Question

I am using MS-SQL and I am trying to write a query which fetches rows from the master table and related rows from the detail table. Now, the thing I want is that it must only fetch the first row from the master table and related field from the detail tables should be blank in that first row, now if there are related rows found in the detail tables, they must be shown in the separate rows. I have been trying using the following query but it is not giving the desired result.

SELECT 
      DISTINCT 
      ProductMaster.ProductMasterID, ProductMaster.ProductName,
      ProductMaster.SubCategoryID, SubCategory.SubCategoryName,
      ProductBrandAndType.ProductBranAndTypeID, ProductBrandAndType.ProductType,
      ProductBrandAndType.Brand, ProductMaster.ProductDesc, 
      ProductMaster.ReOrderLevel 
FROM 
   ProductBrandAndType 
RIGHT OUTER JOIN 
   Inward 
ON ProductBrandAndType.ProductBranAndTypeID = Inward.ProductBrandAndTypeID 
RIGHT OUTER JOIN 
   ProductMaster 
ON Inward.ProductID = ProductMaster.ProductMasterID 
LEFT OUTER JOIN 
   SubCategory 
ON ProductMaster.SubCategoryID = SubCategory.SubCategoryID 
ORDER BY 
      ProductMaster.ProductName, 
      ProductBrandAndType.ProductType, 
      ProductBrandAndType.Brand;

Can anyone help me on this?

Regards

Sikandar

Answer 1

Following query worked.

SELECT     dbo.ProductMaster.ProductMasterID, dbo.ProductMaster.ProductName, dbo.ProductMaster.SubCategoryID, dbo.ProductMaster.ProductDesc, 
                      dbo.ProductMaster.ReOrderLevel, null as ProductBrandAndTypeID,  
                      null AS Type, null as Brand
FROM         dbo.ProductBrandAndType RIGHT OUTER JOIN
                      dbo.Inward ON dbo.ProductBrandAndType.ProductBranAndTypeID = dbo.Inward.ProductBrandAndTypeID RIGHT OUTER JOIN
                      dbo.ProductMaster ON dbo.Inward.ProductID = dbo.ProductMaster.ProductMasterID LEFT OUTER JOIN
                      dbo.SubCategory ON dbo.ProductMaster.SubCategoryID = dbo.SubCategory.SubCategoryID
UNION 
SELECT     dbo.ProductMaster.ProductMasterID, dbo.ProductMaster.ProductName, dbo.ProductMaster.SubCategoryID, dbo.ProductMaster.ProductDesc, 
                      dbo.ProductMaster.ReOrderLevel, dbo.ProductBrandAndType.ProductBranAndTypeID,  
                      dbo.ProductBrandAndType.ProductType, dbo.ProductBrandAndType.Brand
FROM         dbo.ProductBrandAndType RIGHT OUTER JOIN
                      dbo.Inward ON dbo.ProductBrandAndType.ProductBranAndTypeID = dbo.Inward.ProductBrandAndTypeID RIGHT OUTER JOIN
                      dbo.ProductMaster ON dbo.Inward.ProductID = dbo.ProductMaster.ProductMasterID LEFT OUTER JOIN
                      dbo.SubCategory ON dbo.ProductMaster.SubCategoryID = dbo.SubCategory.SubCategoryID                      
ORDER BY ProductName;