Credit debit
In this example you are shown how to split a single column into two separate columns and also below you are
told how to combine two tables into a single table. Here we are splitting cash amounts into credit and debit.
Table 1 shows the results without the split column and Table 2 shows what we get when the column is split into two.
| whn | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2006-11-01 | Wages | 50 |
| 2006-11-02 | Company Store | -10 |
| 2006-11-03 | Company Store | -10 |
| 2006-11-04 | Company Store | -10 |
| 2006-11-05 | Company Store | -10 |
| 2006-11-06 | Company Store | -10 |
| whn | description | cshIN | cshOUT |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-11-01 | Wages | 50 | |
| 2006-11-02 | Company Store | 10 | |
| 2006-11-03 | Company Store | 10 | |
| 2006-11-04 | Company Store | 10 | |
| 2006-11-05 | Company Store | 10 | |
| 2006-11-06 | Company Store | 10 |
DROP TABLE transact
CREATE TABLE transact( whn DATE, description VARCHAR(20), amount INTEGER ); INSERT INTO transact VALUES ('2006-11-01','Wages',50); INSERT INTO transact VALUES ('2006-11-02','Company Store',-10); INSERT INTO transact VALUES ('2006-11-03','Company Store',-10); INSERT INTO transact VALUES ('2006-11-04','Company Store',-10); INSERT INTO transact VALUES ('2006-11-05','Company Store',-10); INSERT INTO transact VALUES ('2006-11-06','Company Store',-10);
SELECT w AS dte, d AS description, CASE WHEN (a>=0) THEN a ELSE NULL END AS cshIN, CASE WHEN (a<0) THEN SUBSTR(a,2,10) ELSE NULL END AS cshOUT FROM (SELECT x.whn AS w, x.description AS d, x.amount AS a FROM transact x JOIN transact y ON (x.whn>=y.whn) GROUP BY x.whn, x.description, x.amount) t
Hack 10 Converting subqueries into joins
Hack 11 Converting aggregate subqueries into joins
Hack 16 Search for a String across columns
Hack 24 Multiply Across a Result Set
Hack 25.5 Splitting and combining columns
Hack 26 Include the rows your JOIN forgot
Hack 30 Calculate the maximum/minimum of two fields
Hack 33 Get values and subtotals in one shot
Hack 50 Combine tables containing different data
Hack 51/52 Display rows as columns
Hack 55 Import Someone Else's Data
Hack 62 Issue Queries Without Using a Table
Hack 63 Generate rows without tables
Hack 72 Extract a subset of the results
Hack 78 Break it down by Range
Hack 88 Test two values from a subquery