SQL While Loop

  • I was wondering if someone could take a look at the code below and offer any suggestions on how to accomplish what I want to accomplish. Change this so it works.

    Basically, I need to insert the same number of records into a table called TicketTable for the number of tickets a customer has ordered. I have a cursor that goes through and finds the appropriate records to run this against and each one has a variable called @QUANTITY_ORDERED. I need to match the number of inserts into the TicketTable for the value in the @QUANTITY_ORDERED variable and then move on to the next record. I tried but it's not working. Not sure if I'm missing any extra BEGIN or END statements or it's just plain wrong.

    Thanks!

    Rog

    OPEN TicketUpdate

    FETCH FIRST FROM TicketUpdate INTO @BT_ID,@ST_ID,@PRODUCT_CODE,

    @PRODUCT_MAJOR,@PRODUCT_MINOR,@QUANTITY_ORDERED,@DATE_ENTERED,@DATE_UPDATED,@ORDER_NUMBER,@ORDER_DATE,@SOURCE_CODE,@LAST_TICKET_NUMBER

    WHILE (@@FETCH_STATUS = 0)

    BEGIN

    DECLARE @ticket_count Integer

    set @ticket_count = 0

    SET @ticket_count = @ticket_count + 1

    While (@ticket_count < @quantity_ordered)
    BEGIN TRANSACTION

    insert into TicketTable (SEQN,ID,ACTIVITY_TYPE,DESCRIPTION,PRODUCT_CODE,TRANSACTION_DATE,SOURCE_CODE,F_1,F_4,F_5)
    values (@NEXT_SEQN,@BT_ID,'TICKET','Ticket',@PRODUCT_MAJOR,@ORDER_DATE,@SOURCE_CODE,@PRODUCT_CODE,1,@ORDER_NUMBER)

    COMMIT TRANSACTION

    FETCH NEXT FROM TicketUpdate INTO @BT_ID,@ST_ID,@PRODUCT_CODE,
    @PRODUCT_MAJOR,@PRODUCT_MINOR,@QUANTITY_ORDERED,@DATE_ENTERED,@DATE_UPDATED,@ORDER_NUMBER,@ORDER_DATE,@SOURCE_CODE,@LAST_TICKET_NUMBER
    END
    CLOSE TicketUpdate
    DEALLOCATE TicketUpdate

  • Try this

    DECLARE @ticket_count Integer

    OPEN TicketUpdate

    FETCH FIRST FROM TicketUpdate INTO @BT_ID,@ST_ID,@PRODUCT_CODE,

    @PRODUCT_MAJOR,@PRODUCT_MINOR,@QUANTITY_ORDERED,@DATE_ENTERED,@DATE_UPDATED,@ORDER_NUMBER,@ORDER_DATE,@SOURCE_CODE,@LAST_TICKET_NUMBER

    WHILE (@@FETCH_STATUS = 0)

    BEGIN

    set @ticket_count = 1

    While (@ticket_count <= @quantity_ordered)

    BEGIN

    BEGIN TRANSACTION

    insert into TicketTable (SEQN,ID,ACTIVITY_TYPE,DESCRIPTION,PRODUCT_CODE,TRANSACTION_DATE,SOURCE_CODE,F_1,F_4,F_5)

    values (@NEXT_SEQN,@BT_ID,'TICKET','Ticket',@PRODUCT_MAJOR,@ORDER_DATE,@SOURCE_CODE,@PRODUCT_CODE,1,@ORDER_NUMBER)

    COMMIT TRANSACTION

    SET @ticket_count = @ticket_count + 1

    END

    FETCH NEXT FROM TicketUpdate INTO @BT_ID,@ST_ID,@PRODUCT_CODE,

    @PRODUCT_MAJOR,@PRODUCT_MINOR,@QUANTITY_ORDERED,@DATE_ENTERED,@DATE_UPDATED,@ORDER_NUMBER,@ORDER_DATE,@SOURCE_CODE,@LAST_TICKET_NUMBER

    END

    CLOSE TicketUpdate

    DEALLOCATE TicketUpdate

  • If you'd like help improving the performance of this update, post your table DDL and the Cursor SELECT. This looks like it can be done in a single update statement as opposed to a cursor. A set based update statement would beat the pants off the cursor in terms of performance.

    John Rowan

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  • It worked out just fine and I really want to thank you for your help!

    Rog

  • Roger Abram (7/16/2009)


    It worked out just fine and I really want to thank you for your help!

    Rog

    That's cool, but there're two ways to do things... the way that works and the way that works well. There's no need for a cursor here, if you're interested, but we do need to see the SELECT from the cursor declaration in order to show you how. 😉

    --Jeff Moden


    RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
    First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
    ________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.
    "Change is inevitable... change for the better is not".

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    How to post code problems
    How to Post Performance Problems
    Create a Tally Function (fnTally)
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