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Home 2017 October SQL Puzzle: SQL Advance Query – Find the Column name which has all NULL

SQL Puzzle: SQL Advance Query – Find the Column name which has all NULL

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Check the below input data and expected output to find the name of the column which has all NULL records.

Input Data:

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COL1 COL2 COL3
----------- ----------- -----------
1 NULL 2
1 NULL 2
1 NULL 2
1 NULL 2
1 NULL 2

Expected Output:

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NullColumn
------------
COL2

Create a sample table with data:

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CREATE TABLE tbl_ids
(
COL1 INT
,COL2 INT
,COL3 INT
)
GO
INSERT INTO tbl_ids VALUES
(1,NULL,2)
,(1,NULL,2)
,(1,NULL,2)
,(1,NULL,2)
,(1,NULL,2)
GO

Solution:

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SELECT CONCAT
(
MAX(CASE WHEN COL1 IS NULL THEN 'COL1' ELSE '' END )
,MAX(CASE WHEN COL2 IS NULL THEN 'COL2' ELSE '' END )
,MAX(CASE WHEN COL3 IS NULL THEN 'COL3' ELSE '' END )
) NullColumn
FROM tbl_ids

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Reference taken from here:

Oct 8, 2017Anvesh Patel
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Comments: 2
  1. Dinesh I.S
    October 10, 2017 at 1:18 pm

    Select Description As NullColumnName
    From (Select Top 1 IsNull(Col1,0) As Col1,IsNUll(Col2,0) As Col2,IsNull(Col3,0) As Col3 From TBL_IDS) A
    UNPIVOT(Value For Description In([Col1],[Col2],[Col3])) A
    Where Value=0

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  2. Dinesh I.S
    October 10, 2017 at 1:42 pm

    Select
    (Case When Col1 Is Null Then ‘Col1’ Else ” End)+
    (Case When Col2 Is Null Then ‘Col2’ Else ” End)+
    (Case When Col3 Is Null Then ‘Col3’ Else ” End) As NullColumnName
    From (Select Top 1 * From TBL_IDS) A

    ReplyCancel

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