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SQL – trimming values before bracket

I have a column of values where some values contain brackets with text which I would like to remove. This is an example of what I have and what I want: I have only come across approaches that use the number of characters or the position to trim the string, but these values have varying lengths. One way I was

Strange behavior from lag(), skipping over certain rows

I have a table we’ll call service, toy version is: The last five system fields are for database bookkeeping, and to enable soft (front end) deletion. There’s another table service_log which, together with service allows us to view a full revision history for each record in service. Fields of servi…

SQL Count(*) and Query a UNION query

I am a novice to SQL and seeking a little direction. The below query correctly identifies the number of rows (count(*)) in the combined (Union) query. However, in addition to the number (count), I need to also display the Name (cn1.FullName) as there are multiple users. I have looked high and low for a simila…

Compare two columns in SQL

I’m new to SQL and have very basic queries in GCP. Let’s consider this table below: Name B C Arun 1234-5678 1234 Tara 6789 – 7654 6789 Arun 4567 4324 Here, I want to compare column B and C and if they match then give 1 else 0 in column same and else different (which we have to create). So

Update query with join and where clause

I’m currently confused with a (fairly easy) update statement that I’m trying to execute on a table. The two tables are as such: Customer table has the columns Loan table has the columns I would like to update the passworddisabled attribute to true if they are registered via a specific cash registe…