Eliminating repetitive coding.

  • Hi,

    I have the following code.

    INSERT INTO #SummaryResults

    (ColumnID

    ,ColumnName

    ,SentDate

    ,DataResult)

    SELECT

    4

    ,13

    ,1

    ,CONVERT(VARCHAR,COUNT(*))

    FROM

    #EmailSent

    WHERE

    EmailSentID = @EmailSentID

    AND EmailSentDateTimeBegin BETWEEN @SentDate2BeginNew AND @SentDate1EndNew

    INSERT INTO #SummaryResults

    (ColumnID

    ,ColumnName

    ,SentDate

    ,DataResult)

    SELECT

    4

    ,13

    ,2

    ,CONVERT(VARCHAR,COUNT(*))

    FROM

    #EmailSent

    WHERE

    EmailSentID = @EmailSentID

    AND EmailSentDateTimeBegin BETWEEN @SentDate3BeginNew AND @SentDate1EndNew

    INSERT INTO #SummaryResults

    (ColumnID

    ,ColumnName

    ,SentDate

    ,DataResult)

    SELECT

    4

    ,13

    ,3

    ,CONVERT(VARCHAR,COUNT(*))

    FROM

    #EmailSent

    WHERE

    EmailSentID = @EmailSentID

    AND EmailSentDateTimeBegin BETWEEN @SentDate4BeginNew AND @SentDate1EndNew

    INSERT INTO #SummaryResults

    (ColumnID

    ,ColumnName

    ,SentDate

    ,DataResult)

    SELECT

    4

    ,13

    ,4

    ,CONVERT(VARCHAR,COUNT(*))

    FROM

    #EmailSent

    WHERE

    EmailSentID = @EmailSentID

    AND EmailSentDateTimeBegin BETWEEN @SentDate5BeginNew AND @SentDate1EndNew

    INSERT INTO #SummaryResults

    (ColumnID

    ,ColumnName

    ,SentDate

    ,DataResult)

    SELECT

    4

    ,13

    ,5

    ,CONVERT(VARCHAR,COUNT(*))

    FROM

    #EmailSent

    WHERE

    EmailSentID = @EmailSentID

    AND EmailSentDateTimeBegin BETWEEN @SentDate6BeginNew AND @SentDate1EndNew

    I have daterangeBegin from @SentDate1BeginNew to @SentDate12BeginNew. For this I have to write 11 select statements and code looks very repetitive.

    Is there a way I can use dynamic SQL or any other better way of coding this to avoid repetitive coding.

    Thanks in advance.

  • Just out of curiosity.. Can't we have OR statements for date ranges after last AND clause within parenthesis () to overcome the problem ?

    If not then may be store the date ranges in some temp table and loop over it

  • Something like this? (Not tested because no table DDL or sample data.)

    CREATE TABLE #BeginDates (

    DateNo tinyint

    SentDate datetime

    )

    INSERT INTO #BeginDates VALUES

    (1, @SentDate2BeginNew)

    , (2, @SentDate3BeginNew)

    , (3, @SentDate4BeginNew)

    , (4, @SentDate5BeginNew)

    , (5, @SentDate6BeginNew)

    INSERT INTO #SummaryResults (

    ColumnID

    , ColumnName

    , SentDate

    , DataResult

    )

    SELECT

    4

    , 13

    , b.DateNo

    , CONVERT(VARCHAR,COUNT(*))

    FROM #BeginDates b

    JOIN #EmailSent e

    ON e.EmailSentDateTimeBegin BETWEEN b.SentDate AND @SentDate1EndNew

    John

  • You have several options.

    To eliminate the separate INSERT clauses, you could just use a UNION ALL like below:

    INSERT INTO #SummaryResults

    (ColumnID

    ,ColumnName

    ,SentDate

    ,DataResult)

    SELECT

    4

    ,13

    ,1

    ,CONVERT(VARCHAR,COUNT(*))

    FROM

    #EmailSent

    WHERE

    EmailSentID = @EmailSentID

    AND EmailSentDateTimeBegin BETWEEN @SentDate2BeginNew AND @SentDate1EndNew

    UNION ALL

    SELECT

    4

    ,13

    ,2

    ,CONVERT(VARCHAR,COUNT(*))

    FROM

    #EmailSent

    WHERE

    EmailSentID = @EmailSentID

    AND EmailSentDateTimeBegin BETWEEN @SentDate3BeginNew AND @SentDate1EndNew

    UNION ALL

    SELECT

    4

    ,13

    ,3

    ,CONVERT(VARCHAR,COUNT(*))

    FROM

    #EmailSent

    WHERE

    EmailSentID = @EmailSentID

    AND EmailSentDateTimeBegin BETWEEN @SentDate4BeginNew AND @SentDate1EndNew

    UNION ALL

    SELECT

    4

    ,13

    ,4

    ,CONVERT(VARCHAR,COUNT(*))

    FROM

    #EmailSent

    WHERE

    EmailSentID = @EmailSentID

    AND EmailSentDateTimeBegin BETWEEN @SentDate5BeginNew AND @SentDate1EndNew

    UNION ALL

    SELECT

    4

    ,13

    ,5

    ,CONVERT(VARCHAR,COUNT(*))

    FROM

    #EmailSent

    WHERE

    EmailSentID = @EmailSentID

    AND EmailSentDateTimeBegin BETWEEN @SentDate6BeginNew AND @SentDate1EndNew

    To eliminate the rest of the redundant code, you could use this:

    INSERT INTO #SummaryResults

    (ColumnID

    ,ColumnName

    ,SentDate

    ,DataResult)

    SELECT

    4

    ,13

    , CASE XCondition WHEN 1 THEN 1

    WHEN 2 THEN 2

    WHEN 3 THEN 3

    WHEN 4 THEN 4

    WHEN 5 THEN 5 END

    ,CONVERT(VARCHAR,COUNT(*))

    FROM

    #EmailSent

    WHERE

    EmailSentID = @EmailSentID

    AND

    (

    (EmailSentDateTimeBegin BETWEEN @SentDate2BeginNew AND @SentDate1EndNew)

    OR (EmailSentDateTimeBegin BETWEEN @SentDate3BeginNew AND @SentDate1EndNew)

    OR (EmailSentDateTimeBegin BETWEEN @SentDate4BeginNew AND @SentDate1EndNew)

    OR (EmailSentDateTimeBegin BETWEEN @SentDate5BeginNew AND @SentDate1EndNew)

    OR (EmailSentDateTimeBegin BETWEEN @SentDate6BeginNew AND @SentDate1EndNew)

    )

    Please note the CASE statement I inserted in your SELECT clause. I don't know what Xcondition is. Whatever you are using to determine the value of this column (it changes through your code) is what you should use for Xcondition.

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