MySQL Join Question - mysql

Hi i'm struggling to write a particular MySQL Join Query.
I have a table containing product data, each product can belong to multiple categories. This m:m relationship is satisfied using a link table.
For this particular query I wish to retrieve all products belonging to a given category, but with each product record, I also want to return the other categories that product belongs to.
Ideally I would like to achieve this using an Inner Join on the categories table, rather than performing an additional query for each product record, which would be quite inefficient.
My simplifed schema is designed roughly as follows:
products table:
product_id, name, title, description, is_active, date_added, publish_date, etc....
categories table:
category_id, name, title, description, etc...
product_category table:
product_id, category_id
I have written the following query, which allows me to retrieve all the products belonging to the specified category_id. However, i'm really struggling to work out how to retrieve the other categories a product belongs to.
SELECT p.product_id, p.name, p.title, p.description
FROM prod_products AS p
LEFT JOIN prod_product_category AS pc
ON pc.product_id = p.product_id
WHERE pc.category_id = $category_id
AND UNIX_TIMESTAMP(p.publish_date) < UNIX_TIMESTAMP()
AND p.is_active = 1
ORDER BY p.name ASC
I'd be happy just retrieving the category id's releated to each returned product row, as I will have all category data stored in an object, and my application code can take care of the rest.
Many thanks,
Richard

SELECT p.product_id, p.name, p.title, p.description,
GROUP_CONCAT(otherc.category_id) AS other_categories
FROM prod_products AS p
JOIN prod_product_category AS pc
ON pc.product_id = p.product_id
LEFT JOIN prod_product_category AS otherc
ON otherc.product_id = p.product_id AND otherc.category_id != pc.category_id
WHERE pc.category_id = $category_id
AND UNIX_TIMESTAMP(p.publish_date) < UNIX_TIMESTAMP()
AND p.is_active = 1
GROUP BY p.product_id
ORDER BY p.name ASC

You would use an inner join to the product_category table, doing a left join there is pointless as you are using the value from it in the condition. Then you do a left join on the product_category table to get the other categories, and join in the categories for the data:
select
p.product_id, p.name, p.title, p.description,
c.category_id, c.name, c.title
from
prod_products p
inner join prod_product_category pc on pc.product_id = p.product_id
left join prod_product_category pc2 on pc2.product_id = p.product_id
left join prod_categories c on c.category_id = pc2.category_id
where
pc.category_id = #category_id and
unix_timestamp(p.publish_date) < unix_timestamp() and
p.is_active = 1
order by
p.name

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SQL : multiple table join for data extraction

I have three tables and i want a join to extract data from database.
So that i can get products with names with their category name.
here are three tables.
categories
contains id, name
category_product
contains category_id , product_id,
products
contains id , name, price.
now products.id is fkey in category_product.product_id AND categories.id is fkey in category_product.category_id
You can try below -
select c.name as category_name,p.name as product_name
from category_product cp
inner join categories c on cp.category_id=c.id
inner join products p on cp.product_id=p.id
use join like below
select p.*,pc.*,c.* from product p join category_product pc on p.id= pc.product_id
join categories c on c.id=pc.category_id
select p.name AS product, c.name as category
from products p
inner join category_product cp on cp.product_id = p.id
inner join categories c on c.id = cp.category_id
select products.name as 'Product Name',
categories.name as 'Category Name',*
from category_product
inner join categories on category_product.category_id = categories.id
inner join on products on category_product.product_id = products.id
order by categories.id

How to use IN operator with AND operator in WHERE clause in SQL...?

