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Combining multiple columns in one table into one column in another table

I am looking to create a view that retrieves data from two tables, Schedule and Link.

The graph has 50 + columns (it is almost completely denormalized - not my design), most of which contain a value that can be connected to a column in the Reference table.

How to write an SQL statement to correctly merge each column in schedules into one column in a link?

The schedule table is defined as:

    CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Schedule](
    [ID] [int] NOT NULL,
    [SCHEDULEWEEK] [datetime] NOT NULL,
    [EMPNO] [numeric](10, 0) NOT NULL,
    [EMPLNAME] [varchar](32) NULL,
    [EMPFNAME] [varchar](32) NULL,
    [EMPSENDATE] [datetime] NULL,
    [EMPHIREDATE] [datetime] NULL,
    [EMPTYPE] [char](1) NULL,
    [EMPSTATUS] [char](1) NULL,
    [SNREFUSALS] [tinyint] NULL,
    [QUALSTRING] [varchar](128) NULL,
    [JOBOVERSHIFTTYPE] [bit] NULL,
    [SHORTNOTICE] [bit] NULL,
    [SHORTNOTICEWAP] [bit] NULL,
    [SHORTNOTICEPHONE] [varchar](32) NULL,
    [LEADHAND] [bit] NULL,
    [DUALCURRENCY] [bit] NULL,
    [MIN100WINDOW] [bit] NULL,
    [STATHOLIDAY] [bit] NULL,
    [AREAOVERHOURS] [bit] NULL,
    [DOUBLEINTERZONES] [bit] NULL,
    [MAXDAYSPERWEEK] [tinyint] NULL,
    [MAXHOURSPERWEEK] [numeric](10, 2) NULL,
    [MAXHOURSPERSHIFT] [numeric](10, 2) NULL,
    [MAXDOUBLESPERWEEK] [tinyint] NULL,
    [ASSIGNEDDAYS] [tinyint] NULL,
    [ASSIGNEDHOURS] [numeric](10, 2) NULL,
    [ASSIGNEDDOUBLES] [tinyint] NULL,
    [ASSIGNEDLOAHOURS] [numeric](10, 2) NULL,
    [SHIFTNO1] [int] NULL,
    [TEXT1_1] [varchar](64) NULL,
    [TEXT2_1] [varchar](64) NULL,
    [DAYFLAG1] [bit] NULL,
    [COMMENT1] [text] NULL,
    [SHIFTNO2] [int] NULL,
    [TEXT1_2] [varchar](64) NULL,
    [TEXT2_2] [varchar](64) NULL,
    [DAYFLAG2] [bit] NULL,
    [COMMENT2] [text] NULL,
    [SHIFTNO3] [int] NULL,
    [TEXT1_3] [varchar](64) NULL,
    [TEXT2_3] [varchar](64) NULL,
    [DAYFLAG3] [bit] NULL,
    [COMMENT3] [text] NULL,
    [SHIFTNO4] [int] NULL,
    [TEXT1_4] [varchar](64) NULL,
    [TEXT2_4] [varchar](64) NULL,
    [DAYFLAG4] [bit] NULL,
    [COMMENT4] [text] NULL,
    [SHIFTNO5] [int] NULL,
    [TEXT1_5] [varchar](64) NULL,
    [TEXT2_5] [varchar](64) NULL,
    [DAYFLAG5] [bit] NULL,
    [COMMENT5] [text] NULL,
    [SHIFTNO6] [int] NULL,
    [TEXT1_6] [varchar](64) NULL,
    [TEXT2_6] [varchar](64) NULL,
    [DAYFLAG6] [bit] NULL,
    [COMMENT6] [text] NULL
-- Snip
) ON [PRIMARY]

And the link table is defined as:

CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Reference](
    [ID] [int] NOT NULL,
    [CODE] [varchar](21) NOT NULL,
    [LOCATIONCODE] [varchar](4) NOT NULL,
    [SCHAREACODE] [varchar](16) NOT NULL,
    [LOCATIONNAME] [varchar](32) NOT NULL,
    [FLTAREACODE] [varchar](16) NOT NULL
) ON [PRIMARY]

I am trying to join each column of [TEXT1 _] / [TEXT2_] in the list in the [SCHAREACODE] column in the link. The entire look-up table contains a list of areas in which the employee could work.

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, Reference:

SELECT *
  FROM Schedule AS S
 INNER JOIN Reference AS R1 
         ON R1.ID = S.FirstID 
 INNER JOIN Reference AS R2 
         ON R2.ID = S.SecondID 
 INNER JOIN Reference AS R3 
         ON R3.ID = S.ThirdID 
 INNER JOIN Reference AS R4 
         ON R4.ID = S.ForthID
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, ,

50 + ( - ), , Reference.

, 1 50+ - ReferenceId. , , :

Schedule ( MaybeReferenceId1, MaybeReferenceId2, MaybeReferenceId3, ... )
Reference ( ReferenceId )

- :

SELECT *
FROM Schedule
JOIN Reference ON
     Schedule.MaybeReferenceId1 = Reference.ReferenceId
     OR Schedule.MaybeReferenceId2 = Reference.ReferenceId
     OR Schedule.MaybeReferenceId3 = Reference.ReferenceId
     OR Schedule.MaybeReferenceId4 = Reference.ReferenceId
     ...

. , IN, RDBMS :

SELECT *
FROM Schedule
JOIN Reference ON
     Reference.ReferenceId IN (
        Schedule.MaybeReferenceId1,
        Schedule.MaybeReferenceId2,
        Schedule.MaybeReferenceId3,
        Schedule.MaybeReferenceId4,
        ...
     )
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, - ? , , .

SELECT S.ID
  S.TEXT1_1,
  TEXT1_1_RID = COALESCE((SELECT MAX(R.ID) FROM Reference R WHERE R.SCHAREACODE = S.TEXT1_1), 0),
  S.TEXT1_2,
  TEXT1_2_RID = COALESCE((SELECT MAX(R.ID) FROM Reference R WHERE R.SCHAREACODE = S.TEXT1_2), 0),
  ...
FROM Schedule S
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Agree with TheSoftwareJedi, but can I just suggest using LEFT JOINs so that malfunctions do not cause the schedule line to disappear?

Of course, making 28 JOINs will be a little cumbersome, whatever the details.

I'm not sure I would call it "denormalized", more "de-normalized" ... :-)

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Try the following query:

select s.*, r.schareacode from schedule s, 
where 
s.text1_1 = s.schareacode
or s.text2_1 = s.schareacode
or s.textx_x = s.schareacode
..

You should be able to get the same results with traditional associations, so I recommend that you also experiment with this.

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