I had a SELECT query with a LEFT JOIN working as desired. I then added one more table via a smilar LEFT JOIN and now I am getting a wierd result. Basically, for a group_concat where I was getting one item for every record, I am getting eight records. I don't see why this is happening because the join to the new table is analagous to several other joins that do not have this problem (that I have omitted from the example for clarity).
Here is the query that is fine:
$sql = "SELECT t.*,
group_concat(tf.todoid) as `tftodoid`,
group_concat(tf.id) as `tfid`,
group_concat(tf.filedescript) as `tffiledescript`,
group_concat(tf.filename) as `tffilename`,
group_concat(tf.founderid) as `tffounderid`,
group_concat(tf.ext) as `tfext`,
group_concat(tf.lasttouched) as `tilt`
FROM titles `t`
LEFT JOIN titlefiles `tf`
ON (tf.todoid = t.id AND tf.founderid = '$userid')
WHERE t.userid='$userid'
GROUP BY t.id";
And here is the query with the extra join that is now spilling out the multiple copies of the items:
$sql = "SELECT t.*,
group_concat(tf.todoid) as `tftodoid`,
group_concat(tf.id) as `tfid`,
group_concat(tf.filedescript) as `tffiledescript`,
group_concat(tf.filename) as `tffilename`,
group_concat(tf.founderid) as `tffounderid`,
group_concat(tf.ext) as `tfext`,
group_concat(tf.lasttouched) as `tilt`,
group_concat(s.id) as `stepid`,
group_concat(s.step) as `steps`
FROM titles `t`
LEFT JOIN titlefiles `tf`
ON (tf.titleid = t.id AND tf.founderid = '$userid')
LEFT JOIN steps `s`
ON s.titleid = t.id
WHERE t.userid='$userid'
GROUP BY t.id";
Here is an example of output in JSON showing the difference:
First query:
"tfid":"56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,75,76,81"
Second query:
"tfid":"56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,75,76,81,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,75,76,81,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,75,76,81,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,75,76,81,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,75,76,81,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,75,76,81,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,75,76,81,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,75,76,81,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,75,76,81",
I suspect the problem has something to do with the JOIN or with the Group By statements but I can't see how to fix.
How can I ensure that I get only one fileid per file as opposed to eight?
Alter the line as follows:
group_concat(DISTINCT tf.id) as `tfid`,
This then only gets you the unique ids.
If you want them ordered add:
group_concat(DISTINCT tf.id ORDER BY tf.id ASC) as `tfid`,
I have one table jobs in my database. and its two child tables. one job_status_detail and job_assigned.
One job may have multiple status like created,started,completed in job_status_detail with one job_id.
One job can assigned to multiple user with job_id in job_assigned.
Now i want all job records with last inserted status in job_status_detail.
I use following query
SELECT * FROM `jobs` as `t`
LEFT OUTER JOIN `job_assigned` as `jobDetail` ON (`jobDetail`.`job_id`=`t`.`id`)
LEFT OUTER JOIN `job_status_detail` as `job` ON (`job`.`job_id`=`t`.`id`) WHERE jobDetail.assign_to=1
Order by job.id
but it gives me whole data. if one job has three entry in job_status_detail, it gives me 3 entries.Not last inserted entry.
Result should like one job with one job status(last inserted).
Here is my solution.
SELECT * FROM `jobs` as `t`
LEFT OUTER JOIN `job_assigned` `jobDetail` ON (`jobDetail`.`job_id`=`t`.`id`)
INNER JOIN (select max(id) id from `job_assigned` group by `job_id`) j ON jobDetail.id=j.id
LEFT OUTER JOIN `job_status_detail` `job` ON (`job`.`job_id`=`t`.`id`)
INNER JOIN (select max(id) id from job_status_detail group by job_id) jsd ON job.id=jsd.id
WHERE jobDetail.assign_to=1
You have to put group by tag
SELECT * FROM `jobs` as `t`
LEFT OUTER JOIN `job_assigned` as `jobDetail` ON (`jobDetail`.`job_id`=`t`.`id`)
LEFT OUTER JOIN `job_status_detail` as `job` ON (`job`.`job_id`=`t`.`id`)
GROUP BY job.job_status Order by job.id
I have the following SQL query:
SELECT * FROM `table1` INNER JOIN `table2` ON table1.messageid=table2.messageid WHERE `venue_active` = 1
The above works fine but it only returns fields where both tables have a messageid field.
My problem is that I need it to return ALL fields from Table1 reguardless if it has a messageid match in table2 or not.
So, in other words I need ALL records to be returned from Table1 and all records from Table2 where there's a messageid that matches both.
How can I do this?
Use a LEFT JOIN rather
SELECT *
FROM `table1` LEFT JOIN
`table2` ON table1.messageid=table2.messageid
WHERE `venue_active` = 1
That said, it will only work if venue_active is also part of table1, and not table2.
Have a look at the different scenarios
SQL Fiddle DEMO
Use a LEFT join rather than INNER
For example:
SELECT * FROM `table1`
LEFT JOIN `table2` ON table1.messageid=table2.messageid
WHERE `venue_active` = 1
Either you need a LEFT JOIN instead, or
a FULL OUTER JOIN workaround for MySQL:
SELECT
a.*,
b.*
FROM
table1 a
LEFT JOIN
table2 b ON a.messageid = b.messageid
WHERE a.venue_active = 1
UNION
SELECT
a.*,
b.*
FROM
table1 a
RIGHT JOIN
table2 b ON a.messageid = b.messageid;
WHERE a.venue_active = 1
I am trying to get a query using fields from 2 tables.
I need to query Table1 but only Table2 has the variable venue_location that I need to query.
Basically I need to count all records on Table1 where Table1.venue_location = $MyVariable.
Here is what I've put together but I believe I need to use Joins for this?
Table1
- venue_id
Table2
- venue_id,
- venue_location
SELECT * FROM Table1 WHERE table1.venue_id = table2.venue_id and table2.location = '$MyVariable'
How can I do a query for this?
Use the power of join table
SELECT * FROM Table1
JOIN Table2 USING(venue_id)
WHERE table2.location = '$MyVariable'
You can get back the count of rows with mysqli_num_rows() in PHP, or change le select by SELECT COUNT(*) AS nbRow FROM ... and check of value in nbRow column
You can join two tables on venue_id and then group it by venue_id where location is your $MyVariable.
Your final query will look like:
SELECT count(table2.venue_id)
FROM Table1
JOIN Table2 ON table1.venue_id = table2.venue_id
WHERE table2.location = '$MyVariable'
GROUP BY table2.venue_id
try this
SELECT Table1.venue_id, Table2.venue_location FROM Table1 INNER JOIN Table2
ON Table1.venue_id='$MyVariable';