MySQL Group Concat Single Column NULL - mysql

I have a column that i am looking to retrieve all matches of in one row. I am querying other data as well. Currently i am using group_concat. This has worked great until now. Sometimes there are potential NULL values in this column and this has been preventing anything from being returned.
i have tried various other solutions posted here without success.
CREATE TABLE table1 (
id mediumint(9) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
item_num mediumint(9) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (id)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 AUTO_INCREMENT=1 ;
CREATE TABLE table2 (
id mediumint(9) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
oneid mediumint(9) NOT NULL,
item_desc varchar(16) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (id)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 AUTO_INCREMENT=1 ;
SELECT item_num, GROUP_CONCAT(item_desc) AS alldesc FROM table1 LEFT JOIN table2 ON table1.id = table2.oneid
So basically, there can be several item descripotions that may be NULL; they will be in no particular order either. So i am seeking a list with a placeholder when NULLs arise.

Does this work for you(use description as empty string when it is NULL)?
SELECT item_num,
REPLACE(GROUP_CONCAT(IFNULL(item_desc,' ')), ', ,', ',') AS alldesc
FROM table1
LEFT JOIN table2
ON table1.id = table2.oneid

you are missing GROUP BY in your query. chances are if you have multiple item_num, it will always return one row.
SELECT item_num, GROUP_CONCAT(item_desc) AS alldesc
FROM table1 LEFT JOIN table2
ON table1.id = table2.oneid
GROUP BY item_num

SELECT item_num,
REPLACE(
GROUP_CONCAT(
IFNULL(item_desc,'*!*') -- replace this with something not in a normal item_desc
ORDER BY if(item_desc is null, 1, 0) desc
), '*!*,','') AS alldesc
FROM table1
LEFT JOIN table2
ON table1.id = table2.oneid
GROUP BY item_num

Try the following query
SELECT item_num, GROUP_CONCAT(ISNULL(item_desc,'')) AS alldesc FROM table1 LEFT JOIN table2 ON table1.id = table2.oneid

Related

LEFT JOIN table to find non matching rows, same table

I have a table that looks like this:
id int primary key
uniqueID string --not uniquely indexed
foreignKeyID int --foreignKey to another table
I want to find all the uniqueIds in this table that exist for foreign key 1 that do not exist for foreign key 2
I thought I could do something like this:
SELECT * FROM table t1
LEFT JOIN table t2
ON t1.uniqueID = t2.uniqueID
WHERE
t1.foreignKeyID = 1
AND t2.uniqueID IS NULL
However this is never giving me results. I can make it work with a NOT IN subquery but this is a very large table so I suspect a solution using joins will be faster.
Looking for the best way to structure this query.
Here's an sample data set and SQL Fiddle with an example of the working NOT IN query I am trying to convert to a LEFT JOIN:
CREATE TABLE `table` (
`id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`uniqueID` varchar(255),
`foreignKeyID` int(5) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB;
INSERT INTO `table` (uniqueID, foreignKeyID) VALUES ('aaa', 1), ('bbb', 1);
http://sqlfiddle.com/#!9/48a3f3/4 and a non-working LEFT JOIN I thought would be equivalent.
Thanks!
Try this, seems to be working if understood the question properly:
SELECT *
FROM `table` t
LEFT JOIN `table` tt ON tt.uniqueID = t.uniqueID AND tt.foreignKeyID <> 1
WHERE t.foreignKeyID = 1 AND tt.id IS NULL;

