Question

I am trying to get this SQL query to grab 1 more thing from another table. However, when I try and add it to the select, it is giving me an error – “Column ‘OrderItem.orderItemValue’ is invalid in the select list because it is not contained in either an aggregate function or the GROUP BY clause.”

Here is the original SQL query (in a stored procedure) which works fine:

SET ANSI_NULLS ON
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO


ALTER PROCEDURE SP_InvoiceReports_CustProducts
@custIdent varchar(50) ,
@startDate datetime ,
@endDate datetime
AS
set @endDate = dateAdd(month, 1, @startDate)
SELECT product.styleDesc, product.styleRef , empCust.custName , productSize.sizeChartNme ,
    Sum(orderItemAudit.shipQuantity) as theShipment ,
    Sum(orderItemAudit.shipValue) as theCost
FROM orderItemAudit INNER JOIN
    orders ON 
    orderItemAudit.orderIdent = orders.orderIdent INNER JOIN
    OrderItem ON 
    orderItemAudit.orderItemIdent = OrderItem.orderItemIdent AND 
    orders.orderIdent = OrderItem.orderIdent INNER JOIN
    empCust ON 
    orders.custIdent = empCust.custIdent INNER JOIN
    product ON OrderItem.styleRef = product.styleRef  INNER JOIN
    productSize ON OrderItem.sizeChartIdent = productSize.sizeChartIdent 
WHERE empCust.custIdent = @custIdent
    and orderItemAudit.dateShipped >= @startDate
    and orderItemAudit.dateShipped <= @endDate
GROUP BY product.styleRef, product.styleDesc, empCust.custName, productSize.sizeChartNme
ORDER BY product.styleRef, product.styleDesc, empCust.custName, productSize.sizeChartNme

Here it is after I added what I want to select to it:

SET ANSI_NULLS ON
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO


ALTER PROCEDURE SP_InvoiceReports_CustProducts
@custIdent varchar(50) ,
@startDate datetime ,
@endDate datetime
AS
set @endDate = dateAdd(month, 1, @startDate)
SELECT product.styleDesc, product.styleRef , empCust.custName , productSize.sizeChartNme , OrderItem.orderItemValue , 
    Sum(orderItemAudit.shipQuantity) as theShipment ,
    Sum(orderItemAudit.shipValue) as theCost
FROM orderItemAudit INNER JOIN
    orders ON 
    orderItemAudit.orderIdent = orders.orderIdent INNER JOIN
    OrderItem ON 
    orderItemAudit.orderItemIdent = OrderItem.orderItemIdent AND 
    orders.orderIdent = OrderItem.orderIdent INNER JOIN
    empCust ON 
    orders.custIdent = empCust.custIdent INNER JOIN
    product ON OrderItem.styleRef = product.styleRef  INNER JOIN
    productSize ON OrderItem.sizeChartIdent = productSize.sizeChartIdent 
WHERE empCust.custIdent = @custIdent
    and orderItemAudit.dateShipped >= @startDate
    and orderItemAudit.dateShipped <= @endDate
GROUP BY product.styleRef, product.styleDesc, empCust.custName, productSize.sizeChartNme
ORDER BY product.styleRef, product.styleDesc, empCust.custName, productSize.sizeChartNme

I don’t understand this because that table IS in an INNER JOIN?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

You didnt add the column to the group by expression:

GROUP BY product.styleRef, product.styleDesc, empCust.custName, productSize.sizeChartNme, OrderItem.orderItemValue