Retrieving rows that have 2 columns matching and 1 different - mysql

Question

Below is my table called 'datapoints'. I am trying to retrieve instances where there are different instances of 'sensorValue' for the same 'timeOfReading' and 'sensorNumber'.
For example:
sensorNumber sensorValue timeOfReading
5 5 6
5 5 6
5 6 10 <----same time/sensor diff value!
5 7 10 <----same time/sensor diff value!
Should output: sensorNumber:5, timeOfReading: 10 as a result.
I understand this is a duplicate question, in fact I have one of the links provided below for references - however none of the solutions are working as my query simply never ends.
Below is my SQL code:
SELECT table1.sensorNumber, table1.timeOfReading
FROM datapoints table1
WHERE (SELECT COUNT(*)
FROM datapoints table2
WHERE table1.sensorNumber = table2.sensorNumber
AND table1.timeOfReading = table1.timeOfReading
AND table1.sensorValue != table2.sensorValue) > 1
AND table1.timeOfReading < 20;
Notice I have placed a bound for timeOfReading as low as 20. I also tried setting a bound for both table1 and table 2 as well but the query just runs until timeout without displaying results no matter what I put...
The database contains about 700mb of data, so I do not think I can just run this on the entire DB in a reasonable amount of time, I am wondering if this is the culprit?
If so how could I properly limit my query to run a search efficiently? If not what am doing wrong that this is not working?
Select rows having 2 columns equal value
EDIT:
Error Code: 2013. Lost connection to MySQL server during query 600.000 sec
When I try to run the query again I get this error unless I restart
Error Code: 2006. MySQL server has gone away 0.000 sec

Answer 1

You can use a self-JOIN to match related rows in the same table.
SELECT DISTINCT t1.sensorNumber, t1.timeOfReading
FROM datapoints AS t1
JOIN datapoints AS t2
ON t1.sensorNumber = t2.sensorNumber
AND t1.timeOfReading = t2.timeOfReading
AND t1.sensorValue != t2.sensorValue
WHERE t1.timeOfReading < 20
DEMO
To improve performance, make sure you have a composite index on sensorNumber and timeOfReading:
CREATE INDEX ix_sn_tr on datapoints (sensorNumber, timeOfReading);

Answer 2

I think you have missed a condition. Add a not condition also to retrieve only instances with different values.
SELECT *
FROM new_table a
WHERE EXISTS (SELECT * FROM new_table b
WHERE a.num = b.num
AND a.timeRead = b.timeRead
AND a.value != b.value);

Answer 3

you can try this query
select testTable.* from testTable inner join (
SELECT sensorNumber,timeOfReading
FROM testTable
group by sensorNumber , timeOfReading having Count(distinct sensorValue) > 1) t
on
t.sensorNumber = testTable.sensorNumber and t.timeOfReading = testTable.timeOfReading;
here is sqlFiddle

Answer 4

This query will return the sensorNumber and the timeOfReading where there are different values of sensorValue:
select sensorNumber, timeOfReading
from tablename
group by sensorNumber, timeOfReading
having count(distinct sensorValue)>1
and this will return the actual records:
select t.*
from
tablename t inner join (
select sensorNumber, timeOfReading
from tablename
group by sensorNumber, timeOfReading
having count(distinct sensorValue)>1
) d on t.sensorNumber=d.sensorNumber and t.timeOfReading=d.timeOfReading
I would suggest you to add an index on sensorNumber, timeOfReading
alter table tablename add index idx_sensor_time (sensorNumber, timeOfReading)