SQL query on join table - mysql

Question

I've the follow SQL schema:
+----------+
| products |
+----------+
| id |
| name |
+----------+
^ 8
|
v 1
+-------------+
| values |
+-------------+
| value |
| product_id |
| property_id |
+-------------+
^ 8
|
v 1
+------------+
| properties |
+------------+
| id |
| name |
+------------+
One product has many properties and a property belongs to many products. The values table is the join table for the many_to_many association between products and properties. And in this table is saved the value of the property for a product.
Now I'm looking for a query to select all products with property x with value a, and property y with value b ecc. My try is this query but return no records:
SELECT DISTINCT
products.*
FROM
products
INNER JOIN
product_values
ON product_values.product_id = products.id
INNER JOIN
properties
ON properties.id = product_values.property_id
WHERE
(properties.name = 'size' AND product_values.value = 'big')
AND (properties.name = 'color' AND product_values.value = 'red')
If possible I need a query with no nested select.

Answer 1

Since a property can not be color and size at the same time you need to use OR in your where clause. Then group the data and check if both are in the group with having
SELECT products.id, products.name
FROM `products`
INNER JOIN `product_values` ON `product_values`.`product_id` = `products`.`id`
INNER JOIN `properties` ON `properties`.`id` = `product_values`.`property_id`
WHERE (properties.name = 'size' AND product_values.value = 'big')
OR (properties.name = 'color' AND product_values.value = 'red')
GROUP BY products.id, products.name
HAVING count(distinct properties.name) = 2

Answer 2

I would do this using group by and having:
select pv.product_id
from product_values pv join
properties p
on pv.property_id = p.id
where (p.name, v.value) in ( ('size', 'big'), ('color', 'red') )
group by pv.product_id
having count(distinct p.name) = 2;

Answer 3

Another approach using sum to filter multiple attributes for an entity
SELECT
`p`.*
FROM
`products` p
INNER JOIN `product_values` v
ON `v`.`product_id` = `p`.`id`
INNER JOIN `properties` pr
ON `pr`.`id` = `v`.`property_id`
GROUP BY p.id
HAVING SUM (pr.name = 'size' AND v.value = 'big')
AND SUM(pr.name = 'color' AND v.value = 'red')