MySQL Inner join naming error? - mysql

Question

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I'm trying to get a top 10 by revenue per brand for France on december.
There are 2 tables (first table has date, second table has brand and I'm trying to join them)
I get this error "FUNCTION db_9_d870e5.SUM does not exist. Check the 'Function Name Parsing and Resolution' section in the Reference Manual"
Is my use of Inner join there correct?

Answer 1

It's because you had an extra space after SUM. Please change it from
SUM (o1.total_net_revenue)to SUM(o1.total_net_revenue).
See more about it here.
Also after correcting it, your query still had more error as you were not selecting order_id on your intermediate table i2 so edited here as :
SELECT o1.order_id, o1.country, i2.brand,
SUM(o1.total_net_revenue)
FROM orders o1
INNER JOIN (
SELECT i1.brand, SUM(i1.net_revenue) AS total_net_revenue,order_id
FROM ordered_items i1
WHERE i1.country = 'France'
GROUP BY i1.brand
) i2
ON o1.order_id = i2.order_id AND o1.total_net_revenue = i2.total_net_revenue
AND o1.total_net_revenue = i2.total_net_revenue
WHERE o1.country = 'France' AND o1.created_at BETWEEN '2016-12-01' AND '2016-12-31'
GROUP BY 1,2,3
ORDER BY 4
LIMIT 10`

Answer 2

--EDIT stack Fan is correct that the o2.total_net_revenue exists. My confusion was because the data structure duplicated three columns between the tables, including one that was being looked for.
There were a couple errors with your SQL statement:
1. You were referencing an invalid column in your outer-select-SUM function. I believe you're actually after i2.total_net_revenue.
The table structure is terrible, the "important" columns (country, revenue, order_id) are duplicated between the two tables. I would also expect the revenue columns to share the same name, if they always have the same values in them. In the example, there's no difference between i1.net_revenue and o1.total_net_revenue.
In your inner join, you didn't reference i1.order_id, which meant that your "on" clause couldn't execute correctly.
PROTIP:
When you run into an issue like this, take all the complicated bits out of your query and get the base query working correctly first. THEN add your functions.
PROTIP:
In your GROUP BY clause, reference the actual columns, NOT the column numbers. It makes your query more robust.
This is the query I ended up with:
SELECT o1.order_id, o1.country, i2.brand,
SUM(i2.total_net_revenue) AS total_rev
FROM orders o1
INNER JOIN (
SELECT i1.order_id, i1.brand, SUM(i1.net_revenue) AS total_net_revenue
FROM ordered_items i1
WHERE i1.country = 'France'
GROUP BY i1.brand
) i2
ON o1.order_id = i2.order_id AND o1.total_net_revenue = i2.total_net_revenue
AND o1.total_net_revenue = i2.total_net_revenue
WHERE o1.country = 'France' AND o1.created_at BETWEEN '2016-12-01' AND '2016-12-31'
GROUP BY o1.order_id, o1.country, i2.brand
ORDER BY total_rev
LIMIT 10