MySQL update column with unrelated table data - mysql

I have two tables like this in mysql
a.cardnumber (unique)
a.position (numerical 3 digits or null)
a.serial
b.serial (unique)
b.lastused
I want to update any rows in "a" where position is above 600 AND "a.serial" is blank with any serial from "b.serial" where "b.lastused" is either null or more than 30 days ago. When the serial is copied into "a.serial" I want to update "b.lastused" with today's date so I know that the relevant "b.serial" has been used today.
There is no relation to the two tables apart from the serial and any serial from b can be used with any cardnumber in a.
I've tried this using my limited knowledge of mysql but I keep getting an error from my mysql desktop program to say I have an error in my query :(
Any help much appreciated!

I'm assuming here that you want to use a separate b.serial for each row to be updated in a. (This isn't specifically stated, but it seems to me to be most likely; please feel free to correct my assumption if it is wrong.)
I setup a small example. It wasn't clear what the datatypes for each of the columns, so I used INT where I wasn't sure. I used DATE datatype (rather than DATETIME) for lastused.
CREATE TABLE a (`cardnumber` VARCHAR(10) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, `position` INT, `serial` INT);
CREATE TABLE b (`serial` INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, lastused DATE);
INSERT INTO a VALUES ('x0000',555,NULL),('x0001',700,123),('a1111',601,NULL),('a2222',602,NULL);
INSERT INTO b VALUES (100,'2012-07-15'),(101,NULL),(102,'2010-01-01'),(103,NULL),(104,NULL);
SELECT * FROM a;
SELECT * FROM b;
Based on the conditions you give, the rows with cardnumbers 'a1111' and 'a2222' should get updated, the other two rows should not (position <= 600, serial already assigned).
Before we run an UPDATE, we want to first run a SELECT that returns the rows to be updated, along with the values that will be assigned. Once we get that, we can convert that to a multi-table UPDATE statement.
SELECT a.cardnumber AS `a.cardnumber`
, a.position AS `a.position`
, a.serial AS `a.serial`
, b.serial AS `b.serial`
, b.lastused AS `b.lastused`
FROM (
SELECT #i := #i + 1 AS i
, aa.*
FROM a aa
JOIN (SELECT #i := 0) ii
WHERE aa.position > 600 /* assuming `position` is numeric datatype */
AND aa.serial IS NULL /* assuming 'blank' represented by NULL */
ORDER BY aa.cardnumber
) ia
JOIN (
SELECT #j := #j + 1 AS j
, bb.serial
, bb.lastused
FROM b bb
JOIN (SELECT #j := 0) jj
WHERE bb.lastused IS NULL
OR bb.lastused < DATE_ADD(NOW(),INTERVAL -30 DAY)
ORDER BY bb.serial
) jb
ON ia.i = jb.j
JOIN a ON a.cardnumber = ia.cardnumber
JOIN b ON b.serial = jb.serial
To convert that to an UPDATE, replace the SELECT ... FROM with UPDATE, and add a SET clause to assign new values to the tables.
UPDATE (
SELECT #i := #i + 1 AS i
, aa.*
FROM a aa
JOIN (SELECT #i := 0) ii
WHERE aa.position > 600
AND aa.serial IS NULL
ORDER BY aa.cardnumber
) ia
JOIN (
SELECT #j := #j + 1 AS j
, bb.serial
, bb.lastused
FROM b bb
JOIN (SELECT #j := 0) jj
WHERE bb.lastused IS NULL
OR bb.lastused < DATE_ADD(NOW(),INTERVAL -30 DAY)
ORDER BY bb.serial
) jb
ON ia.i = jb.j
JOIN a ON a.cardnumber = ia.cardnumber
JOIN b ON b.serial = jb.serial
SET a.serial = b.serial
, b.lastused = DATE(NOW())
-- 4 row(s) affected
You can run the queries for the inline views seperately (ia, jb) to verify that these are getting the rows you want to update.
The join from ia to a, and from jb to b, should be on the primary keys unique key.
The purpose of the ia and jb inline views is to get sequential numbers assigned to those rows so we can match them to each other.
The joins to a and b are to get back to the row in the original table, which is what we want to update.
(Obviously, some adjustments need to be made if serial is not an INT, or lastused is a DATETIME rather than a DATE.)
But this is an example of how I would go about doing the UPDATE you want to do (as best I understood it.)
NOTE: This approach works with MySQL versions that support subqueries. For MySQL 4.0, you would need to run this in steps, storing the results from the "ia" and "jb" inline views (subqueries) into actual tables. Then reference those tables in the query in place of the inline views. The ii and jj subqueries can be removed, and replaced with separate SELECT #i := 0, #j := 0 statement prior to the execution of the queries that reference these variables.