I am using this database query in my CodeIgniter model.
SELECT
p.product_id,
p.product_name,
p.product_photo,
p.size,
p.price,
p.status,
p.product_image_path
FROM
products AS p
LEFT JOIN
product_category AS pc
ON
p.product_id = pc.product_id
LEFT JOIN
vendor_products AS vp
ON
vp.product_id = pc.product_id
WHERE
pc.category_id = 2
AND
vp.vendor_id = 36
AND
pc.subcategory_id IN (1,2)
AND
pc.subcategory_value_id IN (1,4)
And it returning me:
I want those products only who fills all conditions of sub_category_value_id. Now it is returning all the conditions.
I am new to database and don't know much about queries.
Below query will give you distinct products with product_id and product_name on basis of given vendor_id, category_id, subcategory_id's and subcategory_value_id's.
Let me know if this works for you!
SELECT
DISTINCT p.product_id,
p.product_name
FROM products AS p
LEFT JOIN product_category AS pc ON p.product_id = pc.product_id
LEFT JOIN vendor_products AS vp ON p.product_id = vp.product_id
LEFT JOIN subcategories AS sc ON sc.subcategory_id = pc.subcategory_id
LEFT JOIN subcategories_value AS scv ON scv.subcategory_value_id = pc.subcategory_value_id
WHERE vp.vendor_id = 2
AND vp.category_id = 2
AND pc.subcategory_id IN (1, 2)
AND scv.subcategory_value_id IN (1, 4)
ORDER BY p.product_id;
It seems like you shouldn't use left join to product_category table. The LEFT JOIN keyword returns all records from the left table (product_category) Please try like below:
SELECT
p.product_id,
p.product_name,
p.product_photo,
p.size,
p.price,
p.status,
p.product_image_path
FROM
products AS p
INNER JOIN
product_category AS pc
ON
p.product_id = pc.product_id
LEFT JOIN
vendor_products AS vp
ON
vp.product_id = pc.product_id
WHERE
pc.category_id = 2
AND
vp.vendor_id = 36
AND
pc.subcategory_id IN (1,2)
AND
pc.subcategory_value_id IN (1,4)
You want group by and having. It is a little unclear what you mean by "all conditions", but it would look something like this:
SELECT p.*
FROM products p JOIN
product_category pc
ON p.product_id = pc.product_id JOIN
vendor_products AS vp
ON vp.product_id = pc.product_id
WHERE pc.category_id = 2 AND
vp.vendor_id = 36 AND
(pc.subcategory_id, pc.subcategory_value_id) IN ( (1, 1), (2, 4) )
GROUP BY p.product_id -- this is okay because it is presumably the primary key
HAVING COUNT(DISTINCT pc.subcategory_id) = 2;
Notes:
The WHERE clause turns the LEFT JOIN into an INNER JOIN, so use the right JOIN.
I assume you want pairs of values from the subcategory table.
The HAVING clause insists on both subcatgories matching.

