Grouping method - mysql

I am working on a query with the following format:
I require all the columns from the Database 'A', while I only require the summed amount (sum(amount)) from the Database 'B'.
SELECT A.*, sum(B.CURTRXAM) as 'Current Transaction Amt'
FROM A
LEFT JOIN C
ON A.Schedule_Number = C.Schedule_Number
LEFT JOIN B
ON A.DOCNUMBR = B.DOCNUMBR
ON A.CUSTNMBR = B.CUSTNMBR
GROUP BY A
ORDER BY A.CUSTNMBR
My question is regarding the grouping statement, database A has about 12 columns and to group by each individually is tedious, is there a cleaner way to do this such as:
GROUP BY A
I am not sure if a simpler way exists as I am new to SQL, I have previously investigated GROUPING_ID statements but thats about it.
Any help on lumped methods of grouping would be helpful

Since the docnumber is the primary key - just use the following SQL:
SELECT A.*, sum(B.CURTRXAM) as 'Current Transaction Amt'
FROM A
LEFT JOIN C
ON A.Schedule_Number = C.Schedule_Number
LEFT JOIN B
ON A.DOCNUMBR = B.DOCNUMBR
ORDER BY RM20401.CUSTNMBR
GROUP BY A.DOCNUMBR

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MySQL Inner join naming error?

http://sqlfiddle.com/#!9/e6effb/1
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?
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`
--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

MySQL subquery in select with link to outer field

I convert an old software (that use MS-ACCESS MDB) to mySQL.
I have a query that takes long time to run (actualy I break running after 5 minutes of waiting)
How can I write it?
SELECT pa_ID, pa_PRODUCT_ID, pr_ID,pr_NAME,Sum(pa_KILOS) as IN_KILOS,
(select sum(pl_KILOS) from POLHSH where POLHSH.pl_PRODUCT_ID = pa_PRODUCT_ID and POLHSH.pl_PARALABH_ID = pa_ID) as OUT_KILOS From PARALABH, PRODUCTS WHERE pa_company_id=1 GROUP BY pa_ID, pa_PRODUCT_ID,pr_ID, pr_NAME HAVING pa_ID=241 and pr_id=pa_PRODUCT_ID
Thanks in advance
Consider avoiding the correlated subquery which runs a SUM separately for each row and use a join of two aggregate queries each of which runs SUM once by grouping fields. Additionally, use explicit joins, the current SQL standard in joining tables/views.
Please adjust column aliases and names to actuals as assumptions were made below.
SELECT t1.*, t2.OUT_KILOS
FROM
(SELECT pa.pa_ID,
pa.pa_PRODUCT_ID,
pr.pr_ID,
pr.pr_NAME,
SUM(pa.pa_KILOS) AS IN_KILOS
FROM PARALABH pa
INNER JOIN PRODUCTS pr
ON pr.pr_id = pa.pa_PRODUCT_ID
WHERE pa.pa_company_id = 1
GROUP BY pa.pa_ID,
pa.pa_PRODUCT_ID,
pr.pr_ID,
pr.pr_NAME
HAVING pa.pa_ID = 241
) AS t1
INNER JOIN
(SELECT POLHSH.pl_PRODUCT_ID,
POLHSH.pl_PARALABH_ID
SUM(pl_KILOS) As OUT_KILOS
FROM POLHSH
GROUP BY POLHSH.pl_PRODUCT_ID,
POLHSH.pl_PARALABH_ID
) AS t2
ON t2.pl_PRODUCT_ID = t1.pa_PRODUCT_ID
AND t2.pl_PARALABH_ID = t1.pa_ID

MySQL Query limiting results by sub table

I'm really struggling with this query and I hope somebody can help.
I am querying across multiple tables to get the dataset that I require. The following query is an anonymised version:
SELECT main_table.id,
sub_table_1.field_1,
main_table.field_1,
main_table.field_2,
main_table.field_3,
main_table.field_4,
main_table.field_5,
main_table.field_6,
main_table.field_7,
sub_table_2.field_1,
sub_table_2.field_2,
sub_table_2.field_3,
sub_table_3.field_1,
sub_table_4.field_1,
sub_table_4.field_2
FROM main_table
INNER JOIN sub_table_4 ON sub_table_4.id = main_table.id
INNER JOIN sub_table_2 ON sub_table_2.id = main_table.id
INNER JOIN sub_table_3 ON sub_table_3.id = main_table.id
INNER JOIN sub_table_1 ON sub_table_1.id = main_table.id
WHERE sub_table_4.field_1 = '' AND sub_table_4.field_2 = '0' AND sub_table_2.field_1 != ''
The query works, the problem I have is sub_table_1 has a revision number (int 11). Currently I get duplicate records with different revision numbers and different versions of sub_table_1.field_1 which is to be expected, but I want to limit the result set to only include results limited by the latest revision number, giving me only the latest sub_table_1_field_1 and I really can not figure it out!
Can anybody lend me a hand?
Many Thanks.
It's always important to remember that a JOIN can be on a subquery as well as a table. You could build a subquery that returns the results you want to see then, once you've got the data you want, join it in the parent query.
It's hard to 'tailor' an answer that's specific to you problem, as it's too obfuscated (as you admit) to know what the data and tables really look like, but as an example:
Say table1 has four fields: id, revision_no, name and stuff. You want to return a distinct list of name values, with their latest version of stuff (which, we'll pretend varies by revision). You could do this in isolation as:
select t.* from table1 t
inner join
(SELECT name, max(revision_no) maxr
FROM table1
GROUP BY name) mx
on mx.name = t.name
and mx.maxr = t.revision_no;
(Note: see fiddle at the end)
That would return each individual name with the latest revision of stuff.
Once you've got that nailed down, you could then swap out
INNER JOIN sub_table_1 ON sub_table_1.id = main_table.id
....with....
INNER JOIN (select t.* from table1 t
inner join
(SELECT name, max(revision_no) maxr
FROM table1
GROUP BY name) mx
on mx.name = t.name
and mx.maxr = t.revision_no) sub_table_1
ON sub_table_1.id = main_table.id
...which would allow a join with a recordset that is more tailored to that which you want to join (again, don't get hung up on the actual query I've used, it's just there to demonstrate the method).
There may well be more elegant ways to achieve this, but it's sometimes good to start with a simple solution that's easier to replicate, then simplify it once you've got the general understanding of the what and why nailed down.
Hope that helps - as I say, it's as specific as I could offer without having an idea of the real data you're using.
(for the sake of reference, here is a fiddle with a working version of the above example query)
In your case where you only need one column from the table, make this a subquery in your select clause instead of than a join. You get the latest revision by ordering by revision number descending and limiting the result to one row.
SELECT
main_table.id,
(
select sub_table_1.field_1
from sub_table_1
where sub_table_1.id = main_table.id
order by revision_number desc
limit 1
) as sub_table_1_field_1,
main_table.field_1,
...
FROM main_table
INNER JOIN sub_table_4 ON sub_table_4.id = main_table.id
INNER JOIN sub_table_2 ON sub_table_2.id = main_table.id
INNER JOIN sub_table_3 ON sub_table_3.id = main_table.id
WHERE sub_table_4.field_1 = ''
AND sub_table_4.field_2 = '0'
AND sub_table_2.field_1 != '';

