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srikanthrao

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 10:40 am
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hi,

can any one please give me the sql query which is able to retrieve only the odd rows of a table.

Srikanth.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 1:15 pm
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Hi srikanthrao,

Did you try on this if so tell me what you have worked on this so far so that we can help you from that point.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 3:09 pm
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hi prem,

i haven't tried i do not know any query which suits this requirement.....

so i posted a request to know whether we can hav a query or not for this one.


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William Thompson

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 3:27 pm
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Interesting interview question....
How about a select/where that used the MOD 2 and the row number?
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 3:59 pm
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hi william,

plz look at this query

select * from table where row_id mod 2 = 1;

can we write the query like this........
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 4:09 pm
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The syntax looks wrong, have you looked at the SQL Reference manual?
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 4:47 pm
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FOR ODD ROWS
---------------------



Code:


 SELECT ID_NO, ROW#+1 FROM XXXX.TBA  TB1,   
   TABLE (SELECT COUNT(*)  AS ROW#             
   FROM XXXX.TBA TB2                       
   WHERE TB2.ID_NO < TB1.ID_NO  ) AS TEMP_TAB
   WHERE MOD(ROW#,2)=0                         
   ORDER BY 1;                                 


Where ID_NO is my key field

FOR EVEN
------------

change




Code:

WHERE MOD(ROW#,2)=1


in the same code

Hope this helps
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 5:15 am
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There is no such thing as an odd or even row....
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 11:09 am
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stodolas,

His requirement was to fetch odd rows seperately from the table.So I helped him with the sample code which will help him attain that.Tahts it icon_biggrin.gif
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 6:54 pm
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premkrishnan: Define an odd row.... put an order by on your select, then your odd rows may become even rows based on the new sort criteria. There are no odd or even rows in a database. And an "odd" row could become an even row if you insert something in. Your result set would constantly be in changing state.

Example:

Start with this small example table with Col A being the primary key.
Code:

Col A  Col B  "Row number"
B  Some data |  1
D  Some data |  2


Now insert C into Col A, so now we have this small table, and whoops your even row became odd.
Code:

Col A  Col B  "Row number"
B  Some data |  1
C  Some data |  2
D  Some data |  3


Now insert A into Col A, so now we have this small table, and every single row beyond A has flipped their odd/even state.
Code:

Col A  Col B  "Row number"
A  Some data |  1
B  Some data |  2
C  Some data |  3
D  Some data |  4


As I have shown, you can't guarentee your result set when thinking odd/even rows. Any concept of Odd/Even rows is deeply flawed when you are looking at a database table.

-Steve
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Craq Giegerich

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PostPosted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 7:11 pm
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Odd, Even, First, Last row who comes up with these stupid ideas. Odd and Even sounds like he is trying to get a sample for testing.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 7:39 pm
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As you have said here: ibmmainframes.com/viewtopic.php?p=92141#92141

Order can never be assured unless you use an ORDER BY, but even with using order by, odd/even is still variable with every query.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 10:31 pm
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Hello,

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who comes up with these stupid ideas

From what i can tell, some of these questions are asked by interviewers not to get an actual answer, but to help them determine the knowledge level of the interviewee. A more senior interviewee would tell them that the question stated does not apply to normal database processing. Someone not so sure of themself would possible get "stuck" trying to provide a "real" answer. To me, this type of question falls in the realm of "trick questions" and i believe they have no place in an interview. . .

I'm curious if this was an interview question (in which case i'll be happy to move this to Interview Questions) or if TS has some requirement we do not yet understand. . .
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:08 am
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hi dick ,

Yes this question was asked to my friend in an interview.

odd rows in sense was to fetch alternate rows from a table.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:14 am
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If this is the request then my query is right icon_wink.gif
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