How to Update WHERE Clause to Check if Value is NOT in Separate Table

sql serversql-server-2012t-sqlwhere

I have a query which uses a WHERE clause, and I happen to use the exact same WHERE clause in many queries on this table (et al).

The query is:

SELECT
    DATENAME(DW, [AtDateTime]) AS [Day of Week]
    ,COUNT(*) AS [Number of Searches]
    ,CAST(CAST(COUNT(*) AS DECIMAL(10, 2)) 
         / COUNT(DISTINCT CONVERT(DATE, [AtDateTime])) AS DECIMAL(10, 2)) 
       AS [Average Searches per Day]
    ,SUM(CASE WHEN [NumFound] = 0 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) 
       AS [Number of Searches with no Results]
    ,CAST(CAST(SUM(CASE WHEN [NumFound] = 0 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) 
         AS DECIMAL(10, 2)) / COUNT(*) AS DECIMAL(10, 4)) 
       AS [Percent of Searches with no Results]
FROM [DB].[dbo].[SearchHistory] 
WHERE 
    [CustomerNumber] <> '1234' AND [CustomerNumber] <> '5678'
GROUP BY DATENAME(DW, [AtDateTime]), DATEPART(DW, [AtDateTime])
ORDER BY DATEPART(DW, [AtDateTime])

The part I wish to change is the WHERE clause, to instead allow me to use a table so that if I have to add a customer number to be ignored, I don't have to update all my queries. (And there are quite a few queries that have this same WHERE clause.)

Best Answer

Create a table to hold the customer numbers to be excluded, then exclude those rows using a NOT EXISTS in the WHERE clause.

CREATE TABLE dbo.ExcludedCustomers
(
    CustomerNumber VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL
        CONSTRAINT PK_ExcludedCustomers
        PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
);

INSERT INTO dbo.ExcludedCustomers (CustomerNumber)
VALUES ('1234')
    , ('5678');


SELECT
    <....>
FROM [DB].[dbo].[SearchHistory] 
WHERE 
    NOT EXISTS (
        SELECT 1
        FROM dbo.ExcludedCustomers ec
        WHERE ec.CustomerNumber = SearchHistory.CustomerNumber
    )
    <...>;
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