let me know if this works
Update table_a
set serial =
(
select b.serial from table_b b
where b.lastused = NULL
OR b.lastused < (current date - 30) limit 1
)
where cardnumber in
(
select a.cardnumber
from table_a a
where a.position > 600
and a.serial = NULL
)
update table_b b
set b.lastused = current date
where b.lastused = NULL
OR b.lastused < (current date - 30)

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Generate random numbers in MySQL without repeat

I have a stored procedure that insert data related to a scooter rent, one of the fields is a "rent code" when i insert the information "rent code" should be a unique random number that don exist in the table "rents"
here is that i tried
SELECT FLOOR(RAND() *9999)+1 AS random_num
FROM reservaciones
WHERE "random_num" NOT IN (SELECT reservaciones.Codigo_Reservacion FROM reservaciones)
LIMIT 1
in the table i got
1
2
3
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Create and use user-defined function similar to:
CREATE FUNCTION generate_random_number (upper_limit INT)
RETURNS INT
BEGIN
IF upper_limit = (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM main_table WHERE id <= upper_limit) THEN
RETURN NULL;
END IF;
IF upper_limit IS NULL THEN
SELECT REPEAT('9', LENGTH(MAX(id) + 1)) FROM main_table INTO upper_limit;
END IF;
RETURN (SELECT t1.id + 1
FROM (SELECT id FROM main_table
UNION ALL
SELECT 0) t1
LEFT JOIN main_table t2 ON t1.id = t2.id - 1
WHERE t2.id IS NULL
AND t1.id < upper_limit
ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 1);
END
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Function returns NULL if there is no free number in specified range.
fiddle with some comments.

Select previous data entry by datetime

I have a mysql database with a table with performance data. Each data table entry is for a specific counter.
DATA
----
dat_date BIGINT
value BIGINT
dat_date DATETIME(3)
FK_dt_id BIGINT
For each entries I need to compute the speed and acceleration. So I want to create a SELECT that will select a row with it PREVIOUS row.
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I've try this :
SELECT d1.dat_date,
d1.value v1,
d1.PK_dat_id
FROM data d1
INNER JOIN (SELECT * FROM data d2 ORDER BY d2.dat_date) d2
ON (d2.dat_date < d1.dat_date
AND d2.FK_dt_id = d1.FK_dt_id)
It works but I can't get the previous primary key, only it's value.
Any ideas?
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select #pk_data_id as prev_pk_data_id
, #pk_data_id := (case
when #fk_counter_id = fk_counter_id then a.pk_data_id
else 0
end) as pk_data_id
, #fk_counter_id := a.fk_counter_id as fk_counter_id
from
(select #pk_data_id := 0, #fk_counter_id := 0) as init
, data as a
order by a.fk_counter_id, a.pk_data_id
Once you have this rowset, you can join it with your data table.
I'd put this result in a temporary table and use it later; something like this:
drop table if exists temp_tbl;
create temporary table temp_tbl
select #pk_data_id as prev_pk_data_id
, #pk_data_id := (case
when #fk_counter_id = fk_counter_id then a.pk_data_id
else 0
end) as pk_data_id
, #fk_counter_id := a.fk_counter_id as fk_counter_id
from
(select #pk_data_id := 0, #fk_counter_id := 0) as init
, data as a
order by a.fk_counter_id, a.pk_data_id;
alter table temp_tbl
add index dId (pk_data_id),
add index pdId (prev_pk_data_id),
add index cId (fk_counter_id);
-- Now use the temp table to get what you need
select d1.*
, d2.pk_data_id as prev_pk_data_id
, d2.data_value as prev_data_value
, d2.data_datetime as prev_data_datetime
from data as d1
-- If you don't use the temp table, substitute 'temp_tbl' with
-- the query from above
inner join temp_tbl as a
on d1.pk_data_id = a.pk_data_id
and d1.fk_counter_id = a.fk_counter_id
left join data as d2
on a.prev_pk_data_id = d2.pk_data_id
and a.fk_counter_id = d2.fk_counter_id