compare data in a table

I have a scenario in which I have to check whether a data already exist in a table or not. If a user n application already exists then we don't need to perform any operation else perform insertion.
CREATE TABLE `table1` (
`ID` INT(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`GroupName` VARCHAR(100) DEFAULT NULL,
`UserName` VARCHAR(100) DEFAULT NULL,
`ApplicationName` VARCHAR(100) DEFAULT NULL,
`UserDeleted` BIT DEFAULT 0,
PRIMARY KEY (`ID`)
)
CREATE TABLE `temp_table` (
`ID` INT(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`GroupName` VARCHAR(100) DEFAULT NULL,
`UserName` VARCHAR(100) DEFAULT NULL,
`ApplicationName` VARCHAR(100) DEFAULT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`ID`)
)
table1 is the main table while temp_table from which I have to perform comparision.
Sample date script:
INSERT INTO `table1`(`ID`,`GroupName`,`UserName`,`ApplicationName`,`userdeleted`)
VALUES
('MidasSQLUsers','Kevin Nikkhoo','MySql Application',0),
('MidasSQLUsers','adtest','MySql Application',0),
('Salesforce','Kevin Nikkhoo','Salesforce',0),
('Salesforce','devendra talmale','Salesforce',0);
INSERT INTO `temp_table`(`ID`,`GroupName`,`UserName`,`ApplicationName`,`userdeleted`)
VALUES
('MidasSQLUsers','Kevin Nikkhoo','MySql Application',0),
('MidasSQLUsers','adtest','MySql Application',0),
('Salesforce','Kevin Nikkhoo','Salesforce',0),
('Salesforce','Kapil Singh','Salesforce',0);
Also if a row of temp_table does not exist int table1 then its status should be as userdeleted 1 as i mentioned in desired output.
Result: table1
ID GroupName UserName ApplicationName Deleted
1 MidasSQLUsers Kevin Nikkhoo MySql Application 0
2 MidasSQLUsers adtest MySql ApplicationName 0
3 Salesforce Kevin Nikkhoo Salesforce 0
4 Salesforce devendra talmale Salesforce 1
5 SalesForce Kapil Singh Salesforce 0
Please help
this should do the trick, change whatever is inside the concat, to met your specification.
first do one update to "delete" the rows that are not in tempTable:
update table t1 set deleted = 'YES'
where concat( t1.groupName, t1.Username, t1.application) NOT IN
(select concat( t2.groupName, t2.Username, t2.application) from tempTable t2);
second: insert the new records
insert into table1 t1 (t1.groupName, t1.username, t1.application_name, t1.deleted)
(select t2.groupName, t2.Username, t2.application, t2.deleted from tempTable t2
where concat(t2.userName, t2.application, t2.groupName, t2.deleted) **not in**
(select concat(t3.userName, t3.application, t3.groupName, t3.deleted)
from table1 t3)
the concat function will make a new row from existing rows... this way I can compare multiple fields at same time as if I was comparing only one...
the "not in" lets make you a query inside a query...
Slight variation on the above queries.
Using JOINs, which if you have an index on the userName, application and groupName fields will likely be faster
UPDATE table1 t1
LEFT OUTER JOIN temp_table t2
ON t1.userName = t2.userName
AND t1.application = t2.application
AND t1.groupName = t2.groupName
SET t1.deleted = CASE WHEN t2.ID IS NULL THEN 1 ELSE 0 END
For the normal insert
INSERT INTO table1 t1 (t1.groupName, t1.username, t1.application_name, t1.deleted)
(SELECT t2.groupName, t2.Username, t2.application, t2.deleted
FROM tempTable t2
LEFT OUTER JOIN table1 t3
ON t2.userName = t3.userName
AND t2.application = t3.application
AND t2.groupName = t3.groupName
WHERE t3.ID IS NULL)

MYSQL update into select 3 tables

I use this query (insert into select 3 tables) to insert my rows in the mysql table.
"INSERT INTO test (catid_1, descat_1, catid_2, descat_2, id_user, user)
SELECT '$_POST[cat_1]',t1.desc AS descat_1, '$_POST[cat_2]', t2.desc AS descat_2,
$_POST[id_user]',t3.user FROM t1, t2, t3
WHERE t1.idcat_1='$_POST[cat_1]' and t2.idcat_2='$_POST[cat_2]'
and t3.id_user='$_POST[id_user]'";
Now I'd like to use the same logic to UPDATE my rows (update into select 3 table) in the mysql table.
tables structure
t1
`idcat_1` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`desc` varchar(100) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`idcat_1`)
t2
`idcat_2` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`idcat_1` int(11) NOT NULL,
`desc` varchar(100) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`idcat_2`)
t3
`id_user` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`user` varchar(40) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`id_user`)
Is it possible to do?
Thanks
Like this:
UPDATE test AS t
INNER JOIN t1 ON -- join conditon
INNER JOIN t2 ON ...
INNER JOIN t3 ON ...
SET t.catid_1 = '$_POST[cat_1]',
t.descat_1 = t1.desc,
....
WHERE t1.idcat_1='$_POST[cat_1]'
and t2.idcat_2='$_POST[cat_2]'
and t3.id_user='$_POST[id_user]'
It is not clear how the four tables are joined, you will need to supply the join condition for each JOIN.
Update 1
From the tables' structures that you just posted in your updated question, it seems like neither of the three tables test, t1 nor t2 related to the table t3 by any keys. In this key you didn't need to join with this table t3 and only join the tables test, t1 and t2. Assuming that:
test relates to t1 with test.catid_1 = t1.idcat_1.
t1 relates to t2 with t1.idcat_1 = t2.idcat_1.
Like this:
UPDATE test AS t
INNER JOIN t1 ON t.catid_1 = t1.idcat_1
INNER JOIN t2 ON t1.idcat_1 = t2.idcat_1
SET t.catid_1 = '$_POST[cat_1]',
t.descat_1 = t1.desc,
....
WHERE t1.idcat_1='$_POST[cat_1]'
and t2.idcat_2='$_POST[cat_2]'

