Need help constructing a SELECT statement

I am having difficulty coming up with the correct Select statement. I
have a table with 5 columns as follows:
ID int (primary key)
TextID int
LanguageID int
CategoryID int
Text nvarchar(260)
The table is filled with the following 5 rows of data:
ID TextID LanguageID CategoryID Text
1, 1, 'en', 1, 'apple'
2, 1, 'de', 1, 'Apfel'
3, 2, 'fr', 1, 'Lundi'
4, 2, 'de', 1, 'Montag'
5, 3, 'en', 2, 'Food'
I want to select all the records where the LanguageID is 'en' and the
CategoryID is 3 for each unique TextID value. If no LanguageID for 'en'
is found for a unique TextID, I want to select whatever LanguageID does
exist for the TextID. If more than one exists, I want to select only
one of these LanguageIDs (it doesn't matter which one). Using the above
data for an example, only the first and third records should be
returned (or possibly the 4th instead of the 3rd).
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Johann BlakeHi
I 'm not sure understood the question
> one of these LanguageIDs (it doesn't matter which one). Using the above
> data for an example, only the first and third records should be
> returned (or possibly the 4th instead of the 3rd).
How it can be done if the Category 3 does not exist? Can you show a
desired output ?
CREATE TABLE #Test
(
[id] INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
TextID INT NOT NULL,
LanguageID CHAR(2) NOT NULL,
CategoryID INT NOT NULL,
[Text] VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL
)
INSERT INTO #Test VALUES (1,1,'en',1,'apple')
INSERT INTO #Test VALUES (2,1,'de',1,'Apfel')
INSERT INTO #Test VALUES (3,2,'fr',1,'Lundi')
INSERT INTO #Test VALUES (4,2,'de',1,'Montag')
INSERT INTO #Test VALUES (5,3,'en',2,'Food')
<johannblake@.yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>I am having difficulty coming up with the correct Select statement. I
> have a table with 5 columns as follows:
> ID int (primary key)
> TextID int
> LanguageID int
> CategoryID int
> Text nvarchar(260)
> The table is filled with the following 5 rows of data:
> ID TextID LanguageID CategoryID Text
> 1, 1, 'en', 1, 'apple'
> 2, 1, 'de', 1, 'Apfel'
> 3, 2, 'fr', 1, 'Lundi'
> 4, 2, 'de', 1, 'Montag'
> 5, 3, 'en', 2, 'Food'
> I want to select all the records where the LanguageID is 'en' and the
> CategoryID is 3 for each unique TextID value. If no LanguageID for 'en'
> is found for a unique TextID, I want to select whatever LanguageID does
> exist for the TextID. If more than one exists, I want to select only
> one of these LanguageIDs (it doesn't matter which one). Using the above
> data for an example, only the first and third records should be
> returned (or possibly the 4th instead of the 3rd).
> Any help would be appreciated.
> Thanks
> Johann Blake
>|||Your question doesn't make much sense.
"I want to select ALL the records where the LanguageID is " but then later
you say "If more than one exists, I want to select ONLY
one of these LanguageIDs ". Which is it... ALL or ONLY?
Also you don't have any rows with categoryID of 3 so there's no data even to
select.
Nik Marshall-Blank MCSD/MCDBA
<johannblake@.yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>I am having difficulty coming up with the correct Select statement. I
> have a table with 5 columns as follows:
> ID int (primary key)
> TextID int
> LanguageID int
> CategoryID int
> Text nvarchar(260)
> The table is filled with the following 5 rows of data:
> ID TextID LanguageID CategoryID Text
> 1, 1, 'en', 1, 'apple'
> 2, 1, 'de', 1, 'Apfel'
> 3, 2, 'fr', 1, 'Lundi'
> 4, 2, 'de', 1, 'Montag'
> 5, 3, 'en', 2, 'Food'
> I want to select all the records where the LanguageID is 'en' and the
> CategoryID is 3 for each unique TextID value. If no LanguageID for 'en'
> is found for a unique TextID, I want to select whatever LanguageID does
> exist for the TextID. If more than one exists, I want to select only
> one of these LanguageIDs (it doesn't matter which one). Using the above
> data for an example, only the first and third records should be
> returned (or possibly the 4th instead of the 3rd).
> Any help would be appreciated.
> Thanks
> Johann Blake
>