Find gaps in mysql Time

I have a table "channel_001" with timestamp column Time, and i did separate it by 10 minutes.
2013-01-01;00:10:04;
2013-01-01;00:20:00;
2013-01-01;00:30:02;
2013-01-01;00:40:04;
But there are missing datas. How can i detect a missing row? And then insert a row there?!
For example:
2013-01-01;00:10:04;
2013-01-01;00:20:00;
2013-01-01;00:30:02
2013-01-01;00:40:04;
2013-01-01;01:00:02;
then it would be missing:
2013-01-01;00:50:00;
I was thinking of using Join the table to itself, but im new in SQL and too much of a novice to finde the answere alone.
Any ideas?
You can find rows that don't have a "next" time with something like:
select c.*
from channel_001 c
where not exists (select 1
from channel_001 c2
where c2.timestamp > c.timestamp + interval 9 minute and
c2.timestamp < c.timestamp + interval 11 minute
);
If your table is large (tens of thousands of rows), you will probably want to use variables. The following code gets the previous timestamp:
select c.*,
(case when (#tmp := #prevts) is null then null
when (#prevts := timestamp) is null then null
else #tmp
end) as prev_timestamp
from channel_001 c cross join
(select #prevts := 0, #tmp := 0) vars
order by timestamp;
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How to get the smallest Integers not yet in a database column

I have a table in a MySQL DB with an UNIQUE INT(10) column. The table is pretty populated and the row contains non-consecutive entries of Integer numbers in that column. I would like to do a query, which gets me the smallest number (or the n smallest numbers) that is not in any row.
Example: The table contains rows with values (1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 15) for the column. The sql statement should return i.e. the five lowest non-contained values, which are 4, 6, 9, 11, 13 in this case.
Is this possible with MySQL?
You can use a "numbers" table (it's handy for various operations):
CREATE TABLE num
( i UNSIGNED INT NOT NULL
, PRIMARY KEY (i)
) ;
INSERT INTO num (i)
VALUES
(1), (2), ..., (1000000) ;
Then:
SELECT
num.i
FROM
num
LEFT JOIN
tableX AS t
ON num.i = t.columnX
WHERE
t.columnX IS NULL
ORDER BY
num.i
LIMIT 5
or:
SELECT
num.i
FROM
num
WHERE
NOT EXISTS
( SELECT *
FROM tableX AS t
WHERE num.i = t.columnX
)
ORDER BY
num.i
LIMIT 5
Another approach, without using an auxilary table, would be to use MySQL variables. You can test it in SQL-Fiddle, test-2. The output is not the same as the previous (just to show that it can be done):
SELECT start_id, end_id
FROM
( SELECT
IF( t.columnX <> #id, #id, NULL) AS start_id
, IF( t.columnX <> #id, t.columnX-1, NULL) AS end_id
, #rows := #rows + (t.columnX - #id) AS r
, #id := t.columnX + 1 AS running_id
FROM
tableX AS t
CROSS JOIN
( SELECT #rows := 0
, #id := 1
) AS dummy
WHERE
#rows < 5
ORDER BY
t.columnX
) AS tmp
WHERE
start_id IS NOT NULL
This will work, but I think it is pretty inefficient. You won't need an extra table though (a table that would be (2^31-1)*4/1024^3 = 8GB for all positive numbers in INT). Also I advise you look at why you need this, because it might not be neccesary.
Also it will return the start and end of a range, but not all numbers in that range. (e.g. if you have numbers 1 and 5 it will return {0,2,4,6})
SELECT (t.num-1) AS bound FROM t
WHERE t.num-1 NOT IN (SELECT t.num FROM t)
UNION
SELECT (t.num+1) AS bound FROM t
WHERE t.num+1 NOT IN (SELECT t.num FROM t)
As I said this will be pretty inefficient, JOINs might be faster but you would need benchmark it.
SELECT (t.num-1) AS bound FROM t
LEFT JOIN t AS u ON t.num-1 = u.num
WHERE u.num IS NULL
UNION
SELECT (t.num+1) AS bound FROM t
LEFT JOIN t AS u ON t.num+1 = u.num
WHERE u.num IS NULL

