Crazy Row Numbering Poblem

[rhaazy]

I'm using ms sql 2000.

First here is a sample of my XML input:
- <scan ID="18.0" Section="System Restore">
- <scanattributes>
<scanattribute ID="18.0.0.0" ParentID="" Name="Description">Removed
ClientScanServiceSetup</scanattribute>
<scanattribute ID="18.0.0.0.0" ParentID="18.0.0.0" Name="Creation
Time">5/4/2006 11:42 AM</scanattribute>
<scanattribute ID="18.0.0.1" ParentID="" Name="Description">Installed
ClientScanServiceSetup</scanattribute>
<scanattribute ID="18.0.0.1.1" ParentID="18.0.0.1" Name="Creation
Time">5/4/2006 11:48 AM</scanattribute>
<scanattribute ID="18.0.0.2" ParentID="" Name="Description">Removed
ClientScanServiceSetup</scanattribute>
<scanattribute ID="18.0.0.2.2" ParentID="18.0.0.2" Name="Creation
Time">5/4/2006 12:05 PM</scanattribute>
<scanattribute ID="18.0.0.3" ParentID="" Name="Description">Installed
ClientScanServiceSetup</scanattribute>
<scanattribute ID="18.0.0.3.3" ParentID="18.0.0.3" Name="Creation
Time">5/4/2006 12:06 PM</scanattribute>
<scanattribute ID="18.0.0.4" ParentID="" Name="Description">Removed
ClientScanServiceSetup</scanattribute>
<scanattribute ID="18.0.0.4.4" ParentID="18.0.0.4" Name="Creation
Time">5/4/2006 12:15 PM</scanattribute>
<scanattribute ID="18.0.0.5" ParentID="" Name="Description">Installed
ClientScanServiceSetup</scanattribute>
<scanattribute ID="18.0.0.5.5" ParentID="18.0.0.5" Name="Creation
Time">5/4/2006 12:36 PM</scanattribute>
<scanattribute ID="18.0.0.6" ParentID="" Name="Description">Removed
ClientScanServiceSetup</scanattribute>
<scanattribute ID="18.0.0.6.6" ParentID="18.0.0.6" Name="Creation
Time">5/4/2006 12:57 PM</scanattribute>
<scanattribute ID="18.0.0.7" ParentID="" Name="Description">Installed
ClientScanServiceSetup</scanattribute>
<scanattribute ID="18.0.0.7.7" ParentID="18.0.0.7" Name="Creation
Time">5/4/2006 12:59 PM</scanattribute>
<scanattribute ID="18.0.0.8" ParentID="" Name="Description">Removed
ClientScanServiceSetup</scanattribute>
<scanattribute ID="18.0.0.8.8" ParentID="18.0.0.8" Name="Creation
Time">5/4/2006 1:04 PM</scanattribute>
<scanattribute ID="18.0.0.9" ParentID="" Name="Description">Installed
ClientScanServiceSetup</scanattribute>
<scanattribute ID="18.0.0.9.9" ParentID="18.0.0.9" Name="Creation
Time">5/4/2006 1:11 PM</scanattribute>
</scanattributes>
</scan>

Here is what I have so far:
declare @iTree int
create table #temp (ID nvarchar(50), ParentID nvarchar(50), Name
nvarchar(50), scanattribute nvarchar(50))
create table #dup (attid nvarchar(50), name nvarchar (50), ID
nvarchar(50))

EXEC sp_xml_preparedocument @iTree OUTPUT, @doc

*/
INSERT INTO #temp
SELECT * FROM openxml(@iTree,
'ComputerScan/scans/scan/scanattributes/scanattribute', 1)
WITH(
ID nvarchar(50) './@ID',
ParentID nvarchar(50) './@ParentID',
Name nvarchar(50) './@Name',
scanattribute nvarchar(50) '.'
)

INSERT INTO #dup
SELECT ScanAttributeID, #temp.scanattribute, #temp.ID FROM
tblScanAttribute, #temp
WHERE #temp.ID like '18.%' AND tblScanAttribute.Name = #temp.Name AND
tblScanAttribute.ScanSectionID like '18'

INSERT INTO tblTest3(instance, attid, sectionid, name)
SELECT instance = (select count(*) from #dup where #dup.attid =
tblScanAttribute.ScanAttributeID
AND #dup.name<=#temp.scanattribute), tblScanAttribute.ScanAttributeID,
tblScanAttribute.ScanSectionID, #temp.scanattribute
FROM tblScanAttribute, #temp
WHERE #temp.ID like '18.%' AND tblScanAttribute.Name = #temp.Name AND
tblScanAttribute.ScanSectionID like '18'

The Results are as follows for tblTest3:
2 151 18 5/4/2006 1:11 PM
9 151 18 5/4/2006 12:57 PM
10 151 18 5/4/2006 12:59 PM
1 151 18 5/4/2006 1:04 PM
6 151 18 5/4/2006 12:06 PM
7 151 18 5/4/2006 12:15 PM
8 151 18 5/4/2006 12:36 PM
3 151 18 5/4/2006 11:42 AM
4 151 18 5/4/2006 11:48 AM
5 151 18 5/4/2006 12:05 PM
5 152 18 Installed ClientScanServiceSetup
10 152 18 Removed ClientScanServiceSetup
5 152 18 Installed ClientScanServiceSetup
10 152 18 Removed ClientScanServiceSetup
5 152 18 Installed ClientScanServiceSetup
10 152 18 Removed ClientScanServiceSetup
5 152 18 Installed ClientScanServiceSetup
10 152 18 Removed ClientScanServiceSetup
5 152 18 Installed ClientScanServiceSetup
10 152 18 Removed ClientScanServiceSetup