Filter products by options

I have following database structure to store product options.
Now i have problem to filter out products that match only given options. First i did WHERE option_id IN (array of options), but that would give me products that match any of the options and that is not solution. User wants to filter out only products with given material, color, and size for instance. And if i do WHERE option_id = 4 AND option_id = 6 for instance i get nothing.
Here is my query:
SELECT DISTINCT p.id AS id,
...
FROM products p
LEFT JOIN product_categories pc ON p.id = pc.product_id
LEFT JOIN product_images pi ON p.id = pi.product_id
LEFT JOIN product_options po ON p.id = po.product_id
WHERE p.product_active = 1
AND po.option_id = 1 // only to get the idea
GROUP BY id
ORDER BY id DESC
LIMIT 0,
12
Just to mention it is PHP application , where user select options from select element with or without multiple attribute.
How to acomplish this?
You can use having:
SELECT p.id AS id, ...
FROM products p JOIN
product_categories pc
ON p.id = pc.product_id LEFT JOIN
product_images pi
ON p.id = pi.product_id JOIN
product_options po
ON p.id = po.product_id
WHERE p.product_active = 1 AND
po.option_id IN (4, 6)
GROUP BY p.id
HAVING COUNT(DISTINCT po.option_id) = 2
ORDER BY p.id DESC
LIMIT 0, 12;
The HAVING clause is specifying that a given id has two matching options. Because of the WHERE clause, these are the only two options that you care about.
I didn't change your approach (you didn't supply the complete query), but you are doing joins along different dimensions -- categories, images, and options. This creates a Cartesian product for each product, and that is often not the best approach to such a query.
There is no need for LEFT JOIN in the solution.
SELECT DISTINCT p.id AS id
FROM products p
JOIN product_options po ON p.id = po.product_id
WHERE p.product_active = 1
AND po.option_id IN (1, 2, 3)
GROUP BY p.id
HAVING COUNT(po.option_id) = 3
My solution keep only tables necessary to find the products with specified options.
In the case you want products having exactly this options and no others you can use NOT EXISTS:
SELECT DISTINCT p.id AS id
FROM products p
JOIN product_options po ON p.id = po.product_id
WHERE p.product_active = 1 AND
po.option_id IN (1, 2, 3) and
NOT EXISTS (
SELECT 1
FROM product_options po2
WHERE p.id = po2.product_id and po2.option_id NOT IN (1, 2, 3)
)
GROUP BY p.id
HAVING COUNT(po.option_id) = 3
If you want to select products accoding to the other conditions (like product categories and so on) then use IN in the WHERE clause. This approach avoids generating duplicate po.option_id and the outer query will still work correctly even without DISTINCT in COUNT.
SELECT DISTINCT p.id AS id
FROM products p
JOIN product_options po ON p.id = po.product_id
WHERE p.product_active = 1 AND
po.option_id IN (1, 2, 3) AND
-- use the following IN predicate to select products with specific features without introducing duplicates in your query
p.id IN (
select product_id FROM product_categories WHERE <your_condition>
)
GROUP BY p.id
HAVING COUNT(po.option_id) = 3
You select products with image lists. Something like:
select products.*, group_concat(product_images.id)
Additionally there may be options the product must all meet. This is criteria that belongs in the WHERE clause.
select
p.*,
(select group_concat(image) from product_images i where i.product_id = p.id) as images
from products p
where product_active = 1
and id in
(
select product_id
from product_options
where option_id in (1,3,55,97)
group by product_id
having count(*) = 4 -- four options in this example
);
Thanks guys, i've managed to return exactly what i wanted.
Now i just have problem with pagination query for the filtered products.
Final search query:
SELECT DISTINCT p.id AS id,
main_price,
promotion_price,
NEW,
sale,
recommended,
COUNT(pi.filename) AS image_count,
GROUP_CONCAT(DISTINCT pi.filename
ORDER BY pi.main_image DESC, pi.id ASC) AS images,
name_sr,
uri_sr,
description_sr
FROM products p
LEFT JOIN product_categories pc ON p.id = pc.product_id
LEFT JOIN product_images pi ON p.id = pi.product_id
LEFT JOIN product_options po ON p.id = po.product_id
WHERE p.product_active = 1
AND po.option_id IN(1)
AND p.main_price BETWEEN 5250.00 AND 14000.00
GROUP BY id
HAVING COUNT(DISTINCT po.option_id) = 1
ORDER BY id DESC
LIMIT 0,
12
Pagination query is something like this i modified it accorgin to new filter query:
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT p.id) AS number
FROM products p
LEFT JOIN product_categories pc ON p.id = pc.product_id
LEFT JOIN product_images pi ON p.id = pi.product_id
LEFT JOIN product_options po ON p.id = po.product_id
WHERE p.product_active = 1
AND po.option_id IN(1)
AND p.main_price BETWEEN 5250.00 AND 14000.00
GROUP BY(p.id)
HAVING COUNT(DISTINCT po.option_id) = 1
If i leave out DISTINCT in SELECT COUNT i don't get filtered pagination, if i set DISTINCT i get number of rows that corespond to pagination. I suppose i could add another count(*) to all of this with subquery, but not sure if that is way to go and if there is more efficient and elegant way to do this.

