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Home 2017 October SQL Puzzle: SQL Advance Query – Find maximum consecutive wins for team India

SQL Puzzle: SQL Advance Query – Find maximum consecutive wins for team India

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Check the below input data and require output data to find maximum consecutive wins for team India.

Input Data:

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TeamOne TeamTwo MatchDate WonBy
------- ------- ---------- -----
Ind Aus 2017-08-22 Ind
Ind Aus 2016-08-26 Ind
Ind Aus 2014-08-14 Ind
Ind Aus 2013-08-23 Aus
Ind Aus 2012-08-25 Ind
Ind Aus 2010-08-08 Ind

Expected output:

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TeamOne TeamTwo MatchDate WonBy
------- ------- ---------- -----
Ind Aus 2014-08-14 Ind
Ind Aus 2012-08-25 Ind
Ind Aus 2010-08-08 Ind

Create a table with sample data:

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CREATE TABLE Matches
(
TeamOne CHAR(3)
,TeamTwo CHAR(3)
,MatchDate DATE
,WonBy CHAR(3)
)
GO
INSERT INTO Matches
VALUES
('Ind','Aus','08-22-2017','Ind')
,('Ind','Aus','08-26-2016','Ind')
,('Ind','Aus','08-14-2014','Ind')
,('Ind','Aus','08-23-2013','Aus')
,('Ind','Aus','08-25-2012','Ind')
,('Ind','Aus','08-08-2010','Ind')
GO

Solution:

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;WITH CTE AS
(
SELECT TeamOne,TeamTwo,MatchDate,WonBy
,ISNULL(Lead(WonBy) OVER (ORDER BY (SELECT NULL)),0) AS NextWin
FROM Matches
)
,CTE2 AS
(
SELECT *,IIF(NextWin<> WonBy,1,0) AS a
,ROW_NUMBER() OVER( ORDER BY (SELECT NULL)) AS b
FROM cte
)
,CTE3 AS
(
SELECT *, b - ISNULL(lag(b) OVER (ORDER BY (SELECT NULL)),0) AS C
FROM CTE2
WHERE a = 1
)
SELECT t2.* FROM cte3 t1
RIGHT OUTER JOIN Matches t2 ON t1.MatchDate = t2.MatchDate
WHERE t2.MatchDate <= (SELECT MatchDate FROM cte3 WHERE C = (SELECT MAX(C) FROM CTE3))
AND t2.WonBy = (SELECT WonBy FROM cte3 WHERE C = (SELECT MAX(C) FROM CTE3))

Please try the different solutions for this puzzle and share it via comment...

Oct 18, 2017Anvesh Patel
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Comments: 1
  1. Alok Tyagi
    October 3, 2018 at 9:17 am

    Not giving a write result, if we add 2 more row that wonby India. It will give you a wrong result.

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