I am trying to compare two entries of 6 numbers, each number which can either can be zero or 1 (i.e 100001 or 011101). If 3 out of 6 match, I want the output to be .5. If 2 out of 6 match, i want the output to be .33 etc.
Note that position matters. A match only occurs when both entries have a 1 in the first position, both have a 0 in the second position etc.
Here are the SQL commands to create the table
CREATE TABLE sim
(sim_key int,
string int);
INSERT INTO sim (sim_key, string)
VALUES (1, 111000);
INSERT INTO sim (sim_key, string)
VALUES (2, 101101);
My desired output to compare the two strings, which share 50% of the characters, and output 50%.
Is it possible to do this sort of comparison in SQL? Thanks in advance
解决方案
Have a look at this example.
CREATE TABLE sim (sim_key int, string int);
INSERT INTO sim (sim_key, string) VALUES (1, 111000);
INSERT INTO sim (sim_key, string) VALUES (2, 101101);
select a.string A, b.string B,
sum(case when Substring(A.string,Pos,1) = Substring(B.string,Pos,1) then 1 else 0 end) Matches,
count(*) as RowCount,
(sum(case when Substring(A.string,Pos,1) = Substring(B.string,Pos,1) then 1 else 0 end) /
count(*) * 100.0) as PercentMatch
from sim A
cross join sim B
inner join (
select 1 Pos union all select 2 union all select 3
union all select 4 union all select 5 union all select 6) P
on P.Pos between 1 and length(A.string)
where A.sim_key= 1 and B.sim_key = 2
group by a.string, b.string
It is crude and probably included more than required but shows how it can be done. It is better to create a numbers table with just numbers from 1 to 1000 or so, that can be used repeatedly in many queries where a number sequence is required. Such a table will replace the (select .. union virtual table used in the inner join)