Select top 3 viewed images of every user from a table - mysql

Question

I know this type of question has been asked multiple times but I am not able to find a good answer of my question.
I tried to fetch top 3 viewed records of every person from the table.
mytable
id user_id views
1 5 6
2 5 3
3 6 5
4 7 4
5 9 14
6 5 3
7 5 8
8 6 7
9 7 15
10 9 13
11 9 13
12 9 18
13 6 8
14 8 0
result
id user_id views
12 9 18
9 7 15
5 9 14
10 9 13
13 6 8
7 5 8
8 6 7
1 5 6
3 6 5
4 7 4
2 5 3
14 8 0
I followed this link http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2006/12/07/how-to-select-the-firstleastmax-row-per-group-in-sql/
My Query
select *
from mytable
where (
select count(*) from mytable as f
where f.user_id = mytable.user_id and f.views >= mytable.views
) < 4 order by user_id desc;
But this query is not fetching those records where views are equal.
Please point me to the right direction.

Answer 1

Try this:
SELECT id, user_id, views
FROM (SELECT IF(#lastUserId = #lastUserId:=t.user_id, #ID:=#ID+1, #ID:=1) AS userNo,
t.id, t.user_id, t.views
FROM mytable t, (SELECT #ID:=0, #lastUserId:=0) A
ORDER BY t.user_id, t.views DESC
) AS A
WHERE userNo <= 3
ORDER BY views DESC
Check the SQL FIDDLE DEMO
OUTPUT
| ID | USER_ID | VIEWS |
|----|---------|-------|
| 12 | 9 | 18 |
| 9 | 7 | 15 |
| 5 | 9 | 14 |
| 10 | 9 | 13 |
| 7 | 5 | 8 |
| 13 | 6 | 8 |
| 8 | 6 | 7 |
| 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | 6 | 5 |
| 4 | 7 | 4 |
| 2 | 5 | 3 |
| 14 | 8 | 0 |