referring select output as a table in where clause - mysql

I am having a query and I want to perform the operation like
select *
from (query which i wrote) as x
where
(select count(*)
from x as y
where x.location=y.location
and x.count>=y.count)<=3;
It was giving error
instead of x, I can add the query which I wrote. but the query is pretty much big. when I tried the above query it is giving table doesn't exist error. is there a way to perform the above operation? kindly help me.

You cannot re-use a table alias like that. Instead, you need to copy the subquery. Or use variables:
select q.*
from (select q.*,
(#rn := if(#l = location, #rn + 1,
if(#l := location, 1, 1)
)
) as rn
from (query which i wrote) q cross join
(select #l := '' , #rn := 0) params
order by location, count desc
) q
where rn <= 3;

Related

Trying to put a variable into limit to find a median

I trying to use mysql to solve the following solutions:
https://www.hackerrank.com/challenges/weather-observation-station-20/problem
Understanding that a variable cannot be put into LIMIT statement (from this )
My approach>
to declare a new variable to record rowIDs, and use rowID to retrieve the record in the middle.
However, it seems that rowID is not working well.
Could anyone give me some advises?
SELECT ROUND(COUNT(LAT_N)/2,0) FROM STATION into #count;
SELECT ROUND(a.LAT_N,4) FROM (
SELECT *,#row := #row + 1 FROM STATION s, (SELECT #row := 0) r
WHERE #row <=#count
ORDER BY s.LAT_N ASC) a
ORDER BY a.LAT_N DESC LIMIT 1;`
If you are running MySQL 8.0, this is simpler done with window functions:
select round(avg(lat_n), 4) median_lat_n
from (
select s.*, row_number() over(orer by lat_n) rn
from station s
where lat_n is not null
) s
where rn * 2 in (rn - 1, rn, rn + 1)
In earlier versions, variables make it bit tricky; we need one more level of nesting to make it safe:
select round(avg(lat_n), 2) median_lat_n
from (
select s.*, #rn := #rn + 1 rn
from (select * from station order by lat_n) s
cross join (select #rn := 0) p
) s
where rn * 2 in (rn - 1, rn, rn + 1)
The logic is as follows: first enumerate the rows, ordered by lat_n. If the row count is uneven, we pick the middle row; if it is even, we take the average of the two middle values.

A view with internal variables

I have a query where I want to fetch the top x for each value of another column. For doing this I have the following query
SELECT *,
(#num := IF(#job = job_id, #num + 1, IF(#job := job_id, 1, 1))) row_number
FROM job_user_rank t
CROSS JOIN (SELECT #num := 0, #job := null) c
where is_match = 1
ORDER BY job_id, is_match DESC, rank DESC
I then wrap this query and add a where row_number <= ?, however I want to make that inner query into a view instead, but I get the following error [HY000][1351] View's SELECT contains a variable or parameter, how can I get around that?

MySQL: Limiting result for WHERE IN list

Let's say there are millions of records in my_table.
Here is my query to extract rows with a specific name from list:
SELECT * FROM my_table WHERE Name IN ('name1','name2','name3','name4')
How do I limit the returned result per name1, name2, etc?
The following query would limit the whole result (to 100).
SELECT * FROM my_table WHERE Name IN ('name1','name2','name3','name4') LIMIT 100
I need to limit to 100 for each name.
This is a bit of a pain in MySQL, but the best method is probably variables:
select t.*
from (select t.*,
(#rn := if(#n = name, #rn + 1,
if(#n := name, 1, 1)
)
) as rn
from my_table t cross join
(select #n := '', #rn := 0) params
order by name
) t
where rn <= 100;
If you want to limit this to a subset of the names, then add the where clause to the subquery.
Note: If you want to pick certain rows -- such as the oldest or newest or biggest or tallest -- just add a second key to the order by in the subquery.
Try
SELECT * FROM my_table WHERE Name IN ('name1','name2','name3','name4') FETCH FIRST 100 ROWS ONLY

Hide ROW_NUMBER() in subquery

I have a query like
Select *
From y
WHERE y.z = (
SELECT a, (adding rownumber here)
FROM b
)
I want to add a clause where it only selects every second row. To do this I need to add row_number() to the subquery, and have a clause where rownumber % 2 = 0.
My question is, am I able to add rownumber to the select of the subquery and somehow hide it so it doesn't affect the query
Rownumbering in MySQL is a notorious pain in the neck.
You can number your rows in MySQL like this.
SELECT (#rownum := #rownum+1) rownum, b.*
FROM b
JOIN (SELECT #rownum := 0) init
ORDER BY b.whatever
Don't forget the ORDER BY clause here. Without explicit ordering the query engine is free to randomize the order of rows it returns.
Then, you can use that mess as a subquery and do things with the rownum.
SELECT *
FROM (
SELECT (#rownum := #rownum+1) rownum, b.*
FROM b
JOIN (SELECT #rownum := 0) init
ORDER BY b.whatever
) table_with_rownum
WHERE rownum % 2 = 0
If you don't want to show the rownumbers, change your SELECT from SELECT * to SELECT col, col, col and leave out rownum.

MariaDB/MySQL RANK() implementation

I am working on migration from MS SQL Server to MariaDB 10.0. I have query which use RANK() PARTITION BY. I already created some kind of RANK() implementation on my table but it's not working properly.
The original query was:
RANK() OVER (PARTITION BY visits.id_partner ORDER BY visits.updated_at DESC) AS rank
My implementation for MariaDB/MySQL:
SELECT
...,
(
CASE visits.id_partner
WHEN #currId THEN
#curRow := #curRow + 1
ELSE
#curRow := 1 AND #currId := visits.id_partner
END
) AS rank
FROM
records rec
JOIN visits ON visits.id = rec.id_visit,
(
SELECT
#curRank := 0,
#currId := NULL
) r
WHERE
...
ORDER BY visits.id_partner ASC, visits.updated_at DESC
I want to select row ranked by id_partner order by updated_at field. When id_partner is same as on row before RANK should increase by 1. When is different than before, it should reset to 1.
But my query is not working at all. I have still rank 1 on all rows. Can you help me find mistake?
Thank you for help!
It is tricky to use variables in MySQL/MariaDB. A variable should only be used and assigned in one statement (as you do correctly). However, AND can short-circuit variable assignment.
I use a construct like this for ROW_NUMBER(). RANK() is actually a bit of a pain . . . DENSE_RANK() and ROW_NUMBER() are simpler. However, this seems to be the code that you are aiming for:
SELECT ...,
(#rn := if(#currId = visits.id_partner, #rn + 1,
if(#currId := visits.id_partner, 1, 1)
)
) as rank
FROM records rec JOIN
visits
ON visits.id = rec.id_visit CROSS JOIN
(SELECT #rn := 0, #currId := NULL) params
WHERE
...
ORDER BY visits.id_partner ASC, visits.updated_at DESC;
EDIT:
In MySQL (and presumably in MariaDB), sometimes variables don't work quite right unless you use a subquery. So, try this:
SELECT . . .,
(#rn := if(#currId = visits.id_partner, #rn + 1,
if(#currId := visits.id_partner, 1, 1)
)
) as rank
FROM (SELECT ...
FROM records rec JOIN
visits
ON visits.id = rec.id_visit
WHERE
...
ORDER BY visits.id_partner ASC, visits.updated_at DESC
) t CROSS JOIN
(SELECT #rn := 0, #currId := NULL) params;