As you can see I am recording each repeating instace of the second
column, however when the fourth column has a repeating value the method
does not work, this is what I want it to look like:
2 151 18 5/4/2006 1:11 PM
9 151 18 5/4/2006 12:57 PM
10 151 18 5/4/2006 12:59 PM
1 151 18 5/4/2006 1:04 PM
6 151 18 5/4/2006 12:06 PM
7 151 18 5/4/2006 12:15 PM
8 151 18 5/4/2006 12:36 PM
3 151 18 5/4/2006 11:42 AM
4 151 18 5/4/2006 11:48 AM
5 151 18 5/4/2006 12:05 PM
1 152 18 Installed ClientScanServiceSetup
10 152 18 Removed ClientScanServiceSetup
9 152 18 Installed ClientScanServiceSetup
2 152 18 Removed ClientScanServiceSetup
8 152 18 Installed ClientScanServiceSetup
3 152 18 Removed ClientScanServiceSetup
5 152 18 Installed ClientScanServiceSetup
7 152 18 Removed ClientScanServiceSetup
6 152 18 Installed ClientScanServiceSetup
4 152 18 Removed ClientScanServiceSetup

IF anyone can help me out with this I would appreciate it greatly.

[rhaazy]

I forgot to include the other tbl where I get the attid from. so here
it is.
151 18 Creation Time ND 0 5/9/2006 1:56:00 PM 5/9/2006 1:56:00 PM 0
152 18 Description ND 0 5/9/2006 1:56:00 PM 5/9/2006 1:56:00 PM 0

[Steve Kass]

It's not your main question, but I thought I'd point out that
the ordering of datetimes is probably not what you want:
1:04 PM
1:11 PM
11:42 AM
11:48 AM
...

If you have more than one year, it will get worse.

Steve Kass
Drew University

[Alejandro Mesa]

rhaazy,

we need another column to break the ties. Try adding an identity column to
the temporary table #temp.

create table #temp (
[ID] nvarchar(50),
ParentID nvarchar(50),
[Name] nvarchar(50),
scanattribute nvarchar(50),
pk int not null identity unique -- new column
)

INSERT INTO #temp ([ID], ParentID, [Name], scanattribute)
SELECT * FROM openxml(...
...

INSERT INTO tblTest3(instance, attid, sectionid, name)
SELECT
instance = (
select count(*)
from #dup
where
#dup.attid = tblScanAttribute.ScanAttributeID
AND

(
#dup.[name] <= #temp.scanattribute
or
(#dup.[name] = #temp.scanattribute and #dup.puk < #temp)
)
),

tblScanAttribute.ScanAttributeID,
tblScanAttribute.ScanSectionID,
#temp.scanattribute
FROM
tblScanAttribute, #temp
WHERE
#temp.ID like '18.%'
AND tblScanAttribute.Name = #temp.Name
AND tblScanAttribute.ScanSectionID like '18'

AMB

[rhaazy]

NSERT INTO tblTest3(instance, attid, sectionid, name)
SELECT
instance = (
select count(*)
from #dup
where
#dup.attid = tblScanAttribute.ScanAttributeID
AND
(
#dup.[name] <= #temp.scanattribute
or
(#dup.[name] = #temp.scanattribute and #dup.puk <
#temp)
)
),

Does this imply I also need to add the pk column to the #dup table???

[mark...@hotmail.com]

You should be able to use your ID column to resolve duplicates.
Try changing

INSERT INTO tblTest3(instance, attid, sectionid, name)
SELECT instance = (select count(*) from #dup where #dup.attid =

tblScanAttribute.ScanAttributeID
AND #dup.name<=#temp.scanattribute),
tblScanAttribute.ScanAttributeID,
tblScanAttribute.ScanSectionID, #temp.scanattribute
FROM tblScanAttribute, #temp
WHERE #temp.ID like '18.%' AND tblScanAttribute.Name =
#temp.Name AND
tblScanAttribute.ScanSectionID like '18'

to

INSERT INTO tblTest3(instance, attid, sectionid, name)
SELECT instance = (select count(*) from #dup where #dup.attid =
tblScanAttribute.ScanAttributeID

AND ((#dup.name<#temp.scanattribute)
or (#dup.name=#temp.scanattribute) and
(#dup.ID<=#temp.ID))),

[rhaazy]

I don't know who you are or where you come from but you are the
greatest person who ever lived.... I have spent all week trying to
figure this out, I knew it needed an 'or' clause in there but I
couldn't quite get it right. I am an intern and I've only been
database programming for 2 weeks and was pretty pleased I got as far as
I did. I just wanted to tell you how thankful I am for you helping me.
The fact you were able to make sense of all the crazy stuff I gave and
crank out exactly what I needed is truely amazing to me.

Thanks again.

[Alejandro Mesa]

rhaazy,

Sure, but here it will not have identity property. I will be populated from
#temp.

AMB

[Alejandro Mesa]

Good catch!!!