MySQL Select and Join - Ambiguous column - mysql

I'm trying to join four tables together. The code works fine when I'm only comparing the EVENT_DATA and joining the PERSONA tables as I'm able to get the "Name" column from PERSONA (which doesn't exist in the EVENT_DATA table). However, one of the problems is that this "Name" column also exists in the CUSTOMCAR table, so I can only get one or the other. Additionally, when I tried adding the last join statement, the code wouldn't run at all.
If someone could please help me, that would be great!
$sql = "SELECT * FROM EVENT_DATA
LEFT JOIN PERSONA ON EVENT_DATA.personaId = PERSONA.ID
LEFT JOIN CUSTOMCAR ON CUSTOMCAR.ownedCarId = EVENT_DATA.carId
LEFT JOIN CARCLASSES ON CARCLASSES.store_name = CUSTOMCAR.name
WHERE (EVENT_DATA.EVENTID = '299')";

You should avoid * and use explicit columns list instead:
SELECT EVENT_DATA.personaId, ...
FROM EVENT_DATA
LEFT JOIN PERSONA ON EVENT_DATA.personaId = PERSONA.ID
LEFT JOIN CUSTOMCAR ON CUSTOMCAR.ownedCarId = EVENT_DATA.carId
LEFT JOIN CARCLASSES ON CARCLASSES.store_name = CUSTOMCAR.name
WHERE (EVENT_DATA.EVENTID = '299');
If you have same column name you need to to use aliasing:
SELECT ...
CUSTOMCAR.NAME AS c_name,
PERSONA.NAME AS p_name
...

You could also use Aliasing:
$sql = "SELECT ed.*,
pa.*,
cc.*,
ccs.*
FROM EVENT_DATA AS ed
LEFT JOIN PERSONA AS pa ON ed.personaId = pa.ID
LEFT JOIN CUSTOMCAR AS cc ON cc.ownedCarId = e.carId
LEFT JOIN CARCLASSES AS ccs ON ccs.store_name = cc.name
WHERE (ed.EVENTID = '299')";
Note: Although as suggested by #Lukasz, you should really avoid using wildcard (*), and provide an explicit list of columns in the SELECT clause.