Filter out orphan table entries

Suppose there is a table with only two columns (an example is shown below). Every '1' entry should be followed (in the sorted order given below) by a '0'. However, as you can see, in the table, there are some 'orphans' where there are two consecutive '1's.
How can I create a query that returns all the rows, except for the first of any consecutive '1's? (This would reduce the example below from 16 rows to 14)
1 E
0 A
1 T
0 S
1 R
0 E
1 F
0 T
1 G
1 T
0 R
1 X
1 R
0 R
1 E
0 T
I'm going to try and clarify my problem, I think that above I simplified it too much. Imagine one table called logs, with four columns:
user (a string containing a username)
machine (a string uniquely identifying various PCs)
type (event's type: a 1 for login and a 0 for logout)
time (the time of the event being logged)
[The machine/time pair provides a unique key, as no machine can be logged in or out of twice at the same instant. Presumably an 'ID' column could be artificially created based on machine/time sort if needed.]
The idea is that every login event should be accompanied by a logout event. In an ideal word it would be fairly easy to match logins to logouts, and hence analyse the time spent logged in.
However, in the case of a power cut, the logout will not be recorded. Therefore (considering only one machine's data, sorted by time) if there are two login events in a row, we want to ignore the first login, because we don't have any reliable data from it. This is the problem I am trying to solve.
Provided, that
only 1's are dupes, never 0's
You want to get rid of all the first 1's if there are more.
Your text says "except for the first of any consecutive", but I think, this is what you want. Or there can only ever be 2, then it is the same.
SELECT x.*
FROM x
LEFT JOIN x y on y.id = (x.id + 1)
WHERE (x.nr = y.nr) IS NOT TRUE -- OR x.nr = 0
ORDER BY x.id
If you want to preserve double 0's, use the commented clause additionally, but probably not needed.
Edit after question edit:
You may want to add an auto-increment column to your data to make this simpler:
Generate (i.e. write) a row number index column in MySQL
Other RDBMS (PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server, ..) have window functions like row_number() or lag() and lead() that make such an operation much easier.
Assuming you get an id (add column, set column id = record number in database) use:
select a.*
from the_table a
left join the_table b on b.id = a.id + 1
and b.col1 = 0
where a.col1 = 1
and b.id is null
Try:
select l.*
from logs l
where l.type = 0 or
not (select type
from (select * from logs order by `time` desc) n
where n.machine = l.machine and
n.user = l.user and
n.time > l.time)
group by () )
USING a CTE to separate the lag-logic from the selection criteria.
DROP TABLE tmp.bits;
CREATE TABLE tmp.bits
( id SERIAL NOT NULL
, bit INTEGER NOT NULL
, code CHAR(1)
);
INSERT INTO tmp.bits(bit, code) VALUES
(1, 'T' )
, (0, 'S' )
, (1, 'R' )
, (0, 'E' )
, (1, 'F' )
, (0, 'T' )
, (1, 'G' )
, (1, 'T' )
, (0, 'R' )
, (1, 'X' )
, (1, 'R' )
, (0, 'R' )
, (1, 'E' )
, (0, 'T' )
;
SET search_path='tmp';
SELECT * FROM bits;
-- EXPLAIN ANALYZE
WITH prevnext AS (
SELECT
bt.id AS thisid
, bt.bit AS thisbit
, bt.code AS thiscode
, bp.bit AS prevbit
, bp.code AS prevcode
FROM bits bt
LEFT JOIN bits bp ON (bt.id > bp.id)
AND NOT EXISTS ( SELECT * FROM bits nx
WHERE nx.id > bp.id
AND nx.id < bt.id
)
)
SELECT thisid, thisbit, thiscode
FROM prevnext
WHERE thisbit=0
OR prevbit IS NULL OR thisbit <> prevbit
;
EDIT:
for those poor soals that cannot use CTEs, it is easy to create a view instead:
CREATE VIEW prevnext AS (
SELECT
bt.id AS thisid
, bt.bit AS thisbit
,bt.code AS thiscode
, bp.bit AS prevbit
, bp.code AS prevcode
FROM bits bt
LEFT JOIN bits bp ON (bt.id > bp.id)
AND NOT EXISTS ( SELECT * FROM bits nx
WHERE nx.id > bp.id
AND nx.id < bt.id
)
)
;
SELECT thisid, thisbit, thiscode
FROM prevnext
WHERE thisbit=0
OR prevbit IS NULL OR thisbit <> prevbit
;