LEFT JOIN not working as expected with sub-query

I've got the SQL query below:
SELECT message, sent_date, user_id
FROM messages
LEFT JOIN numbers ON messages.from_id = numbers.id
It returns all the rows (about 4000) in the messages table with additional columns coming from the numbers table. So far, this is what I would expect.
Now I left join this sub-query to another table, again using a left join:
SELECT message, sent_date
FROM (
SELECT message, sent_date, user_id
FROM messages
LEFT JOIN numbers ON messages.from_id = numbers.id
) AS table1
LEFT JOIN users ON table1.user_id = users.id
However, it only returns about 200 rows so many are missing. Since this is a left join I would expect all the rows from table1 to be in the result. Can anybody see what the issue is?
Edit:
So for information here are the 3 relevant tables (with irrelevant columns removed):
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `messages` (
`id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`message` text CHARACTER SET utf8 NOT NULL,
`from_id` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
`sent_date` datetime NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
KEY `from_id` (`from_id`),
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 AUTO_INCREMENT=101553 ;
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `numbers` (
`id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`user_id` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
`number` varchar(32) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
KEY `user_id` (`user_id`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 AUTO_INCREMENT=6408 ;
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `users` (
`id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`name` varchar(256) CHARACTER SET utf8 DEFAULT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 AUTO_INCREMENT=2395 ;
You can try alternative method to debug the issue:
CREATE TEMPORARY table tmp1 AS SELECT message, sent_date, user_id
FROM messages
LEFT JOIN numbers
ON messages. from_id = numbers.id;
and then see whether this query works.
SELECT message, sent_date
FROM tmp1 table1
LEFT JOIN users
ON table1.user_id = users.id;
Also for your case make sure that there are no other insert or updates in between. otherwise use transactions.
table1 sometimes won't have a UserID - so that'll be null, so those results will be missing?
I don't have an exact answer to your question, but if I have to start thinking, I will first find out what 3800 rows are missing and try to see the pattern (is it because user_id are null or duplicate)
SELECT message, sent_date, user_id
FROM messages
LEFT JOIN numbers ON messages.from_id = numbers.id
MINUS
(SELECT table1.message, table1.sent_date, table1.user_id
FROM (
SELECT message, sent_date, user_id
FROM messages
LEFT JOIN numbers ON messages.from_id = numbers.id
) AS table1
LEFT JOIN users ON table1.user_id = users.id)
Try this, I think it's a scoping issue on user_id.
SELECT table1.message, table1.sent_date
FROM (
SELECT messages.message, messages.sent_date, numbers.user_id
FROM messages
LEFT JOIN numbers ON messages.from_id = numbers.id
) AS table1
LEFT JOIN users ON table1.user_id = users.id
I'm not sure if user_id is in messages or numbers.
There is no way this should happen.
Try this variation:
SELECT
m.message, m.sent_date, n.user_id
FROM
messages m
LEFT JOIN
numbers AS n ON m.from_id = n.id
LEFT JOIN
users AS u ON n.user_id = u.id ;

MySQL Join Slow Query

I have 2 table t1 -> t2 (common one to many relationship) with 140.000 records on table t2 reffering 50.000 records on t1, foreing key some times is null (no parent).
CREATE TABLE `t1` (
`id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`name` varchar(50) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
KEY `name_idx` (`name`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=125666 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8
CREATE TABLE `t2` (
`id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`name` varchar(50) NOT NULL,
`t1_id` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
KEY `t1_id_idx` (`t1_id`)
CONSTRAINT `t1_fk` FOREIGN KEY (`t1_id`) REFERENCES `t1` (`id`),
) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=125666 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8
This query running on 15 seconds:
SELECT * FROM t2
LEFT JOIN t1 ON t2.t1_id = t1.id
ORDER BY t1.name ASC
LIMIT 10;
This query running on 0.5 seconds:
SELECT * FROM t2
LEFT JOIN t1 ON t2.t1_id = t1.id
WHERE t1.name <> 'any not found value'
ORDER BY t1.name ASC
LIMIT 10;
Can any body explain to me why this occurs?
Obs: Edited.
News:
This query running on 0.06 seconds: (WHAT'S CHANGE? inner join!!)
SELECT * FROM t2
INNER JOIN t1 ON t2.t1_id = t1.id
ORDER BY t1.name ASC
LIMIT 10;
but above query does not is a solution for my, in my case t2.t1_id can be null some times.
Any Idea??
News:
Running explain with left and inner join:
Mysql show: Using temporary; Using filesort; Rows: 140.000
With Inner Join:
Mysql show: Using Where; Rows: 8
Solved!
The Problem is on order by, when using order by mysql create a temporaty file (Explain...Using Temporary), this temporary file is too big causing the lag.
Tips:
Avoid Using Tempoaray
When Using temporary don't load much data.
I suspect you already have an index on t1.name but it is descending not ascending. That explains why the second query is so much faster.
The other explanation is the first query was not cached but the second query found data in the cache and ran faster.