Question

I have been given the task of selecting key data from an Oracle database, but I am noticing that my select is returning duplicate rows. I don’t need them for my report yet I don’t want them to delete them. Could someone help to get only the data that I need. I have tried the following code but this doesn’t help.

SELECT distinct bbp.SUBCAR "Treadwell",
       bbp.BATCH_ID "Batch ID",
       bcs.SILICON "Si",
       bcs.SULPHUR "S",
       bcs.MANGANESE "Mn",
       bcs.PHOSPHORUS "P",
       to_char(bcs.SAMPLE_TIME, 'dd-MON-yy hh24:MI') "Sample Time",
       to_char(bbp.START_POUR, 'dd-MON-yy hh24:MI') "Start Pour Time",
       to_char(bbp.END_POUR, 'dd-MON-yy hh24:MI') "End pour Time",
       bofcs.temperature "Temperature"
FROM  bof_chem_sample bcs, bof_batch_pour bbp, bof_celox_sample bofcs
WHERE bcs.SAMPLE_CODE= to_char('D1')
AND bbp.BATCH_ID=bcs.BATCH_ID
AND bcs.SAMPLE_TIME>=to_date('01-jan-10')

Answer 1

If you look at the query translated to SQL Server type SQL you will see that there is no relation between your bofcs table and the rest of your data. Basically it is returning every record in the bofcs’ temperature field, and that may be producing duplicate results?.

SELECT
     bbp.SUBCAR "Treadwell", 
     bbp.BATCH_ID "Batch ID", 
     bcs.SILICON "Si", 
     bcs.SULPHUR "S",
     bcs.MANGANESE "Mn", 
     bcs.PHOSPHORUS "P", 
     to_char(bcs.SAMPLE_TIME,'dd-MON-yy hh24:MI') "Sample Time", 
     to_char(bbp.START_POUR, 'dd-MON-yy hh24:MI') "Start Pour Time",
     to_char(bbp.END_POUR, 'dd-MON-yy hh24:MI') "End pour Time", 
     bofcs.temperature "Temperature"
FROM 
     bof_chem_sample bcs, 
INNER JOIN 
     bof_batch_pour bbp,
ON
     bbp.BATCH_ID=bcs.BATCH_ID
INNER JOIN
     bof_celox_sample bofcs
ON
     **-- NO RELATION B/N BOFCS and the other tables????**
WHERE 
     bcs.SAMPLE_CODE= to_char('D1') AND 
     bcs.SAMPLE_TIME>=to_date('01-jan-10')