Question

Problem

I import a spread sheet that contains parent group data on the same column as the child. I would like to add extract column for group as show below.

Create Table

DECLARE @Fruit TABLE
    (
      ProductID INT IDENTITY(1, 1)
                    PRIMARY KEY ,
      FruitName NVARCHAR(20) ,
      FruitCost MONEY
    )

INSERT  INTO @fruit
        ( FruitName, FruitCost )
VALUES  ( 'Berry', NULL )
INSERT  INTO @fruit
        ( FruitName, FruitCost )
VALUES  ( 'BlueBerry', 2 )
INSERT  INTO @fruit
        ( FruitName, FruitCost )
VALUES  ( 'StrawBerry', 2 )
INSERT  INTO @fruit
        ( FruitName, FruitCost )
VALUES  ( 'Citrus', NULL )
INSERT  INTO @fruit
        ( FruitName, FruitCost )
VALUES  ( 'Lemon', 2 )
INSERT  INTO @fruit
        ( FruitName, FruitCost )
VALUES  ( 'Orange', 2 )

SELECT  *
FROM    @Fruit

Table Results

ProductID   FruitName            FruitCost
----------- -------------------- ---------------------
1           Berry                NULL
2           BlueBerry            2.00
3           StrawBerry           2.00
4           Citrus               NULL
5           Lemon                2.00
6           Orange               2.00

Required Results

FruitName            FruitCost             FruitGroup
-------------------- --------------------- --------------------
BlueBerry            2.00                  Berry
StrawBerry           2.00                  Berry
Lemon                2.00                  Citrus
Orange               2.00                  Citrus

Answer 1

Try this

select
    f3.FruitName, f3.FruitCost, f.FruitName
from
    @Fruit f
        inner join
    (
        SELECT  *,
        (Select max(productid) from @Fruit f2 where FruitCost is null and ProductID<=f.ProductID) as fgroup
        FROM    @Fruit f
    ) f3
        on f.ProductID = f3.fgroup
where f3.FruitCost is not null