MYSQL, How to compare ID with other column in the same table - mysql

I have a table in which I want to compare an ID column with another column in the same table.
This is my table
ID | Name | BossID
1 John 3
2 Max 4
3 Peter 4
4 Alex 5
For example I want to use
select * from mytable where ID = BossID
and I expected to get that Peter is the Boss of John and Alex is the Boss of Max and Peter, but when I use it this way, I dont get any info on the query...
Any idea to get it?
The expected query result are:
ID | Name | BossID
1 John 3
2 Max 4
3 Peter 4

seems like you want the list of employees who their boss exists in the list as well:
select *
from mytable
where bossid in (select id from mytable);
to get the boss name :
select t.ID, t.Name, b.Name as BossName
from mytable t
join mytbale b
on t.bossid = b.id
you can use left join to return all the employees in the list

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Adding values in a column based on a query result

I have a table:---
id
name
dept
1
Alice
CS
2
Bob
Elect
3
David
Mech.
and a query result:-
id
count
1
100
2
22
3
50
Then I want to add the count column from the query to my original table, something like:-
id
name
dept
count
1
Alice
CSE
100
2
Bob
Elect
22
3
David
Mech.
50
The only I figured out to do, is by storing the query result into a new table and then using UPDATE...SET...WHERE. Is there any way to do it without creating a new table?
First you need to create the count column in tablename using
ALTER TABLE `tablename` ADD COLUMN `nr_count` INT;
Then use:
update tablename t
inner join ( SELECT id,
count(*) as nr_count
FROM tablename
GROUP BY id
) as t1
set t.nr_count=t1.nr_count ;

Select unique ids from multi values on one column in another table

I'm stuck for hours on an issue that might be pretty simple to solve but I'm just so lost...
I got 3 tables :
user
id name
----------
1 jack
2 john
...
car
id name
----------
1 ford
2 fiat
3 alfa
4 lada
...
user_car
id_user id_car
-----------------
1 2
1 4
2 1
2 2
2 3
For example, i want to get all users with cars which have id 1 AND 2 in the user_car table so I should get the id_user 2 only and I can't find the proper way to do it.
try this untested query:
select * from user join user_car car1 on id =car1.user_id
join user_car car2 on id =car2.user_id where car1.id_car=1 and car2.id_car=2
I would use UNION for this matter:
SELECT id as id_user from user where id in(1, 2)
UNION
SELECT id as id_car from car where id in (1, 2)
You can use COUNT to do this:-
SELECT user.name
FROM user
INNER JOIN user_car ON user.id = user_car.id_user
INNER JOIN car ON user_car.id_car = car.id
WHERE car.id IN (1,2)
GROUP BY user.name
HAVING COUNT(DISTINCT car.id) = 2
Note that this could be simplified to remove the need for the car table when you are just using the id of the car.
May be you want this
SELECT *
FROM USER
WHERE id IN
(SELECT id_user
FROM user_car
WHERE id_car=1 OR id_car=2);

mysql- join multiple table depending on column

Maybe this question is duplicate. here situation is different that's why I put the question..
from table m_groups and m_group_admin
select m_groups.GROUP_CREATOR_ID as GROUP_ADMIN
from m_groups where m_groups.GROUP_ID='6'
union
select m_group_admin.GROUP_ADMIN from m_group_admin
where m_group_admin .GROUP_ID='6';
above query returns a column like
| GROUP_ADMIN |
---------------
4
8
2
I need user id, first name, last name (m_user_info.USER_ID, m_user_info.FIRST_NAME, m_user_info.LAST_NAME) from table m_user_info for the above outputs
I need output like this
| USER_ID | |FIRST_NAME| |LAST_NAME |
----------- ------------- ------------
4 ferdous wahid
8 sumon sumon
2 rahul paul
Try this:
SELECT USER_ID,FIRST_NAME,LAST_NAME
FROM m_user_info
WHERE USER_ID IN
(select m_groups.GROUP_CREATOR_ID as GROUP_ADMIN
from m_groups where m_groups.GROUP_ID='6'
union
select m_group_admin.GROUP_ADMIN from m_group_admin
where m_group_admin .GROUP_ID='6';)
Explanation:
It will select USER_ID,FIRST_NAME and LAST_NAME from users table with the ids you have got.

JOIN on array of ids in sql

I have three tables:
TABLE 1 contracts
-------------------
id | contract_name
--------------------
1 test name
2 test name 2
2 test name 3
4 test name 4
TABLE 2 rooms
-------------------
id | room_name
--------------------
1 test name
2 test name 2
2 test name 3
4 test name 4
TABLE 3 promos
----------------------------------
id | contracts_id | rooms_id
----------------------------------
1 1,3 1,3,4
1 2 1,2,3
No I am trying to do an inner join to get the names of the contract and the rooms according to the ids in the array saved in database. I know this is not ideal at all, but I can not change the database set up. So here is what I would like to do with my query, but obviously it is impossible. Does anyone have any idea on how I can accomplish this?
mysql_query("SELECT pb.*, c.contract_name, r.room_name FROM promo_blackouts AS pb
INNER JOIN contracts as c ON c.contract_id IS IN pb.contracts_id
INNER JOIN rooms as r ON r.room_id IS IN pb.rooms_id
WHERE pb.promo_id = '$promo_id'") or die(mysql_error());
Are you looking for something like this?:
SELECT DISTINCT
contract_name,
room_name
FROM
promos
INNER JOIN
contracts ON FIND_IN_SET(contracts.id, contract_id) != 0
INNER JOIN
rooms ON FIND_IN_SET(rooms.id, room_id) != 0
WHERE
promos.id = 1

Select row belonging to multiple categories

I've got 2 tables. The first table is full of entries. The second table defines what categories that entry belongs to:
Table 1:
entry_id | title
1 | Entry1
2 | Entry2
3 | Entry3
Table 2
entry_id | cat_id
1 | 233
1 | 234
1 | 678
2 | 235
2 | 453
2 | 21
3 | 234
3 | 233
I'm trying to select an entry with a single query of all posts belonging to multiple categories. For example, I want to return the entries belonging to category ids, 233 and 234. I believe this needs a subquery although I'm not quite sure. Any help anybody? :)
Learn about SQL joins.
SELECT * FROM tbl1 JOIN tbl2 USING (entry_id) WHERE cat_id IN (233,234);
See it on sqlfiddle.
UPDATE
To select all entries in both categories, you could group the results of the join and only select those groups that have contain both categories:
SELECT tbl1.*
FROM tbl1 JOIN tbl2 USING (entry_id)
WHERE cat_id IN (233,234)
GROUP BY entry_id
HAVING COUNT(DISTINCT cat_id) = 2
See it on sqlfiddle.
The COUNT(DISTINCT cat_id) can obviously be replaced with the (much less expensive) COUNT(*) if (entry_id, cat_id) is known to be unique in tbl2.
Try this:
select * from entity e
where exists (select * from category c where c.entry_id=e.entry_id AND c.cat_id=233)
and exists (select * from category c where c.entry_id=e.entry_id AND c.cat_id=234)
This returns rows that belong to both 233 and 234 (this is how I read your question, anyway; I may have misunderstood the "belonging to multiple categories" part).