill id's

SELECT TOP(1) BillId FROM Billworkflow WHERE ProcessorID = 300 AND ProcessorBinID = 50 AND StateID = 38 AND TimeStmp >= '20150830' HAVING COUNT(BillId) >= 5 ORDER BY TimeStmp DESC

mmm, there are errors in my previous comment - sorry
This might work instead:

SELECT TOP (1)
      BillId
FROM (
      SELECT
            BillId
          , TimeStmp
          , COUNT(*) OVER (PARTITION BY BillId) AS UsedTimes
      FROM Billworkflow
      WHERE ProcessorID = 300
            AND ProcessorBinID = 50
            AND StateID = 38
            AND TimeStmp >= '20150830'
      ) X
WHERE X.UsedTimes >= 5
ORDER BY X.TimeStmp DESC

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details:

    CREATE TABLE Billworkflow
        ([BillId] int, [ProcessorID] int, [ProcessorBinID] int, [StateID] int, [TimeStmp] datetime)
    ;
        
    INSERT INTO Billworkflow
        ([BillId], [ProcessorID], [ProcessorBinID], [StateID], [TimeStmp])
    VALUES
        (1, 300, 50, 38, '2015-08-30 00:00:00'),
        (1, 300, 50, 38, '2015-08-30 00:00:00'),
        (1, 300, 50, 38, '2015-08-30 00:00:00'),
        (1, 300, 50, 38, '2015-08-30 00:00:00'),
        (1, 300, 50, 38, '2015-08-30 00:00:00'),
        (1, 300, 50, 38, '2015-08-30 00:00:00'),
        (1, 300, 50, 38, '2015-08-30 00:00:00'),
        (2, 300, 50, 38, '2015-08-30 00:00:00'),
        (2, 300, 50, 38, '2015-08-30 00:00:00'),
        (2, 300, 50, 38, '2015-08-30 00:00:00')
    ;
    
**Query 1**:

    SELECT TOP (1)
          BillId
    FROM (
          SELECT
                BillId
              , TimeStmp
              , COUNT(*) OVER (PARTITION BY BillId) AS UsedTimes
          FROM Billworkflow
          WHERE ProcessorID = 300
                AND ProcessorBinID = 50
                AND StateID = 38
                AND TimeStmp >= '20150830'
          ) X
    WHERE X.UsedTimes >= 5
    ORDER BY X.TimeStmp DESC
    

**[Results][2]**:
    | BillId |
    |--------|
    |      1 |

  [1]: http://sqlfiddle.com/#!3/8cad2/2

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savic7ukCommented: 2015-08-31

hi

why dont you try this to find which billid's appear more than once

select BillId,count(BillId) from Billworkflow
where ProcessorID = 300
and ProcessorBinID = 50
and StateID = 38
and TimeStmp >= '08/30/2015'
and count(BillId)>1
Group By BillId

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Mike EghtebasDatabase and Application DeveloperCommented: 2015-08-31

When you say "... it is on top 1 record ...", Top requires order by. Do you want to order by TimeStmp?

Also, BillId is the same for all repeating bills. If not, how can we recognize they are repeat bills?

chokkaStudentAuthor Commented: 2015-08-31

Msg 147, Level 15, State 1, Line 6
An aggregate may not appear in the WHERE clause unless it is in a subquery contained in a HAVING clause or a select list, and the column being aggregated is an outer reference.

i mean to say .. this bill with these conditions has to be on recent record

Query returns ...

An aggregate may not appear in the WHERE clause unless it is in a subquery contained in a HAVING clause or a select list, and the column being aggregated is an outer reference.

I am sorry

select BillId,count(BillId) from Billworkflow
where ProcessorID = 300
and ProcessorBinID = 50
and StateID = 38
and TimeStmp >= '08/30/2015'
Group By BillId
Having count(BillId)>1

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PortletPaulEE Topic AdvisorCommented: 2015-08-31

>>"How to pick only distinct bill id's

>>"... (occured more than 5 times) and it is on top 1 record with ProcessorId = 300, ProcessorBinid = 50 and StateId = 38."

I assume from this you want ONLY the bill id, you are able to use the having clause without also needing to include the aggregate calculation in the select clause. To correctly using TOP there should be an ORDER BY clause.

Please also note that MM/DD/YYYY is NOT a safe date format, but YYYYMMDD is a safe date literal format in SQL Server

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chokkaStudentAuthor Commented: 2015-09-03

Thank you Paul

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