i have two tables in mySQL:
Table 1:
Club(ClubID=PK, club_name)
Table 2:
League_table(tableID=PK, position, clubID=fk, games_played, points)
how would i join the two tables to give a query that displayed only
(position, club-name, games_played)
Simple join:
select l.position, c.club_name, l.games_played
from club c, league_table l
where l.clubid=c.clubid
You are looking for a left join. ClubID is the foreign key (the column "connecting" the two tables).
select position, club_name, games_played
from league_table
left join club on club.ClubId = league_table.clubID
select a.club_name, b.position, b.games_played
from club as a join league_table as b
on a.clubid=b.clubid
Thats what you want.
#Alexen: No need of left join in this case.
#Diegoe: one friendly advise, always use on in join, without it query goes slow down when you are working on big tables.
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I have two tables called customers and wantslist.
I want to join the columns customername, customeraddress , creditlimit , bytitle and byauthor.
How can I write a query that can show those column together in a table?
The first table is customers. It has the columns customeraddress , customername and creditlimit.
The second table is wantslist. It has the columns bytitle and byauthor.
How can I write a query that can join those 5 columns into 1 table?
Without knowing your specific strucutre you would use a SQL query similar to...
SELECT c.customername, c.customeraddress, c.creditlimit, w.bytitle, w. byauthor
FROM customers as c
JOIN wantslist as w on c.customerid = w.customerid
SELECT customers.customername, customers.customeraddress, customer.creditlimit, wantslist.bytitle, wantslist.byauthor
FROM wantslist
INNER JOIN customers
ON *{your matching condition}*;
I am trying to join two tables together in a view. My first table combines two tables but now I am trying to join that table to a second table. I am trying to use a join to make sure the second table which contains roles which are performed by the user, matches up with the first table but if there are no records in the second table, I still want all the records from table 1. I know my explanation is a little confused, so my code is as follows:
CREATE VIEW `data` AS SELECT
`information`.`username`, `information`.`department`,
`information`.`company`, `information`.`title`,
`information`.`internal_number` AS `user_internal_phone`,
`information`.`external_number`AS `user_external_phone`,
`information`.`mail`, `information`.`cn` AS `name`, `information`.`hours`,
`information`.`languages`, `information`.`functions`,
`information`.`service` AS `contact_point_name_one`,
`information`.`subservice` AS `contact_point_name_two`,
`information`.`internal_phone` AS `contact_internal_phone`,
`information`.`external_phone` AS `contact_external_phone`,
`information`.`keywords`, `information`.`description`,
`information`.`provided_by`, `information`.`id`,
GROUP_CONCAT(`staff_roles`.`role` SEPARATOR ', ') AS `roles`,
`staff_roles`.`user`
FROM `information`
CROSS JOIN `staff_roles` ON `information`.`username` = `staff_roles`.`user`;
I get an error when I do an outer join and a cross join and an inner join both return rows where there is a row in both tables yet I want it to display the rows where there is nothing in the second table as well. The purpose of using a join is so that, where there is a match, the row from table 2 should match the row on table 1
Use LEFT JOIN. The LEFT JOIN keyword returns all rows from the left table (table1), with the matching rows in the right table (table2). The result is NULL in the right side when there is no match.
Just replace your CROSS JOIN with LEFT JOIN
Simply use LEFT JOIN instead of CROSS JOIN:
CREATE VIEW `data` AS SELECT
...
FROM `information`
LEFT JOIN `staff_roles` ON `information`.`username` = `staff_roles`.`user`;
Take a look at http://www.w3schools.com/sql/sql_join_left.asp for further details about why LEFT JOIN.
I'm creating a website where the user can add some information about multiple computers into a database.
In the mysql database I have 3 tables. TypeOfMachine, Software and Hardware. The only common thing they have is the NumberOfMachine.
I must create a page where the user can run reports showing devices that have a specific piece of software installed (user specified) or specific hardware (user specified) after he submitted the computer's info.
Any ideas how I can do this?
And how I can connect all 3 tables into one?
I thought about this code but i dont know what to put in WHERE. I have 10 variables. and I have to show all the computers with what the user has asked and their info as well!
$search1 = "
SELECT
TypeOfMachine.NumberOfMachine, TypeOfMachine.TypeOfMachine, TypeOfMachine.OS, Software.Software1, Software.Software2, Software.Software3, Hardware.SSD, Hardware.Harddisk, Hardware.MonitorSize, Hardware.Ram, Hardware.Rom, Hardware.Processor
FROM TypeOfMachine, Software, Hardware
WHERE
but i
You want to use a join. This example is based on the fact that you've said the NumberOfMachine field is present in all tables and is a common link between them:
SELECT
TypeOfMachine.NumberOfMachine,
TypeOfMachine.TypeOfMachine,
TypeOfMachine.OS,
Software.Software1,
Software.Software2,
Software.Software3,
Hardware.SSD,
Hardware.Harddisk,
Hardware.MonitorSize,
Hardware.Ram,
Hardware.Rom,
Hardware.Processor
FROM TypeOfMachine
LEFT JOIN Software
ON Software.NumberOfMachine = TypeOfMachine.NumberOfMachine
LEFT JOIN Hardware
ON Hardware.NumberOfMachine = TypeOfMachine.NumberOfMachine
WHERE
...
It's general question, I don't know which tables contains a spesific columns as indicator for all tables. It's about inner and outer join:
The two common types of joins are an inner join and an outer join. The difference between an inner and outer join is in the number of rows included in the results table.
Inner join: The results table produced by an inner join contains only rows that existed in both tables.
