I have a database table (mytable) with 2 columns x and y as shown below, from which I intend to extract rows with matching diagonal pairs of (x,y) and (y,x) e.g., 4 21 and 21 4
x y
86 86
27 27
45 45
95 95
11 11
18 8
85 85
2 2
77 77
91 91
15 15
84 84
51 51
32 32
35 35
8 8
92 92
67 67
62 62
33 33
13 13
15 11
18 18
3 3
38 38
80 80
34 34
6 6
72 72
14 12
44 44
4 22
90 90
47 47
78 78
23 3
42 42
56 56
79 79
55 55
65 65
17 17
64 64
4 4
28 28
19 19
17 9
36 36
25 25
81 81
60 60
48 48
5 5
88 88
7 19
21 21
29 29
52 52
9 17
9 9
13 13
16 10
1 1
31 31
46 46
7 7
58 58
23 23
87 87
83 83
66 66
93 93
24 2
98 98
53 53
20 6
61 61
20 20
96 96
99 99
73 73
2 24
14 14
71 71
5 21
22 4
75 75
6 20
97 97
41 41
26 26
22 22
8 18
74 74
40 40
21 5
94 94
76 76
49 49
11 15
59 59
89 89
68 68
24 24
37 37
12 12
63 63
43 43
16 16
100 100
39 39
25 1
69 69
54 54
50 50
30 30
10 10
I have tried the accepted code on stackoverflow here (enter link description here) on my mytable which gives me the expected results on Oracle DB.
select least(x, y) as x, greatest(x, y) as y
from mytable
group by least(x, y), greatest(x, y)
having count(*) = 2
union all
select x, y
from mytable
where not exists (select 1 from mytable mytable2 where mytable2.y = mytable.x and mytable2.x = mytable2.y)
order by x asc;
Now I need to execute the same query on MS SQL DB but according to my understanding MS SQL DB does not support the least and greatest functions. I have tried to use the case conditions, for instance for the first part of the SQL query on the link provided, I am considering the below but so far I cannot replicate similar results:
select x,y,z
from (
select x, y,
case
when (x < y) then x
when (y > x) then y
end as z
from mytable
group by x, y
) as t
Any suggestions on what I need to consider to complete the query in SQL Server database, so that I produce the final output as below?
It would also be great if somebody has an idea on how I can use SQL's lag() function to assist me in achieving the same result. For instance I am trying something like below.
;with t1 as (
select x as x1, y as y1, lag(x,1) over(order by x asc) as z1
from mytable
),
t2 as (
select x as x2, y as y2, lag(y,1) over(order by x asc) as z2
from mytable
)
select t1.*,t2.*
from t1 full outer join t2 on t1.x1 = t2.x2
Expected output:
x y
2 24
4 22
5 21
6 20
8 18
9 17
11 15
13 13
CodePudding user response：
The equivalent of the functions LEAST() and GREATEST() is to use CASE expressions:
SELECT CASE WHEN x < y THEN x ELSE y END AS x,
CASE WHEN x > y THEN x ELSE y END AS y
FROM mytable
GROUP BY CASE WHEN x < y THEN x ELSE y END,
CASE WHEN x > y THEN x ELSE y END
HAVING COUNT(*) = 2 -- change to COUNT(*) > 1 if each combination may exist more than twice
ORDER BY x, y;
The above query will return a row for a combination of (x, y) that exists twice even if (y, x) does not exist.
If this is not what you want, use a self join and UNION ALL:
SELECT DISTINCT t1.*
FROM mytable t1 INNER JOIN mytable t2
ON t2.x = t1.y AND t2.y = t1.x
WHERE t1.x < t1.y
UNION ALL
SELECT x, y
FROM mytable
WHERE x = y
GROUP BY x, y
HAVING COUNT(*) > 1
ORDER BY x, y;
See the demo.