One Row to Match Them All - mysql

So I have a situation where I have two tables. One is the base table (called _Keys in this example), with a unique primary key. Then there is another table with multiple rows of a data for each id in _Keys (this second table is Extra).
I need to select the largest value for each primary key in _Keys from Extra. I have made an SQLFiddle to model the problem here.
This is the query I'm currently using, but the issue is that it will only select one value for the Extra table, not one value per row.
Select * from _Keys
LEFT JOIN
(Select * from Extra ORDER BY value2 DESC LIMIT 1) as e
ON e.id = _Keys.id;
For my example SQL Fiddle I used this database schema:
CREATE TABLE _Keys(id int, value int);
INSERT INTO _Keys (id, value) VALUES (1, 5),(2, 3),(3, 4);
CREATE TABLE Extra(id int, value2 int);
INSERT INTO Extra (id, value2) VALUES (1, 3),(1, 1),(2, 4),(2, 6),(3, 3),(3, 5);
Basically my result is here. Only the first row from the _Keys table gets its data from the second table.
In MySQL, how can I achieve selecting one row from Extras for each row in _Keys?

I believe I understand what you are trying to do but I'm not sure.
You are getting NULL values because of the LIMIT, it only returns the first row. You also need to use GROUP BY.
To get the largest value, your can use MAX.
Try this.
SELECT * from _Keys
LEFT JOIN
(SELECT id, MAX(value2) AS value2 FROM Extra GROUP BY id) as e
ON e.id = _Keys.id;

Your joined table Select * from Extra ORDER BY value2 DESC LIMIT 1 will contain only one row because of LIMIT. Try this:
Select * from _Keys
LEFT JOIN
(Select id, max(value2) from Extra group by id) as e
ON e.id = _Keys.id;

You can try this query with better performance :
SELECT k.id, MAX(e.value2) AS value2
FROM _Keys k
INNER JOIN Extra e
ON (k.id = e.id)
GROUP BY k.id;

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I ran this query:
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values(
(select matric,surname,others,level from member_master),
(select isbn,bk_title from book_master)
)
but I got this error:
column count doesn't match value count at row 1
You have to use the same columns which you have mentioned in the insert statement. Presently your insert statement mentions matric,surname,other,level,bk_id,bk_title columns whereas the columns in select are different. Try like this:
Insert into transaction(matric,surname,other,level,bk_id,bk_title)
values
(select m.matric,m.surname,m.others,m.level,b.isbn,b.bk_title
from member_master m inner join book_master b on m.id = b.id)
Assuming that the two tables are linked with the ID column

MySQL Trigger returns multiple rows

I have a MySQL 5.5 Trigger which is failing due to multiple results being returned. The problem is, I'm attempting to return one result at a time by using a unique field 'id' field.
CREATE TRIGGER insert_com_app_title AFTER INSERT
ON com_apps FOR EACH ROW
INSERT IGNORE INTO com_myisam_app_titles(id_company, title) VALUES((SELECT a.id_company, b.title FROM com_apps a JOIN epf_application b ON a.application_id = b.application_id WHERE NEW.id = a.id));
The (relevant) table structure is as follows:
**com_apps**
id, id_company, application_id
**com_myisam_app_titles**
id_company, title
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application_id, title
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You shouldn't nest select in a values statement. SQL offers much better syntax:
INSERT IGNORE INTO com_myisam_app_titles(id_company, title)
SELECT a.id_company, b.title
FROM com_apps a JOIN
epf_application b
ON a.application_id = b.application_id
WHERE NEW.id = a.id;
The problem is that the underlying query is returning more than one row and the values statement cannot handle that. The above fixes that problem.
If you only want one row, add a limit 1 to the query:
INSERT IGNORE INTO com_myisam_app_titles(id_company, title)
SELECT a.id_company, b.title
FROM com_apps a JOIN
epf_application b
ON a.application_id = b.application_id
WHERE NEW.id = a.id
LIMIT 1;

