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Categorize Overlap Type - Oracle


I've been able to use How do I find the total number of used days in a month? to answer how many TOTAL days we've had cats and dogs which is helpful but I need to know how many days we had:

Cats only: 4
Dogs only: 5
Both: 6

Thank you in advance!

CREATE TABLE "ANIMALGUESTS" 
(   "ID" NUMBER, 
"GUESTNAME" VARCHAR2(20 BYTE), 
"GUESTTYPE" VARCHAR2(20 BYTE), 
"CHECKIN" DATE, 
"CHECKOUT" DATE
);


Insert into ANIMALGUESTS (ID,GUESTNAME,GUESTTYPE,CHECKIN,CHECKOUT) values (1,'Tom','Cat',to_date('01-JAN-19','DD-MON-RR'),to_date('10-JAN-19','DD-MON-RR'));
Insert into ANIMALGUESTS (ID,GUESTNAME,GUESTTYPE,CHECKIN,CHECKOUT) values (2,'Spike','Dog',to_date('03-JAN-19','DD-MON-RR'),to_date('05-JAN-19','DD-MON-RR'));
Insert into ANIMALGUESTS (ID,GUESTNAME,GUESTTYPE,CHECKIN,CHECKOUT) values (3,'Spike','Dog',to_date('08-JAN-19','DD-MON-RR'),to_date('12-JAN-19','DD-MON-RR'));
Insert into ANIMALGUESTS (ID,GUESTNAME,GUESTTYPE,CHECKIN,CHECKOUT) values (4,'Cherie','Cat',to_date('07-JAN-19','DD-MON-RR'),to_date('09-JAN-19','DD-MON-RR'));
Insert into ANIMALGUESTS (ID,GUESTNAME,GUESTTYPE,CHECKIN,CHECKOUT) values (5,'Tyke','Dog',to_date('10-JAN-19','DD-MON-RR'),to_date('15-JAN-19','DD-MON-RR'));

Solution

  • Using conditional aggregation and inline calendar table:

    WITH cte AS (
      SELECT DATE '2019-01-01' + rownum -1 dt FROM DUAL CONNECT BY ROWNUM < 366
    )
    SELECT DISTINCT
      SUM(CASE WHEN COUNT(DISTINCT GUESTTYPE)=2 THEN 1 END) OVER() AS both,
      SUM(CASE WHEN COUNT(DISTINCT GUESTTYPE)=1 AND MIN(GUESTTYPE)='Cat' THEN 1 END) OVER() AS cats_only,
      SUM(CASE WHEN COUNT(DISTINCT GUESTTYPE)=1 AND MIN(GUESTTYPE)='Dog' THEN 1 END) OVER() AS dogs_only
    FROM cte c
    LEFT JOIN "ANIMALGUESTS" a ON c.dt BETWEEN a.CHECKIN AND a.CHECKOUT
    GROUP BY dt;
    

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