Reputation: 1735
I have the data below and want to sub group the data by a given number in SQL Server:
CREATE TABLE #TBL (ID INT)
INSERT INTO #TBL
VALUES (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9),
(10), (11), (12), (13), (14), (15), (16), (17), (18), (19), (20);
If I set the variable to n values the new column should start from 1 upto and including the variable
I tried this but I cannot get it to work
DECLARE @N INT = 5
SELECT
ID
,ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY ID) AS RN
,CASE WHEN ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY ID) > @N THEN ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY ID)-@N
ELSE ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY ID) END AS New
FROM
#TBL
Current output
ID RN New
---------------
1 1 1
2 2 2
3 3 3
4 4 4
5 5 5
6 6 1
7 7 2
8 8 3
9 9 4
10 10 5
11 11 6
12 12 7
13 13 8
14 14 9
15 15 10
16 16 11
17 17 12
18 18 13
19 19 14
20 20 15
Desired output:
Upvotes: 3
Views: 1355
Reputation: 28403
DECLARE @N INT=8
SELECT ID, ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY ID) AS RN,
CAST(ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY ID) AS DECIMAL) % @N + 1 AS New
FROM #TBL
Upvotes: 1
Reputation: 795
This is the query, using modulus operator, the -1 is needed to make ROW_NUMBER
zero based:
CREATE TABLE #TBL (ID INT);
INSERT INTO #TBL VALUES
(1),(2),(3),(4),(5),(6),(7),(8),(9),(10),(11),
(12),(13),(14),(15),(16),(17),(18),(19),(20);
DECLARE @N INT=5
SELECT
ID,
ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY ID) RN,
((ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY ID) -1) % @N) +1 NEW
FROM #TBL;
Upvotes: 2
Reputation: 521409
I think you want to use ROW_NUMBER
with a partition of the ID
minus one, divided by 5:
DECLARE @N INT = 5;
SELECT
ID,
ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY ID) RN,
ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY (ID-1) / @N ORDER BY ID) NEW
FROM #TBL;
Upvotes: 3