Make big query from 3 tables

I have three tables
profiles (id, name, deleted)
categories (id, name, deleted)
profiles_categories (id, profile_id, category_id, , deleted)
How i can select all profiles with name in categories?
I trying something like this, but its not works...
SELECT *
FROM profiles p
JOIN categories c, profiles_categories pc
WHERE p.id = pc.profile_id
AND WHERE pc.id = c.category_id
Thanks
EDIT
SELECT *
FROM profiles p
INNER JOIN profiles_categories pc
ON p.id = pc.profile_id
INNER JOIN categories c
ON pc.id = c.id
its return only for one profile (now only two active profiles, but only first have categories)
You have several issues with your current query.
First, you are mixing join types. You should use ANSI JOIN syntax between all of the tables. Don't mix ANSI JOIN syntax with some tables and then commas between other tables.
Second, you have two WHERE clauses and you can only have one WHERE clause.
Finally, you should include the column names that you want to return instead of SELECT *
The query should be similar to this:
SELECT p.name, c.name
FROM profiles p
INNER JOIN profiles_categories pc
ON p.id = pc.profile_id
INNER JOIN categories c
ON pc.id = c.category_id
An INNER JOIN between the tables will return all rows that exist in all of the tables.
Note, based on your table structure you might be able to use the following which returns the profiles that have a corresponding row in the the profiles_categories table:
select p.name
from profiles p
where p.id in (select profile_id
from profiles_categories);
Edit you want to return all profiles regardless of whether or not then have a category, then you need to use a LEFT JOIN:
SELECT p.name, c.name
FROM profiles p
LEFT JOIN profiles_categories pc
ON p.id = pc.profile_id
LEFT JOIN categories c
ON pc.id = c.category_id
SELECT *
FROM profiles p
JOIN profiles_categories pc on p.id = pc.profile_id
JOIN categories c on pc.id = c.category_id
or
SELECT *
FROM profiles p, categories c, profiles_categories pc
WHERE p.id = pc.profile_id
AND pc.id = c.category_id
try this:
SELECT *
FROM profiles p
JOIN profiles_categories pr on p.id = pr.profile_id
JOIN categories c on pr.id = c.category_id
WHERE c.name='thename'

SQL 'Not in' query involving three tables

I have three tables, product, category and product_to_category. Product has the primary key product_id, category category_id and product_to_category p2c_id. Product_to_ category links products to categories in a many-to-many relationship using their respective ID's.
Basically I want to write a query that would select all products from categories that do not exist in the category table. This is due to products being migrated across from another database.
I had something like this but was a little lost.
SELECT *
FROM product AS p
LEFT JOIN product_to_category AS p2c ON p.product_id = p2c.product_id
LEFT JOIN category AS c ON c.category_id
Basically that is as far as I have got. I need to join the category table to the product_to_category table where the product_to_category category_id is not in the category table. I may be completely on the wrong path but am stuck!
Thanks in advance.
Assumption: A product can be part of categories that exist, categories that do not exist, or no categories at all. You have not asked for products that belong to no categories at all, so the first LEFT JOIN from product to procduct_to_category should be an INNER JOIN.
Caveat: I am rusty at mysql so I am using SQL SERVER syntax. I forget if mysql has ON clauses or uses where clauses for JOINs. If ON clause is not supported, change them into WHERE clauses.
There are two common approaches: OUTER JOIN or a NOT IN clause (or a NOT EXISTS clause, which often behaves the same performance-wise as the NOT IN clause.)
OUTER JOIN
select p.*, p2c.category_id
from product p
INNER JOIN product_to_category p2c ON (p.product_id = p2c.product_id)
LEFT JOIN category c ON p2c.category_id = c.category_id
WHERE c.category_id IS NULL
The test for null will find the unmatched records.
NOT IN clause
SELECT p.*, p2c.category_id
FROM product p
INNER JOIN product_to_category p2c ON (p.product_id = p2c.product_id)
WHERE p2c.category_id NOT IN (SELECT c.category_id FROM category c)
If you're looking for products from nonexistent categories, I'd suggest
Select p.*,p2c.category_id
from product p
join product_to_category p2c
on p.product_id=p2c.product_id
left outer join category c
on p2c.category_id=c.category_id
where c.category_id is null
SELECT p.*
FROM product AS p
LEFT JOIN product_to_category AS p2c ON p.product_id = p2c.product_id
WHERE NOT EXISTS (
SELECT 1
FROM category c
WHERE c.category_id = p2c.category_id
)
SELECT *
FROM product AS p
JOIN product_to_category AS p2c ON p.product_id = p2c.product_id
JOIN category AS c ON c.category_id != as.category.
Try this?