Subject | Re: [firebird-support] Is it possible to have a SELECT with a variable number of columns? |
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Author | W O |
Post date | 2013-11-18T13:06:02Z |
Thank you for the advice Roberto, I'll try
Greetings.
Walter.
On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 6:29 AM, Tupy... nambá <anhanguera@...> wrote:
Walter,This possible using a cross-table. You can build it putting subqueries side-side (in the result).SELECTa.Date, a.Invoice, a.Amount_Sale,(SELECT FIRST 1 b.Amount_Tax FROM Table2 b WHERE b.IdTable1 = a.IdTable2) AS Tax1,(SELECT FIRST 2 SKIP1 b.Amount_Tax FROM Table2 b WHERE b.IdTable1 = a.IdTable2) AS Tax2,(SELECT FIRST 3 SKIP1 b.Amount_Tax FROM Table2 b WHERE b.IdTable1 = a.IdTable2) AS Tax3,/----other "columns" subqueries----/FROM Table1 aThis will bring you something like a spreadsheet result, but you have to stablish a limit of columns of taxes they may have. With a previous query, you can ask for the maximum amount of taxes may exist in Table2 for one Table1 row, and dinamically mount the above query. This can be a front-end SQL generated code in Delphi, VB, a.s.o..(easy way) or in SQL itself, wich I think can be a little harder to build, but possible. Try it by yourself.Good luck, best regards,Roberto Camargo,Rio de Janeiro/Brazil.
On Saturday, November 16, 2013 11:59 PM, W O <sistemas2000profesional@...> wrote:
Hello everybodyI have an application where the tables are all normalized and so the taxes are not in the same table as the sales.Sometimes a sale should to pay 1 tax, sometimes 2 taxes, sometimes 3 taxes, etc.And it would be nice to have in just 1 row data of the sale and of the taxes, each tax in its own column:DATE, INVOICE, AMOUNT, TAX1, TAX2, TAX3, ... TAXNTable1----------ID_TABLE1DATEINVOICEAMOUNT_SALETable 2----------ID_TABLE2ID_TABLE1ID_TAXAMOUNT_TAXGreetings.Walter.