Related

Select all rows with multiple possible values

I am trying to get all fields from the product table (*) that have the following set of sub_property:
subprop_name=X
subprop_value=Y
I have the following tables :
https://imgur.com/a/y4LGqMI (couldn't upload the picture because the format was not accepted)
So, for an example, if I have two products which has in their sub_property table a entry like this:
subprop_name=X
subprop_value=Y
I would like to return it. As described by the schema, a product can have multiple sub_property entries!
So far, this is what I have:
SELECT prod_id,prod_name from product WHERE product.prod_id IN
(
SELECT property.product_prod_id FROM property WHERE property.prop_id IN
(
SELECT property_prop_id from sub_property WHERE
(
sub_property.subprop_name="Type de scanner" AND sub_property.subprop_value="par transparence"
)
OR
(
sub_property.subprop_name="Pages/minute maximum" AND subprop_value="8.5 pages"
)
)
)
But obviously, it doesn't work because of the 'OR'.
It returns me all items that have one of the set of sub_property instead of all the products that have all the sets of sub_property.
DATABASE HERE
Using JOIN's and an IN for the tupples could be a simple solution for this.
SELECT p.prod_id, p.prod_name
FROM product p
JOIN property AS prop
ON prop.product_prod_id = p.prod_id
JOIN sub_property AS subprop
ON subprop.property_prop_id = prop.prop_id
WHERE (subprop.subprop_name, subprop.subprop_value) IN (
('Type de scanner', 'par transparence'),
('Pages/minute maximum', '8.5 pages')
)
GROUP BY p.prod_id, p.prod_name
So... I am not sure if it's the correct way to validate two answers, but I got 2 working answers.
This is the first one from #Steff Mächtel using LEFT JOIN (https://stackoverflow.com/a/53915792/5454875)
And the second one is from #Shidersz (see comments below the original question), using INNER JOIN)
"I used and approach using INNER JOIN, is something like this what you need? db-fiddle.com/f/t6RrnhDPQuEamjf2bTxFeX/5"
EDIT
#Shidersz solution doesn't work because it selects all products who as at least one of the condition, wich I don't want. I want the product to have all the conditions.
UPDATE 2:
I would suggest to use LEFT JOIN for each property and each sub_property and then check the value inside WHERE condition:
SELECT product.prod_id, product.prod_name
FROM product
LEFT JOIN property AS property_a ON property_a.product_prod_id = product.prod_id AND
property_a.prop_name = "PROPERTY_GROUP_3"
LEFT JOIN sub_property AS sub_property_a ON sub_property_a.property_prop_id = property_a.prop_id AND
sub_property_a.subprop_name="property_4"
LEFT JOIN property AS property_b ON property_b.product_prod_id = product.prod_id AND
property_b.prop_name = "PROPERTY_GROUP_4"
LEFT JOIN sub_property AS sub_property_b ON sub_property_b.property_prop_id = property_b.prop_id AND
sub_property_b.subprop_name="property_3"
WHERE sub_property_a.subprop_value="value_of_property_4" AND
sub_property_b.subprop_value="value_of_property_3"
GROUP BY product.prod_id
Example: https://www.db-fiddle.com/f/wk344Gt6hm98xEhM4jei92/6
Example with 2 new "KEYS" (Index) for better performance:
ALTER TABLE `property`
... ADD KEY `prop_name` (`prop_name`);
ALTER TABLE `sub_property`
... ADD KEY `subprop_name` (`subprop_name`);
https://www.db-fiddle.com/f/wk344Gt6hm98xEhM4jei92/7
Example with INNER JOIN instead of LEFT JOIN
I see no difference with EXPLAIN on test data, maybe Mysql optimizer handles this internal equal
SELECT product.prod_id, product.prod_name
FROM product
INNER JOIN property AS property_a ON property_a.product_prod_id = product.prod_id AND
property_a.prop_name = "PROPERTY_GROUP_3"
INNER JOIN sub_property AS sub_property_a ON sub_property_a.property_prop_id = property_a.prop_id AND
sub_property_a.subprop_name="property_4" AND
sub_property_a.subprop_value="value_of_property_4"
INNER JOIN property AS property_b ON property_b.product_prod_id = product.prod_id AND
property_b.prop_name = "PROPERTY_GROUP_4"
INNER JOIN sub_property AS sub_property_b ON sub_property_b.property_prop_id = property_b.prop_id AND
sub_property_b.subprop_name="property_3" AND
sub_property_b.subprop_value="value_of_property_3"
GROUP BY product.prod_id
https://www.db-fiddle.com/f/wk344Gt6hm98xEhM4jei92/8

use multiple results of a query within the query with joins

I have some tables in my database, three main ones and one that holds the many-to-many relations.
1. Student (student_id, student_name)
2. Sport (sport_id, sport_name)
3. Departm (depart_id, depart_name)
4. Sch (sch_id, sch_name)
5. StudSport(relationid, studendid, sportid, departid, schid)
What I want to do is e.g. retrieve the name of the department based on the relations when I know the id. I can get the ids like this:
SELECT departid, schid from studsport
inner join Student on student_id = studentid
inner join Sport on sport_id = sportid
where student_id = 1 and sport_id=2
but I want to get the names of the department and the Sch from their corresponding tables, and I dont know how to do that.
As you don't select anything from Student or Sport, you can remove the corresponding inner joins.
SELECT d.depart_name, sch.sch_name FROM StudSport s
INNER JOIN Sch sch ON s.schid = sch.sch_id
INNER JOIN Departm d ON s.departid = d.depart_id
WHERE s.studendid = 1 AND s.sportid = 2
Something like this???
select sch.sch_nam, departm.depart_name,
-- what you have already --
Left outer Join StudSport on Student.student_id = Studsport.studentid and Sport.sport_id = StudSport.sportid
left outer Join Sch on StudSport.schid = Sch.sch_id
left outer join Departm on studsport.depart_id = studsport.departid
This is untested, a fiddle makes it much easier to give answers because of that.
EDIT - I misread your original query - before the downvotes start to rain - fixing it right now.
The way you should use LEFT OUTER and INNER joins is how the data is meant (again, a fiddle will normally be usefull) but it's just a couple of joins from what you have i guess:
select *
from studsport
join student on studsport.studentid = student.student_id
join sport on studsport.sportid = sport.sport_id
left outer Join Sch on StudSport.schid = Sch.sch_id
left outer join Departm on studsport.depart_id = studsport.departid
where student_id = 1 and sport_id=2

How to filter not null values in mysql query?