Outer join: The combined table produced by an outer join contains all rows that existed in one table with blanks in the columns for the rows that did not exist in the second table.
For instance, if table1 contains a row for Joe and a row for Sally, and table2 contains only a row for Sally, an inner join would contain only one row: the row for Sally. However, an outer join would contain two rows — a row for Joe and a row for Sally — even though the row for Joe would have a blank field for weight.
The results table for the outer join contains all the rows for one table. If any of the rows for that table don’t exist in the second table, the columns for the second table are empty. Clearly, the contents of the results table are determined by which table contributes all its rows, requiring the second table to match it.
Two kinds of outer joins control which table sets the rows and which must match: a LEFT JOIN and a RIGHT JOIN.
You use different SELECT queries for an inner join and the two types of outer joins. The following query is an inner join:
SELECT columnnamelist FROM table1,table2
WHERE table1.col2 = table2.col2
And these queries are outer joins:
SELECT columnnamelist FROM table1 LEFT JOIN table2
ON table1.col1=table2.col2
SELECT columnnamelist FROM table1 RIGHT JOIN table2
ON table1.col1=table2.col2
In all three queries, table1 and table2 are the tables to be joined. You can join more than two tables. In both queries, col1 and col2 are the names of the columns being matched to join the tables. The tables are matched based on the data in these columns. These two columns can have the same name or different names, but they must contain the same type of data.
For general concept you can use #Scrowler suggestion, or this one:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1204217/mysql-select-join-3-tables
I am working with four tables:
query,
store,
cluster_group,
tv_region
I want to retrieve query records belonging to a particular TV Region record.
A query record either belongs to a record in the store or cluster_group tables. The query table has 'store_id' and 'cluster_group_id' columns. Either will be null whilst the other will refer to a record in the store or cluster_group table. The store and cluster_group tables both have a 'tv_region_id' column.
To retrieve query records that belong to a TV Region record that has an id = 2, I wrote the following SQL statement:
SELECT query.id AS query_id, cluster_group.name as cluster_name, cluster_group.tv_region_id as cluster_tv_region, store.store_name
FROM query
INNER JOIN cluster_group
ON cluster_group.id=query.cluster_group_id
INNER JOIN store
ON store.id=query.store_id
WHERE cluster_group.tv_region_id = 2
AND store.tv_region_id = 2;
The problem is that it returns zero records even though there are query records that belong to the specified TV Region (via a cluster group or store record). I may have misunderstood how 'inner join' works.
I'm working with Doctrine 2 and have attempted the query using the left join but it still returns nothing, I guess this is because its returning null values too. How do I get it to return only the query records I am interested in and no null values?
Appreciate if someone can point me in the right direction to retrieve the relevant query records.
You will need to use OUTER joins, or possibly LEFT
INNER joins will only return data where there is a matching record on both sides. As you state in your question you only get a match on one side or the other, therefore there is never going to be a matching record across both store and cluster
Jeff Atwood has a good explanation of the join types on his blog http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2007/10/a-visual-explanation-of-sql-joins.html
Try this:-
SELECT query.id AS query_id, cluster_group.name as cluster_name, cluster_group.tv_region_id as cluster_tv_region, store.store_name
FROM query
LEFT OUTER JOIN cluster_group
ON cluster_group.id=query.cluster_group_id
AND cluster_group.tv_region_id = 2
LEFT OUTER JOIN store
ON store.id=query.store_id
AND store.tv_region_id = 2
EDIT - no experience of doctrine, but you could try using a UNION:-
SELECT query.id AS query_id, cluster_group.name as cluster_name, cluster_group.tv_region_id as cluster_tv_region, NULL AS store_name
FROM query
INNER JOIN cluster_group
ON cluster_group.id=query.cluster_group_id
AND cluster_group.tv_region_id = 2
UNION
SELECT query.id AS query_id, NULL as cluster_name, NULL as cluster_tv_region, store.store_name
FROM query
INNER JOIN store
ON store.id=query.store_id
AND store.tv_region_id = 2
It works like this for me:
from table1 inner join table2 on table1.id = table2.id
inner join table3 on table1.id = table3.id
Ok, I'll try to explain this as best I can here.
I have multiple tables that are to be connected through a JOIN where certain reference points meet.
In one of the tables, there are 2 or more results over several rows that I need to bring back to separate columns.
In the diagram below (I hope that explains it better), T2.ColA is connected to T3.ColA and T1,ColA is connected to T2.ColB.
In ColC of T1, there is a latest record. These are the only ones that are required to results. Note that ColC could be different dates between rows 1 and 2 for example. But it needs the latest for each ColB based on ColA.
But in T1, there are two rows which need Col B to return to the result in separate columns.
By the way, this is just one entry - there will be thousands of rows that need to return a result - not just 1.
Let me know if you need any more info.
Try this query
select t1.cola,t2.cola,t1.colb,t2.colb,t3.colb FROM table2 t2 INNER JOIN table1 t1 ON t1.cola = t2.colb INNER JOIN table3 ON t3.cola =t2.cola
Possibly this could solve your query..
SELECT T1.COLA, T1.COLB, T2.COLA, T2.COLA
FROM
TABLE1 T1 INNER JOIN TABLE2 T2
INNER JOIN TABLE3 T3
WHERE
T1.COLC = (
SELECT MAX(T4.COLC) FROM TABLE1 T4 WHERE T4.COLA = T1.COLA
)
** But as you have specified in your dig, it's not possible to display 1123, 3211 in a single row. It has to be in two different rows, coz its changes dynamically depending on the row count. You can modify as you want using your front end application.