I'm very new to joins, so far I've been doing relatively simple joins but this one got me stumped.
I have 2 tables that look like this:
Friends Table
friendship_id | friend_init | friend_accept | status
1 | 18 | 10 | 1
2 | 13 | 18 | 0
Users Table
user_id | email | username | password | kittens, etc...
10 | -- | -- | -- | --
13 | -- | -- | -- | --
18 | -- | -- | -- | --
If I am trying to select all the info about user_id 18's friends from both tables where the friends record status = 1, what would the join look like?
SELECT users.*
FROM users JOIN friends ON friends.friend_accept = users.user_id
WHERE friend.friend_init = 18 AND friend.status = 1
UNION
SELECT users.*
FROM users JOIN friends ON friends.friend_init = users.user_id
WHERE friend.friend_accept = 18 AND friend.status = 1
Drop the UNION... if your database is symmetrical (you have both (18,10) and 10,18), or if you only want to see friendships from one side.
Select *
from users
LEFT join Friends
ON Users.User_ID = Friends.Friend_init
OR users.User_ID = Friends.Friend_Accept
Where Friends.Status = 1
LEFT join is used because if a user has no FRIENDS yet; the user will still show up.
select *
from user u
join friends f
on u.user_id = f.friends_accept
where u.user_id = 18 and f.status = 1
union
select *
from friend f
join user u
on u.user_id = f.friend_status
where u.user_id = 18 and f.status = 1
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Suppose I have a table named users consist of columns: user_id, user_name, user_created_by.
+------------------+----------------------+-------------------+
| user_id + user_name + user_created_by +
+------------------+----------------------+-------------------+
| 1 | John | 1 |
| 2 | Ann | 1 |
| 3 | Paul | 2 |
| 4 | King | 2 |
| 5 | Dirk | 3 |
+------------------+----------------------+-------------------+
The value of user_created_by is the user_id who created that record. Now, I want to make a query that results one specific row with added column let's say user_created_by_name which is the user_name of the user_id from the user_created_by. Suppose we want to get "Paul"'s record with who (the name) create it (temporary new column). For ease of understanding this is my expected result:
+----------+--------------+-------------------+------------------------+
| user_id | user_name | user_created_by | user_created_by_name |
+----------+--------------+-------------------+------------------------+
| 3 | Paul | 2 | Ann |
+----------+--------------+-------------------+------------------------+
this is my query using codeigniter:
$query=$this->db->query("SELECT *,
(SELECT user_name FROM users WHERE user_id = user_created_by)
AS "user_created_by_name" FROM users WHERE user_id=3);
But my result are:
+----------+--------------+-------------------+------------------------+
| user_id | user_name | user_created_by | user_created_by_name |
+----------+--------------+-------------------+------------------------+
| 3 | Paul | 2 | NULL |
+----------+--------------+-------------------+------------------------+
You culd use a self join (join the same table two time) using alias for fere to the tables as different sets of data
SELECT a.user_id, a.user_name, a.user_created_by, b.user_name as user_created_by_name
from users a
inner join user b on a.user_created_by = b.user_id
where a.user_id = 3
use self join
select u1.user_id, u1.name as user_name,
u2.user_created_by
,u2.user_name as createdby from users u1
join users u2 on u1.user_id=u2.user_created_by
where u1.user_id=3
You can solve this problem using a JOIN.
$sql = "SELECT users.user_id, users.user_name, user_created_by_name.user_name,
FROM users JOIN users AS user_created_by_name ON users.user_id = user_created_by_name.user_id WHERE users.user_id = 3";
$query=$this->db->query($sql);
If you you have users that were not created by another user use a LEFT JOIN instead:
$sql = "SELECT users.user_id, users.user_name, user_created_by_name.user_name,
FROM users LEFT JOIN users AS user_created_by_name ON users.user_id = users.user_id WHERE user_created_by_name.user_id = 3";
$query=$this->db->query($sql);
This will work:
SELECT a.user_id as User_id,
a.user_name as Name,
b.user_id as Created_by_user_id,
b.user_name as Created_by_name
FROM users AS a
INNER JOIN users AS b
ON a.user_id = b.user_created_by
WHERE a.user_id = 3
It is called a self-join, which is used when combining two records of the same table.
I have three tables:
users
user_id username
---------------------
1 | mrzander
2 | foo
3 | bar
---------------------
interests
interest_id interest
------------------------
1 | cars
2 | power tools
3 | shaving
4 | phones
5 | computers
------------------------
user_interests
id uid iid
-----------------
1 | 1 | 2
2 | 1 | 4
3 | 2 | 3
4 | 1 | 5
-----------------
Basically, I have a table of users, a table of interests, and a table that shows what users have what interests. If I know what user id I want the interests from, what query would give me all of a particular users interests?
In this example, what query would return a table called "Interests" that tells me user_id = 1 likes power tools, phones, and computers?
If you want the result on same row you should use join and group concat
select c.username, group_concat( b.interst)
from user_interest as a
left join interest as b on a.iid = b.interest_id
left join users as c. on c.user_id = a.uid
where c.user_id = 1
group by c.username
or if you need result on different rows se join only
select c.username, b.interst
from user_interest as a
left join interest as b on a.iid = b.interest_id
left join users as c. on c.user_id = a.uid
where c.user_id = 1
Simply join the two tables.
select i.*
from interests i
join user_interests u
on u.iid = i.interest_id
where i.uid = 1;
users table:
id | win | lose
0 | 1 | 2
1 | 2 | 8
games table:
id | user1 | user2 | data
0 | 0 | 1 | 'some text'
The DB is for a simple multiplayer game. I need a query to get user2, data, and win-lose data for both users. Is this possible in MySQL at all? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
You have to JOIN the table users two times like this:
SELECT
u1.win AS win1,
u1.lose AS lose1,
u2.win AS win2,
u2.lose AS lose2,
...
