Question

I have two tables, Table A with the hours, and Table B to have Grade, and minimum Hour required

What I’m trying to do is to assign TableB.Grade to TableA depending on how much hours each record has.

Example:

TableA

Name        Hours       
Person A     205
Person B     105
Person C     400

Table B

Grade       HoursRequired
1              0
2              100
3              200
4              300

My expected report

Name      Hours     Grade
Person A    105     2
Person B    205     3
Person C    400     4

Any advise on the SQL coding or restructuring of table would be appreciated.

Answer 1

I like @Andomar’s suggestion. However, if subqueries confuse you, you could revise TableB like this:

Grade low_end   high_end
1           0         99
2         100        199
3         200        299
4         300 2147483647

Then use this query:

SELECT a.person_name, a.hours, b.Grade
FROM TableA AS a, TableB AS b
WHERE (((a.hours) Between [b].[low_end] And [b].[high_end]))
ORDER BY a.person_name;

Name is a reserved word so I re-named your Name field to person_name.