I have the following mysql query. Joins are done only on FKs.
select le.lexicalentryid, def.senseid, def.definitionid, frwf.writtenForm, trdef.writtentext, frwf.wordformid, frwf.phoneticForm, le.partofspeech, le.lexiconid
from formrepresentation_wordform frwf
left join wordform wf on wf.wordformid = frwf.wordformid
left join lexicalentry le on le.lexicalentryid = wf.lexicalentryid
left join sense se on se.lexicalentryid = le.lexicalentryid
left join definition def on def.senseid = se.senseid
left join textrepresentation_definition trdef on trdef.definitionid = def.definitionid
where frwf.languageidentifier like '%deu%'
I get the following results (I show only the first 4)
I would like to get rid of the null values. They appear because for the same definitionid I have a single written form. When this happens I know I have to take the missing words from other table so now, I have to clear off the nulls.
I tried to add to the where clause frwf.writtenForm is not null, but with no success (all the writtenform column became blank)
I have managed to create the query:
SELECT frl.writtenForm, frl.languageIdentifier, le.partOfSpeech, wf.idx, frw.phoneticForm, se._index, trd.writtenText
FROM FormRepresentation_Lemma frl
JOIN LexicalEntry le ON (frl.lemmaId = le.lemmaId)
JOIN WordForm wf ON (le.lexicalEntryId = wf.lexicalEntryId)
JOIN FormRepresentation_WordForm frw ON (frw.wordFormId = wf.wordFormId)
JOIN Sense se ON (le.lexicalEntryId = se.lexicalEntryId)
JOIN Definition de ON (se.senseId = de.senseId)
JOIN TextRepresentation_Definition trd ON (de.definitionId = trd.definitionId)
WHERE frl.languageidentifier like '%deu%'
It was this table that I didn't take into account FormRepresentation_Lemma that contains link entries for null values
you need an inner join
select le.lexicalentryid, def.senseid, def.definitionid, frwf.writtenForm, trdef.writtentext, frwf.wordformid, frwf.phoneticForm, le.partofspeech, le.lexiconid
from formrepresentation_wordform frwf
inner join wordform wf on wf.wordformid = frwf.wordformid
left join lexicalentry le on le.lexicalentryid = wf.lexicalentryid
left join sense se on se.lexicalentryid = le.lexicalentryid
left join definition def on def.senseid = se.senseid
left join textrepresentation_definition trdef on trdef.definitionid = def.definitionid
where frwf.languageidentifier like '%deu%'
and possibly the other joins too. Inner join states that both tables must have a matching entry to be fetched.