FROM games g
INNER JOIN users u1 ON g.user1 = u1.id
INNER JOIN users u2 ON g.user2 = u2.id
You can join the users table twice:
SELECT
games.user2 AS user2_id
games.data AS games_data
user1.win AS user1_win,
user1.lose AS user1_lose,
user2.win AS user2_win,
user2.lose AS user2_lose
FROM games
JOIN users AS user1 ON user1.id = games.user1
JOIN users AS user2 ON user2.id = games.user2
WHERE games.id = ...
I'm trying to display events that a user has created and events that he has signed up for. I have three tables for this.
//events
| event_id | event_title | event_details | event_timestamp | userid
1 title1 test 1234 1
2 title2 testing2 123 2
//registration_items : event_id references events.event_id
| id | event_id | task_name
1 2 task 1
//registration_signup : id references registration_items.id
| id | userid | timestamp
1 1 1234
Here's the current query I have. Right now it only displays the event the user created. It should display both created events and ones he signed up for
select events.*, registration_items.*, registration_signup.*, users.username from events
INNER JOIN users on users.userid = events.userid
LEFT JOIN registration_items ON registration_items.event_id = events.event_id
LEFT JOIN registration_signup ON registration_signup.id = registration_items.id
WHERE events.userid = '$user_id' OR registration_signup.userid = '$user_id' ORDER BY events.event_timestamp DESC
For userid1 the output should be
Title
title1 (the user created this)
title2 (the user signed up for this)
For userid2 the output should be
Title
title2
select events.*, registration_items.*, registration_signup.*, users.username
from events
INNER JOIN users on users.userid = events.userid
LEFT JOIN registration_items ON registration_items.event_id = events.event_id
LEFT JOIN registration_signup ON registration_signup.id = registration_items.id
WHERE registration_signup.userid = '$user_id'
union
select events.*, registration_items.*, registration_signup.*, users.username
from events
INNER JOIN users on users.userid = events.userid
INNER JOIN registration_items ON registration_items.event_id = events.event_id
INNER JOIN registration_signup ON registration_signup.id = registration_items.id
WHERE events.userid = '$user_id'
ORDER BY events.event_timestamp DESC
I am not sure if it's correct to guess that you have a typo in the sample data. Because your query works the moment you change the user id to 1 for both events, signed up events.. So please take a look at this reference demo and comment if it's not a typo...
SQLFIDDLE DEMO
query: (your query..)
select u.userid,e.event_id as id,
ri.event_id as evt, e.event_title,
ri.task_name,
rs.timestamp,
u.name from events e
INNER JOIN users u on
u.userid = e.userid
LEFT JOIN registration_items ri ON
ri.event_id = e.event_id
LEFT JOIN registration_signup rs ON
rs.id = ri.id
WHERE e.userid = '1' or
rs.userid = '1'
ORDER BY e.event_timestamp DESC
;
Results:
| USERID | ID | EVT | EVENT_TITLE | TASK_NAME | TIMESTAMP | NAME |
------------------------------------------------------------------
| 1 | 1 | 1 | title1 | task 1 | 1234 | john |
| 1 | 2 | 2 | title2 | task 1.2 | 3456 | john |
I have three columns I need to join which comes from 3 different tables,
Contributions table:
+-----------+---------------------+
| record_id | contributor_user_id |
+-----------+---------------------+
| 1 | 2 |
+-----------+---------------------+
| 1 | 5 |
+-----------+---------------------+
Members table:
+--------------+---------+
| username | user_id |
+--------------+---------+
| Test | 1 |
+--------------+---------+
| Test2 | 5 |
+--------------+---------+
| Test3 | 6 |
+--------------+---------+
Records table:
+---------+-----------+
| user_id | record_id |
+---------+-----------+
| 28 | 1 |
+---------+-----------+
For what I need to return is the username and user_id for displaying the record owner. Also, display the username and the user_id, but this can be multiple (more than 1+ user). I've tried this:
SELECT usr.username,
usr.user_id,
rec.record_id,
contrib.record_id,
contrib.contributor_user_id
FROM
(
records rec
INNER JOIN members usr ON rec.user_id = usr.user_id
# this returns records as NULL
LEFT OUTER JOIN contributions contrib ON rec.record_id = contrib.record_id AND contrib.contributor_user_id = usr.user_id
# this works, but I need the username to be displayed too
LEFT OUTER JOIN contributions contrib ON rec.record_id = contrib.record_id
)
WHERE rec.record_id = 1
Try nesting the join for contributing users inside of the left join to contributions.
SELECT u.username, u.user_id, r.record_id, u2.username as ContributorName, u2.user_id as ContributorId
FROM records r
INNER JOIN members u
ON r.user_id = u.user_id
LEFT JOIN contributions c
INNER JOIN members u2
ON c.contributor_user_id = u2.user_id
ON r.record_id = c.record_id
WHERE r.record_id = 1
SELECT
usr.username AS record_owner
, usr.user_id AS record_owner_id
, rec.record_id
, con.contributor_user_id AS contributor_id
, contributors.username AS contributor_name
FROM
records rec
INNER JOIN
members usr
ON rec.user_id = usr.user_id
LEFT OUTER JOIN
contributions con
ON rec.record_id = con.record_id
INNER JOIN
members contributors
ON con.contributor_user_id = contributors.user_id
WHERE
rec.record_id = 1