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userid128223
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Update, Append, Purge, Composite key

I have following data that has source QVD and daily qvd. Source needs to get modified on daily basis via updates from daily.qvd.

  • Uniq key is composed of:  EmpID+EmpName+CreateDate
  • Daily file will have duplicate data where only updateDate will indicate latest recods which needs to be kept.
  • Data that is similar in daily.qvd needs to be purged out based on latest Updatdate.

Daily.qvd

EmpIDEmpNameAmountTerminalNoCreateDateUpdateDate
123Joe$200201/6/20141/6/2014
123Joe$100,000201/6/20141/7/2014
123Joe$500,000201/6/20141/9/2014
123Joe$400401/8/20141/8/2014
235Doe$55201/8/20141/22/2014
235Doe$200,000201/8/20142/1/2014
235Doe$500501/15/20141/15/2014
345Kim$456561/9/20141/9/2014
724Mele$25201/18/20141/18/2014
887Duwane$15301/22/20141/22/2014

Source.QVD

EmpIDEmpNameAmountTerminalNoCreateDateUpdateDate
123Joe$200201/6/20141/6/2014
123Joe$400401/8/20141/8/2014
235Doe$55201/8/20141/22/2014
235Doe$200,000201/8/20142/1/2014
345Kim$456561/9/20141/9/2014

FINAL RESULTS:

EmpIDEmpNameAmountTerminalNoCreateDateUpdateDate
123Joe$500,000201/6/20141/9/2014
123Joe$400401/8/20141/8/2014
235Doe$200,000201/8/20142/1/2014
345Kim$456561/9/20141/9/2014
724Mele$25201/18/20141/18/2014
887Duwane$15301/22/20141/22/2014
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userid128223
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Daily updates are only for past 2 months of data  Hence master will eventually have much longer period of data then daily.