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Is this the correct way to use UNION ALL in Stored Procedures ?

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Is this the correct way to use UNION ALL in Stored Procedures ?

SQL
ALTER PROCEDURE [GetHomePageObjectPageWise]
      @PageIndex INT = 1
      ,@PageSize INT = 10
      ,@PageCount INT OUTPUT
      ,@whereStoryID varchar(2000)
      ,@whereAlbumID varchar(2000)
      ,@wherePictureID varchar(2000)
AS
BEGIN
      SET NOCOUNT ON;



      SELECT StoryID
      , AlbumID
      , StoryTitle
      , NULL AS AlbumName
      , (SELECT URL FROM AlbumPictures WHERE (AlbumID = dbo.Stories.AlbumID) AND (AlbumCover = 'True')) AS AlbumCover
      , Votes
      , NULL AS PictureId
      , 'stories' AS tableName
      , NEWID() AS Sort 

INTO #Results1
FROM Stories WHERE StoryID IN (SELECT StringVal FROM funcListToTableInt(@whereStoryID))






      SELECT    NULL AS StoryID
      , AlbumID
      , NULL AS StoryTitle
      , AlbumName
      , (SELECT URL FROM AlbumPictures AS AlbumPictures_3 WHERE (AlbumID = Albums.AlbumID) AND (AlbumCover = 'True')) AS AlbumCover
      , Votes
      , NULL AS PictureId
      , 'albums' AS tableName
      , NEWID() AS Sort
INTO #Results2
FROM Albums WHERE AlbumID IN (SELECT StringVal FROM funcListToTableInt(@whereAlbumID))






        SELECT NULL AS StoryID
        , NULL AS AlbumID
        , NULL AS StoryTitle
        , NULL AS AlbumName
        , URL
        , Votes
        , PictureID
        , 'pictures' AS tableName
        , NEWID() AS Sort
        INTO #Results3
FROM AlbumPictures AS AlbumPictures_1
WHERE PictureID IN (SELECT StringVal FROM funcListToTableInt(@wherePictureID))

SELECT * INTO #Results4 FROM #Results1
UNION ALL
SELECT * FROM #Results2
UNION ALL
SELECT * FROM #Results3

SELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER
            (
                  ORDER BY [Sort] DESC
            )AS RowNumber
            , * INTO #Results
            FROM #Results4


      DECLARE @RecordCount INT
      SELECT @RecordCount = COUNT(*) FROM #Results

      SET @PageCount = CEILING(CAST(@RecordCount AS DECIMAL(10, 2)) / CAST(@PageSize AS DECIMAL(10, 2)))


      SELECT * FROM #Results
      WHERE RowNumber BETWEEN(@PageIndex -1) * @PageSize + 1 AND(((@PageIndex -1) * @PageSize + 1) + @PageSize) - 1

      DROP TABLE #Results
      DROP TABLE #Results1
      DROP TABLE #Results2
      DROP TABLE #Results3
      DROP TABLE #Results4
END



SQL
ALTER PROCEDURE [GetHomePageObjectPageWise]
      @PageIndex        INT = 1
      ,@PageSize        INT = 10
      ,@PageCount       INT OUTPUT
      ,@whereStoryID    VARCHAR(2000)
      ,@whereAlbumID    VARCHAR(2000)
      ,@wherePictureID VARCHAR(2000)
AS
BEGIN
     SET NOCOUNT ON;

    WITH Results1 AS
        (
        SELECT 
            StoryID,
            AlbumID,
            StoryTitle,
            [AlbumName] = NULL,
            [AlbumCover] = 
                (
                SELECT URL 
                FROM AlbumPictures 
                WHERE (AlbumID = dbo.Stories.AlbumID) AND (AlbumCover = 'True')
                ),
            Votes,
            [PictureId] = NULL,
            [tableName] = 'stories',
            [Sort] = NEWID()
        FROM Stories 
        WHERE 
                StoryID IN 
                (
                SELECT StringVal 
                FROM funcListToTableInt(@whereStoryID)
                )
        )
    , Results2 AS
        (
        SELECT    
            [StoryID] = NULL ,
            AlbumID,
            [StoryTitle] NULL,
            AlbumName,
            [AlbumCover] = 
                (
                SELECT URL 
                FROM AlbumPictures AS AlbumPictures_3 --<<<DO YOU NEED THIS ALIAS?
                WHERE (AlbumID = Albums.AlbumID) AND (AlbumCover = 'True')
                ),
            Votes,
            [PictureId] = NULL,
            [tableName] = 'albums',
            [Sort] = NEWID()
        FROM Albums 
        WHERE 
            AlbumID IN 
                (
                SELECT StringVal 
                FROM funcListToTableInt(@whereAlbumID)
                )
        )       
    , Result3 AS  
        (
        SELECT 
            [StoryID] = NULL, 
            [AlbumID] = NULL,
            [StoryTitle] = NULL,
            [AlbumName] = NULL,
            URL,
            Votes,
            PictureID,
            [tableName] = 'pictures',
            [Sort] = NEWID()
        FROM AlbumPictures --AS AlbumPictures_1 <<<DO YOU NEED THIS ALIAS?
        WHERE 
            PictureID IN 
                (
                SELECT StringVal 
                FROM funcListToTableInt(@wherePictureID)
                )
        )
    , Result4 AS  
        (
        SELECT * FROM Results1 UNION ALL
        SELECT * FROM Results2 UNION ALL
        SELECT * FROM Results3
        )
    , Results AS
        (
        SELECT 
                [RowNumber] = ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY [Sort] DESC),
            x.* 
        FROM Results4   x
        )
 SELECT * 
 FROM Results
 WHERE RowNumber BETWEEN(@PageIndex -1) * @PageSize + 1 AND(((@PageIndex -1) * @PageSize + 1) + @PageSize) - 1;
 DECLARE @RecordCount INT = @@RowCount; 

 SET @PageCount = CEILING(CAST(@RecordCount AS DECIMAL(10, 2)) / CAST(@PageSize AS DECIMAL(10, 2)));

END
Tags: SQL, SQL Server

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