>>Hi
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>>I want a query from this data and I can't seem to get it right
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>>claim_id,claim_date,policy_type,policy_id
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>>the query should give me a total by yearmonth and policy_type where the claim_id has been claimed on in the last 3 months with no result if it hasn't
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>>so if I had
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>>1,21/01/2010,"type one",1000,201001
>>2,21/01/2010,"type two",2000,201001
>>3,23/01/2010,"type one",3000,201001
>>4,22/01/2010,"type one",4000,201001
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>>my output would be
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>>claim_count,policy_type,yearmonth
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>>3,"type one",201001
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>>Thanks
>>
>>Nick
>
>Try
>
>select count(*) as Claim_Count, Policy_Type, YearMonth from Claims where YearMonth between @StartMonth and @EndMonth
>group by Policy_Type, YearMonth
>UNION ALL
>select 0 as Claim_Count, P.Policy_Type, D.YearMonth from (select Policy_Type from Policy_Types) P, (select YearMonth from Dates) D
>where not exists (select 1 from Claims C where C.Policy_Type = P.Policy_Type and C.YearMonth between @StartMonth and @EndMonth)
>
>Assuming you have a table with distinct policy_types called Policy_Types.
Thanks Naomi
I'll check that out