mysql using limit in a left join not working properly - mysql

Question

I have two tables looking like this
Patient (table 1)
id | name
------------
1 | robel
2 | dave
Patient_followup (table 2)
id | Patient_id | date_created
-----------------------
1 | ---- 1 -- | 01/01/2015
2 | -----1 -- | 01/07/2016
I want to display all the patients with their perspective latest followup data. so i tried using this query
Select * from patient
left join Patient_followup pf on pf.Patient_id = patient.id
order by pf.date_created
Limit 1
but this is giving me only the first patient robel. i tryed removing the limit and its giving me two records of robel and one record of dave because robel has two followup data. so what should i do to get only one record of each patient ?

Answer 1

Try this:
Select
*
from
patient
left join
(SELECT
id as pf_id,
MAX(date_created) as latest_followup_date,
Patient_id
FROM
Patient_followup
GROUP BY
Patient_id) as pf
ON pf.Patient_id = patient.id

Answer 2

As mentioned by anton in the first comment, you need to use aggregation to get one record per patient.
Select patient.*,MAX(pf.date_created) as followupdate,group_concat(pf.date_created) from patient
left join Patient_followup pf on pf.Patient_id = p.patient.id
group by patient.id
order by pf.date_created
Here, you will get your values comma separated.

Answer 3

1) "Limit 1" will only return the first result. Typically this is used if the query will result in a very large result set and you only want the first few results.
Ex:
"LIMIT 30" will show the first 30 rows of the query.
2) I would change to setup of the tables so the query is smoother. Right now, you create a new line for each follow-up date even if the patient is already created. You could add another column in the table named "FollowUpDate". That way each patient record has the table id, patient id, creation date and followup date in the same row. That way, each patient has only one row.
EX:
Patient (table 1)
id | name | created_date | next_followup_date |
1 | Robel | 01/01/2015 | 01/01/2016 |
2 | Dave |[created_date]| [next_follup_date] |
Patient_followup (table 2)
id | Patient_id | date_created | followUpDate |
1 | 1 | 01/01/2015 | 06/01/2016 | // example date
2 | 1 | 01/01/2015 | 01/01/2016 |
3 | 2 |[date created]| [FollowUpDate] |
3) Change query to:
Use this select statement to get all patient records.
Select * from patient
left join Patient_followup pf on pf.Patient_id = patient.id
order by pf.Patient_id
Use this select statement to get the specific patient record information.
Select * from patient
inner join Patient_followup pf on pf.Patient_id = patient.id
where patient.id = 1 //to get robel. Edit this line as necessary, perhaps by user input...
order by pf.followUpDate
NOTE: When you insert a new record in Patient_followup, make sure you update Patient.next_followup_date.
I hope this helps!