For Example if I am given the following table
Id Key Value
1 A Alpha
2 B Alpha
3 A Charlie
And I took the input {(A, Charlie) and (B, Alpha)} and I asked to return all the IDs I would want it to return 2 and 3 but NOT 1.
What is the best way to do this? Can I combine it all into one query, (for speed) or would I have to run a repeat query for each value pair I received.
I think Postgresql has the most elegant solution:
SELECT *
FROM T
WHERE ("Key", "Value") IN (('B', 'Alpha'), ('A', 'Charlie'));
SQL Fiddle Example
In SQL-SERVER 2008 and onward you can use VALUES
to build your tuples:
SELECT T.*
FROM T
INNER JOIN
( VALUES
('B', 'Alpha'),
('A', 'Charlie')
) v (Key, Value)
ON v.Key = T.Key
AND v.Value = T.Value
SQL Fiddle Example
Or for a procedure you could create a key-value pair type and pass this as a parameter:
CREATE TYPE KeyValuePair AS TABLE ([Key] VARCHAR(1), [Value] VARCHAR(7));
DECLARE @T AS KeyValuePair
INSERT @T
VALUES
('B', 'Alpha'),
('A', 'Charlie')
SELECT T.*
FROM T
INNER JOIN @T v
ON v.[Key] = T.[Key]
AND v.Value = T.Value;
SQL Fiddle Example
For MySQL I think you may have to just build this using AND/OR
SELECT *
FROM T
WHERE (`Key` = 'A' AND `Value` = 'Charlie')
OR (`Key` = 'B' AND `Value` = 'Alpha')
Example on SQL Fiddle
My Knowledge of other DBMS is limited, so if it is not one of the above sorry I can't be of more help.
EDIT (With the help of a_horse_with_no_name)
The PostgreSQL syntax also works for Oracle (and I think DB2)
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