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Jmekubo
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Posted - 2013-06-19 : 06:04:02

Kindly help on sql query to create a view that merges data from two tables with same columns but second table (sales) has missing rows that correspond first table(Inventory)

In essense: I need those items that are in Inventory table but don’t have entries in sales table to be included in my sales view with (0) quantities.

Inventory
ItemID ItemName Qty
1 Bread 5
2 Soda 10
3 Cocoa 4
4 Blueband 15
5 Omo 20
6 Biscuits 30
7 Pens 50
8 Note book 5

Sales
ItemID ItemName Qty
1 Bread 3
2 Soda 5
5 Omo 10
6 Biscuits 15
8 Note book 2

I want my sales view to look like below
Sales View
ItemID ItemName Qty
1 Bread 3
2 Soda 5
3 Cocoa 0
4 Blueband 0
5 Omo 10
6 Biscuits 15
7 Pens 0
8 Note book 5

bandi
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

2242 Posts

Posted - 2013-06-19 : 06:07:46

SELECT I.ItemID, I.ItemName, COALESCE(s.Qty, 0) Qty
FROM Inventory I
LEFT JOIN Sales s ON I.ItemID = s.ItemId

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Chandu

visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder

52326 Posts

Posted - 2013-06-19 : 06:08:03

sorry reading again i think i misunderstood

can you explain that qty part

why its comes from Sales in some case and Inventory in someother?

visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder

52326 Posts

Posted - 2013-06-19 : 06:11:30

for example for Note book 5
it comes from Inventory while

for 5 Omo 10
its from sales

so whats the rule?

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bandi
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

2242 Posts

Posted - 2013-06-19 : 06:15:28

quote:
Originally posted by visakh16

for example for Note book 5
it comes from Inventory while

for 5 Omo 10
its from sales

so whats the rule?

I think there was a typo in Qty value for NoteBook.. Remaining item's quantities are from Sales table only...

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Chandu

visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder

52326 Posts

Posted - 2013-06-19 : 06:16:31

ideally as per your table names, this is logical


CREATE VIEW SalesView
AS
SELECT I.ItemID, I.ItemName, i.Qty AS QtyInStock,
COALESCE(s.Qty, 0) AS SalesQty,
i.Qty - COALESCE(s.Qty, 0) AS ResidualQty
FROM Inventory I 
LEFT JOIN Sales s ON I.ItemID = s.ItemId

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