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How to do division from select statements in sql server?

I am trying to create a select statement that can return a table of 1 column. Basically, I am looping through all the records of NewHire, and then using its id, to select stuff from another table. I ...
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Add Contents in a Column and make them 0 [closed]

http://sqlfiddle.com/#!3/96f11/3 In the above fiddle, I need the required output in the Fiddle. ie., The UserID column in Filtered Table and Main table are equal. I need to get the Amt column data ...
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Get Hierarchial Data in Self-Referencing Table (Parents , Childs) [closed]

In the following Fiddle, sqlfiddle I will pass a sno and I need all the parents of that sno in a table. And all the children of that sno in another table Please refer to this question. Since ...
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Select query having count and variable

I have a table like the one below. I need to form a select query. I'm going to pass a RefID like SELECT SNo FROM Register WHERE RefID = 1 And beside the SNo in the Statement, I need to have ...
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Need a way to query a table, and JOIN it with the TOP 1 related record from an other table

As a follow up to this question, I'm wondering if there is a better and/or more efficient way to gather the data in question. As stated, this query does return me 95% of the data I need -- SELECT ...
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SELECT multiple sensor values in one query

Background I have a couple of devices, each with a couple of sensors. I log these every now and then and stores them in a table described below. When someone requests a web page, I fetch a couple of ...
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Select query according to date

We have a table to store the Events. Table has got a schema like EventID INT Primary Key EventName NVARCHAR(100) StartDate Datetime EndDate Datetime So in the front end we want to show the events ...
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WHERE clause is not filtering on LESS THAN and GREATER THAN or BETWEEN

I am trying to select MTR values that are between the values of 0 and 4. What am I doing wrong? SELECT DATEDIFF(M, TheDate, TheOtherDate) AS MTR FROM MyTable WHERE MyID = 2074163 AND MTR >= 0 ...
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SQL Select WHERE row updated

USE [RF_WORLD] GO /****** Object: Trigger [dbo].[lastdeathtrigg] Script Date: 08/20/2012 10:52:58 ******/ SET ANSI_NULLS ON GO SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON GO -- ...
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Single query to return counts over different IDs in a single record

select count(title_id)as algodata from titles where pub_id =1389 select count(title_id)as binnet from titles where pub_id =0877 select count(title_id)as newmoon from titles where pub_id =0736 ...
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How to avoid duplicating information in a series of nested SELECT statements?

I'm working on an SQL query that puts together customer history based on past purchases (the industry is venue ticketing). The report will be LARGE, something like 80-90 columns, with one column per ...
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How can we automatically replace a table with a view for a specific user?

We currently have some reports that query a specific table, but one of our users wants the ordering to be different. I don't want to go through and fix each of the reports, because that's rather a ...
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Can a RDBMS connect to a remote server, execute a select query and copy them into a local table just with SQL commands?

I'm sorry it may sound stupid but I've been wondering about how multiple databases are automated before the virtualization era. Can a DB Adminsitrator make a stored procedure to get data from a remote ...
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Manage select results in sql

We need to manipulate a set of records returned from a select query. This can be done in : Either by saving the whole record to a table variable and then do the required process. We can do like this ...
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Can someone explain why select with nolock will query a potion of updated data?

I was reading the answer from here (from stackoverflow, I think should ask in here) NOLOCK means placing no locks at all. Your query may returns portions of data as of before UPDATE and ...
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Has SELECT an INSERT clause?

I know the form Select * into new_table from old_table statement. Bur recently I found 2 posts here and here which use it like SELECT * FROM NhlPlayer INSERT INTO PlayerBackups I find nothing in ...
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How to use variables inside a select (SQL Server)?

If I want to compute a column and use the result in more than 1 column, how do I do this without making the computing twice? Example: SELECT LOWER(SUBSTRING([NAME], 4, 100)) + '@somedomain.com' as ...
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Query table A for any rows that are like any search term in table B

I need some help writing a select statement (I still don't think in sets!). Here's the scenario: I have table A with column "Name varchar(20)". I have table B with column "SearchTerm varchar(20)". I ...