Return two identical rows in MySQL

I have an ordering system that can have multiple receipts related to one order. I recently ran into a query as follows that produced an undesirable result.
SELECT info FROM orders WHERE id IN (1, 2, 2) ORDER BY FIELD (id, 1, 2, 2);
Is there a way to return the row for order #2 twice? As of right now the query returns row one then row two as expected; however, in this particular instance returning row #2 twice is needed.
The tables are roughly as follows (I know it isnt totally valid MySQL, just for illustration):
CREATE TABLE orders (
id int(),
info VARCHAR(),
)
CREATE TABLE links (
orderid int(),
receiptid int()
)
CREATE TABLE receipts (
id int(),
otherinfo VARCHAR(),
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If I'm understanding the situation correctly, you have two entries in the orders table
but orderId 2 is listed twice in the links table. If that is correct, then what you want is:
select o.info from orders o
inner join links l on o.id = l.orderid
If you need to return the row twice, then filtering in the where clause is not what you want. You can do this by filtering using a join:
SELECT o.info
FROM orders o join
(select 1 as id union all select 2 union all select 2
) ids
on o.id = ids.id
ORDER BY FIELD (o.id, 1, 2, 2);
Well, you coul make use of a UNION ALL
Something like
SELECT info FROM orders WHERE id IN (1, 2)
UNION ALL
SELECT info FROM orders WHERE id IN (2)

Get last but one row for each ID

I am using query like
select * from audittable where a_id IN (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8);
For each ID its returning 5-6 records. I wanted to get the last but one record for each ID.
Can i do this in one sql statement.
Try this query
SELECT
*
FROM
(SELECT
#rn:=if(#prv=a_id, #rn+1, 1) as rId,
#prv:=a_id as a_id,
---Remaining columns
FROM
audittable
JOIN
(SELECT #rn:=0, #prv:=0) t
WHERE
a_id IN (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8)
ORDER BY
a_id, <column> desc)tmp --Replace column with the column with which you will determine it is the last record
WHERE
rId=1;
If your database is having DateCreated or any column in which you are saving the DateTime as well like when your data is inserted for a particular row then you may use query like
select at1.* from audittable at1 where
datecreated in( select max(datecreated) from audittable at2
where
at1.id = at2.id
order by datecreated desc
);
You may also use LIMIT function as well.
Hope you understand and works for you.
In SQLite, you have the columns a_id and b. For each a_id you get a set of b's. Let you want
to get the latest/highest (maximum in terms of row_id, date or another naturally increasing index) one of b's
SELECT MAX(b), *
FROM audittable
GROUP BY a_id
Here MAX help to get the maximum b from each group.
Bad news that MySQL doesn't associate MAX b with other *-columns of the table. But it still can be used in case of simple table with a_id and b columns!

Copy rows if value exists x amount of times

I have two tables Board1 and Board2 with the identical structure. They both have a primary index column of id. I have a THIRD table called Table1, which has a non-indexed column board_id, where the same board_id occurs multiple times. board_id always corresponds to an id in Board1. Board2 is currently empty, and I want to add rows from Board1, but only where the same board_id occurs at least six times in Table1. Table1 will be changing periodically, so I'll be needing to do the query in the future, but without doubling id rows which are already in Board2.
So to recap:
There are three tables: Board1, Board2, and Table1. I want to copy rows from Board1 to Board2, but only where the id in the Board1 occurs (at least) six times in Table1 as `board_id'.
I'd appreciate any help!
EDIT: I'm dreadfully sorry, but I realized I made a huge mistake in my question. I've rewritten it to reflect what I actually needed. I'm truly sorry.
You can do it like this
INSERT INTO Table2
SELECT
id,
board_id
FROM (SELECT
b.id,
b.board_id,
bl.Count
FROM board as b
LEFT JOIN (SELECT
board_id,
COUNT(board_id) as `Count`
FROM board
GROUP BY board_id) as bl
on bl.board_id = b.board_id
group by b.id
having bl.Count >= 6) as L
If you need more columns you can select them in inner and outer queries.
Fiddle Demo for Select
Here is what you asked for, with fiddle
INSERT Table2
SELECT
*
FROM
Table1
JOIN
(
SELECT
Board_Id,
count(*) cnt
FROM
Table1
GROUP BY
Board_Id
) BoardIds
ON BoardIds.Board_Id = Table1.Board_Id
WHERE
BoardIds.cnt > 5
AND
NOT EXISTS (SELECT id FROM Table2 WHERE Table2.id = Table1.id)
Try something like the below:
Add your column names where specified (excluding any ID columns), as I'm assuming each row will have a unique ID, so you won't be able to GROUP and COUNT by doing SELECT * FROM Table1
You may need to test / validate this
INSERT INTO Board2 (Your Column Names)
SELECT (Your Column Names)
FROM Board1
WHERE id (IN (SELECT board_id
FROM Table1
GROUP BY (board_id)
HAVING (COUNT(*) >= 6))
AND board_id NOT IN(SELECT DISTINCT board_id FROM Board2)