MySQL query with LEFT OUTER JOIN and WHERE - mysql

Question

I have three tables: stories, story_types, and comments
The following query retrieves all of the records in the stories table, gets their story_types, and the number of comments associated with each story:
SELECT s.id AS id,
s.story_date AS datetime,
s.story_content AS content,
t.story_type_label AS type_label,
t.story_type_slug AS type_slug,
COUNT(c.id) AS comment_count
FROM stories AS s
LEFT OUTER JOIN story_types AS t ON s.story_type_id = t.id
LEFT OUTER JOIN comments AS c ON s.id = c.story_id
GROUP BY s.id;
Now what I want to do is only retrieve a record from stories WHERE s.id = 1 (that's the primary key). I have tried the following, but it still returns all of the records:
SELECT s.id AS id,
s.story_date AS datetime,
s.story_content AS content,
t.story_type_label AS type_label,
t.story_type_slug AS type_slug,
COUNT(c.id) AS comment_count
FROM stories AS s
LEFT OUTER JOIN story_types AS t ON s.story_type_id = t.id
AND s.id = 1
LEFT OUTER JOIN comments AS c ON s.id = c.story_id
GROUP BY s.id;
I have also tried a WHERE clause at the end, which throws an error.
Can someone point out the correct syntax for a condition like this in this situation?
I'm using MySQL 5.1.47. Thanks.

Answer 1

I'm guessing you put the WHERE after the GROUP BY, which is illegal. See this reference on the SELECT syntax in MySQL.
Try this:
SELECT
s.id AS id,
s.story_date AS datetime,
s.story_content AS content,
t.story_type_label AS type_label,
t.story_type_slug AS type_slug,
COUNT(c.id) AS comment_count
FROM
stories AS s
LEFT JOIN story_types AS t ON s.story_type_id = t.id
LEFT JOIN comments AS c ON s.id = c.story_id
WHERE
s.id = 1
GROUP BY
s.id;
editor's note: I reformatted the code to highlight the query structure

Answer 2

Following up this comment on the accepted answer:
It is not intuitive to me that this WHERE would go in the second JOIN
This is just to outline how proper code formatting enhances understanding. Here is how I usually format SQL:
SELECT
s.id AS id,
s.story_date AS datetime,
s.story_content AS content,
t.story_type_label AS type_label,
t.story_type_slug AS type_slug,
COUNT(c.id) AS comment_count
FROM
stories AS s
LEFT JOIN story_types AS t ON t.id = s.story_type_id
LEFT OUTER JOIN comments AS c ON s.id = c.story_id
WHERE
s.id = 1
GROUP BY
s.id;
The WHERE is not on the second join. There is only one WHERE clause allowed in a SELECT statement, and it always is top level.
PS: Also note that in many database engines (apart from MySQL) it is illegal to use a GROUP BY clause and then selecting columns without aggregating them via functions like MIN(), MAX(), or COUNT(). IMHO this is bad style and a bad habit to get into.