Rails - How to force associations to use alias table name

p = Patient.find(30)
p.patient_problems
The above code generates the following query
SELECT `patient_problem`.* FROM `patient_problem` WHERE `patient_problem`.`patient_id` = 30 AND (`patient_problem`.`record_status_id` = 1)
But is there any way to assign/use alias table_name like
p.patient_problems(:alias=>'p1') # just for Ex.. This code will not work
p.patient_problems(:alias=>'p2') # just for Ex.. This code will not work
So it will generate the following queries
SELECT `p1`.* FROM `patient_problem` AS `p1` WHERE `p1`.`patient_id` = 30 AND (`p1`.`record_status_id` = 1)
SELECT `p2`.* FROM `patient_problem` AS `p2` WHERE `p2`.`patient_id` = 30 AND (`p2`.`record_status_id` = 1)
Additional Info
My problem is when I try to use joins
p.patient_problems(:all,:joins=>joins)
I get this error
ActionView::Template::Error (Mysql2::Error: Not unique table/alias: 'patient_problem': SELECT `patient_problem`.* FROM `patient_problem` LEFT OUTER JOIN party on party.id = patient_problem.patient_id
LEFT OUTER JOIN party_identifier on party.id = party_identifier.party_id
LEFT OUTER JOIN blood_type on blood_type.id = party.blood_type_id
LEFT OUTER JOIN education_level on education_level.id = party.education_level_id
LEFT OUTER JOIN religion on religion.id = party.religion_id
LEFT OUTER JOIN living_arrangement on living_arrangement.id = party.living_arrangement_id
LEFT OUTER JOIN patient_problem patient_problem on patient_problem.patient_id = party.id and patient_problem.record_status_id = 1
left join (select user_type,username,user_id,auditable_id from (select MAX(id) id from audits where audits.auditable_type = 'PatientProblem' and user_type is not null group by auditable_id ) t inner join audits v on v.id=t.id ) entered_by1 on entered_by1.auditable_id = patient_problem.id
left outer join user user1 on entered_by1.user_id = user1.id
left outer join party as party_user1 on party_user1.id = user1.person_id
LEFT OUTER JOIN patient_patient_search patient_patient_search1 on patient_patient_search1.patient_id = party.id
left join search search1 on patient_patient_search1.patient_search_id = search1.id
and patient_patient_search1.patient_search_id = '75' WHERE `patient_problem`.`patient_id` = 45 AND (`patient_problem`.`record_status_id` = 1) AND ( (patient_problem.occurrence_date > '2013-01-01 00:00:00' and patient_problem.occurrence_date < '2013-06-30 23:59:59' and patient_problem.patient_problem_status_id in (5) and patient_problem.code is not null and patient_problem.code in ('10725009') ) and ( patient_patient_search1.patient_search_id in (75.0) ) ))
Ofcourse I could do some string manipulation on the generated joins query and set alias to patient_problem. But I thought setting alias for associations would be more cleaner since the joins query generated are unpredictable(in my scenario)
I am not sure what the variable joins is or how it was constructed. To alias tables in a join build your query like
Rails 3
PatientProblem.joins("as p1 OUTER JOIN patient_problem as p2 on ...")
or
PatientProblem.find(:all, :joins => "as p1 OUTER JOIN patient_problem as p2 ON ...")
you can make singleton methods for that and write the query one time and use may time like
def self.p1
#your active record query here.
end
and call like
PatientProblem.p1
Update
You can simply change the table name in your code:
Patient.table_name="p2"
I'm not sure if this would break anything else though ... so good luck!
Orignal Answer
One solution may be to define a separate model for each type of patient_problem and then do something like this:
class PatientProblem2 < ActiveRecord::Base
self.set_table_name "p2"
...
end
Another solution may be to use the ActiveRecord query interface which will allows for significant query flexibility:
http://guides.rubyonrails.org/active_record_querying.html
Perhaps you can be more specific on the nature problem you are trying to solve.

SQL query for returning multiple fields joined to the same reference

So I have the following table, do_stock_movement, that looks like this:
stock_movement_id sm_number sm_source_id sm_destination_id
15164b86a7533d 145 1516478840ee29 151644d8bd63f2
15166b89d1a9fc 194 15165c481bd9d0 151659e632cd48
The columns sm_source_id and sm_destination_id both reference product points stored in do_product_points.
I'm using the following SQL query:
SELECT * FROM do_stock_movement
INNER JOIN do_product_points ON product_points_id = sm_source_id
WHERE sm_number = '145'
In do_product_points, there's a field called pp_name. I need the corresponding pp_name for both sm_source_id and sm_destination_id.
However, the query above will only return the pp_name for sm_source_id, or for sm_destination_id if you change the joined field to that.
What SQL query will return the corresponding pp_name for both sm_source_id and sm_destination_id?
I hope this is clear. Please ask questions if it isn't!
JOIN this table do_product_points one more times for the sm_destination_id:
SELECT
s.pp_name AS SourcePoint,
d.pp_name AS DestinationPoint,
...
FROM do_stock_movement AS m
INNER JOIN do_product_points s ON s.product_points_id = m.sm_source_id
INNER JOIN do_product_points d ON d.product_points_id = m.sm_destination_id
WHERE m.sm_number = '145'
You need join twice and use alias:
SELECT *, Src.pp_name, Dst.pp_name FROM do_stock_movement
INNER JOIN do_product_points as Src
ON Src.product_points_id = sm_source_id
INNER JOIN do_product_points as Dst
ON Dst.product_points_id = sm_destination_id
You need to join to the product_points table twice, once with source_id and once with destination_id:
SELECT * FROM do_stock_movement move
INNER JOIN do_product_points source ON source.product_points_id = move.sm_source_id
INNER JOIN do_product_points dest ON dest.product_points_id = move.sm_destination_id
WHERE sm_number = '145'