Need mysql query to pull data from two tables

So after helpful feedback from my original question, I now have this query:
SELECT sessions.id, sessions.title, sessions.abstract, sessions.presenters, sessions.proposal_id, proposals.outcomes, proposals.CategorySelection, proposals.research3, proposals.research4, proposals.research5, proposals.research6, proposals.innovation3, proposals.innovation4, proposals.innovation5,proposals.innovation6, proposals.application3, proposals.application4, proposals.application5, proposals.application6, proposals.integration3, proposals.integration4, proposals.integration5, proposals.integration6, proposals.references, proposals.organization
FROM sessions, proposals
INNER JOIN proposals ON proposals.id = sessions.proposal_id
WHERE sessions.id = '$id
LIMIT 1;)
that is getting me nowhere fast. What am I doing wrong?
Original question:
I need to pull several fields from one table and several more from a second table. The criteria is that a field called proposal_id match the id field of the second table. I am fairly new so this is what I have so far. It is not working, but not sure how to make it work.
(SELECT `title`,`abstract`,`presenters`,`proposal_id` FROM `sessions` WHERE `id`='$id')
UNION
(SELECT `outcomes`,`CategorySelection`,`research3`,`research4`,`research5`,`research6`,`innovation3`,`innovation4`,`innovation5`,
`innovation6`,`application3`,`application4`,`application5`,`application6`,`integration3`,`integration4`,`integration5`,`integration6`,`references`,`organization` FROM `proposals` WHERE `id`= `sessions`.`proposal_id`)
LIMIT 1;
You need to use JOIN not UNION
select
s.*,p.*
from `sessions` s
inner join `proposals` p on p.id = s.proposal_id
where s.id = '$id'
This is how you can join both the tables using the common key between.
You can select the specific fields instead of .* by specifying the column names as
s.col1,s.col2,p.col1,p.col2
etc
Try to use JOINS, where you can match the related fields from both the tables , this is the most convenient way to fetch records from multiple tables
UNION is used when you want to combine two queries
select a.id,b.some_field from table1 as a
INNER JOIN table2 as b ON b.prospal_id = a.id

Replacing Subqueries with Joins in MySQL

I have the following query:
SELECT PKID, QuestionText, Type
FROM Questions
WHERE PKID IN (
SELECT FirstQuestion
FROM Batch
WHERE BatchNumber IN (
SELECT BatchNumber
FROM User
WHERE RandomString = '$key'
)
)
I've heard that sub-queries are inefficient and that joins are preferred. I can't find anything explaining how to convert a 3+ tier sub-query to join notation, however, and can't get my head around it.
Can anyone explain how to do it?
SELECT DISTINCT a.*
FROM Questions a
INNER JOIN Batch b
ON a.PKID = b.FirstQuestion
INNER JOIN User c
ON b.BatchNumber = c.BatchNumber
WHERE c.RandomString = '$key'
The reason why DISTINCT was specified is because there might be rows that matches to multiple rows on the other tables causing duplicate record on the result. But since you are only interested on records on table Questions, a DISTINCT keyword will suffice.
To further gain more knowledge about joins, kindly visit the link below:
Visual Representation of SQL Joins
Try :
SELECT q.PKID, q.QuestionText, q.Type
FROM Questions q
INNER JOIN Batch b ON q.PKID = b.FirstQuestion
INNER JOIN User u ON u.BatchNumber = q.BatchNumber
WHERE u.RandomString = '$key'
select
q.pkid,
q.questiontext,
q.type
from user u
join batch b
on u.batchnumber = b.batchnumber
join questions q
on b.firstquestion = q.pkid
where u.randomstring = '$key'
Since your WHERE clause filters on the USER table, start with that in the FROM clause. Next, apply your joins backwards.
In order to do this correctly, you need distinct in the subquery. Otherwise, you might multiply rows in the join version:
SELECT q.PKID, q.QuestionText, q.Type
FROM Questions q join
(select distinct FirstQuestion
from Batch b join user u
on b.batchnumber = u.batchnumber and
u.RandomString = '$key'
) fq
on q.pkid = fq.FirstQuestion
As to whether the in or join version is better . . . that depends. In some cases, particularly if the fields are indexed, the in version might be fine.