Question

I have a SQL challenge which I need a little help with.

Below is a simplified example, in my real case I have about 500k rows in a slow VIEW. So if you have a solution that is effective as well, I would appreciate it. I’m thinking I have to use GROUP BY in one way or another, but I’m not sure.

Let’s say I have a table like this

╔═════════╦══════════╦══════════╦═══════╗
║ ORDERID ║   NAME   ║   TYPE   ║ PRICE ║
╠═════════╬══════════╬══════════╬═══════╣
║       1 ║ Broccoli ║ Food     ║ 1     ║
║       1 ║ Beer     ║ Beverage ║ 5     ║
║       1 ║ Coke     ║ Beverage ║ 2     ║
║       2 ║ Beef     ║ Food     ║ 2.5   ║
║       2 ║ Juice    ║ Beverage ║ 1.5   ║
║       3 ║ Beer     ║ Beverage ║ 5     ║
║       4 ║ Tomato   ║ Food     ║ 1     ║
║       4 ║ Apple    ║ Food     ║ 1     ║
║       4 ║ Broccoli ║ Food     ║ 1     ║
╚═════════╩══════════╩══════════╩═══════╝

So what I want to do is:

In each order, where there are BOTH food and beverage order line, I want the highest beverage price

So in this example i would like to have a result set of this:

╔═════════╦═══════╦═══════╗
║ ORDERID ║ NAME  ║ PRICE ║
╠═════════╬═══════╬═══════╣
║       1 ║ Beer  ║ 5     ║
║       2 ║ Juice ║ 1.5   ║
╚═════════╩═══════╩═══════╝

How can I acheive this in an effective way?

Answer 1

Since you have tagged SQL Server, make use of Common Table Expression and Window Functions.

;WITH filteredList
AS
(
  SELECT OrderID
  FROM tableName
  WHERE Type IN ('Food','Beverage')
  GROUP BY OrderID
  HAVING COUNT(DISTINCT Type) = 2
),
greatestList
AS
(
    SELECT  a.OrderID, a.Name, a.Type, a.Price,
            DENSE_RANK() OVER (PARTITION BY a.OrderID
                                ORDER BY a.Price DESC) rn
    FROM tableName  a
          INNER JOIN filteredList b
              ON a.OrderID = b.OrderID
    WHERE a.Type = 'Beverage'
)
SELECT  OrderID, Name, Type, Price
FROM    greatestList
WHERE   rn = 1

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