Request for missing items

Question

I have a table with the following structure:

timestamp | name | value
0         | john | 5
1         | NULL | 3
8         | NULL | 12
12        | john | 3
33        | NULL | 4
54        | pete | 1
180       | NULL | 4
400       | john | 3
401       | NULL | 4
592       | anna | 2

Now what I'm looking for is a query that will give me the sum of the values ​​for each name and treat the zeros between them (orderd by timestamp) as the first non-zero name in the list, as if the table were as follows:

timestamp | name | value
0         | john | 5
1         | john | 3
8         | john | 12
12        | john | 3
33        | pete | 4
54        | pete | 1
180       | john | 4
400       | john | 3
401       | anna | 4
592       | anna | 2

and I would request SUM(value), name from this table group by name. I thought and tried, but I can’t come up with the right solution. I looked at recursive generic table expressions and I think that the answer may be there, but I could not understand them correctly.

These tables are just examples, and I don’t know the label value in advance.

Can anyone give me a hand? Help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

With Inputs As
    (
    Select 0 As [timestamp], 'john' As Name, 5 As value
    Union All Select 1, NULL, 3
    Union All Select 8, NULL, 12
    Union All Select 12, 'john', 3
    Union All Select 33, NULL, 4
    Union All Select 54, 'pete', 1
    Union All Select 180, NULL, 4
    Union All Select 400, 'john', 3
    Union All Select 401, NULL, 4
    Union All Select 592, 'anna', 2
    )
    , NamedInputs As
    (
    Select I.timestamp
        , Coalesce (I.Name
            ,   (
                Select I3.Name
                From Inputs As I3
                Where I3.timestamp = (
                                    Select Max(I2.timestamp)
                                    From Inputs As I2
                                    Where I2.timestamp < I.timestamp
                                        And I2.Name Is not Null
                                    )
                )) As name
        , I.value
    From Inputs As I
    )
Select NI.name, Sum(NI.Value) As Total
From NamedInputs As NI
Group By NI.name

Btw, , , , - . I.e., , , , By .

Select Coalesce(I.Name, I2.Name), Sum(I.value) As Total
From Inputs As I
    Left Join   (
                Select I1.timestamp, MAX(I2.Timestamp) As LastNameTimestamp
                From Inputs As I1
                    Left Join Inputs As I2
                        On I2.timestamp < I1.timestamp
                            And I2.Name Is Not Null   
                Group By I1.timestamp
                ) As Z
        On Z.timestamp = I.timestamp        
    Left Join Inputs As I2
        On I2.timestamp = Z.LastNameTimestamp
Group By Coalesce(I.Name, I2.Name)

Answer 2

CTE, .

select t.timestamp, ISNULL(t.name, (
    select top(1) i.name
    from inputs i
    where i.timestamp < t.timestamp
    and i.name is not null
    order by i.timestamp desc
    )), t.value
from inputs t

select name, SUM(value) as totalValue
from
(
    select t.timestamp, ISNULL(t.name, (
        select top(1) i.name
        from inputs i
        where i.timestamp < t.timestamp
        and i.name is not null
        order by i.timestamp desc
        )) as name, t.value
    from inputs t
) N
group by name

Answer 3

I hope I'm not going to be embarrassed by offering you this small recursive CTE query for me as a solution to your problem.

;WITH
numbered_table AS (
  SELECT
    timestamp, name, value,
    rownum = ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY timestamp)
  FROM your_table
),
filled_table AS (
  SELECT
    timestamp,
    name,
    value
  FROM numbered_table
  WHERE rownum = 1

  UNION ALL

  SELECT
    nt.timestamp,
    name = ISNULL(nt.name, ft.name),
    nt.value
  FROM numbered_table nt
    INNER JOIN filled_table ft ON nt.rownum = ft.rownum + 1
)
SELECT *
FROM filled_table
/* or go ahead aggregating instead */