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filter duplicates in SQL join

When using a SQL join, is it possible to keep only rows that have a single row for the left table? For example: select * from A, B where A.id = B.a_id; a1 b1 a2 b1 a2 b2 In this case, I want to remove all except the first row, where a single row from A matched exactly 1 row from B. I'm using MySQL. ...

I can't understand GroupJoin where i will need it in database relationships.

Hello Everybody I am thinking 5-6 hours to understand something about GroupJoin. I am talking about query with linq for Database tables.I understand what Join and GroupJoin does but I really couldn't understand where i will need it.I feel that Join does all what i will need but if there is something which Join can't without GroupJoin so...

SQL SELECT multiple INNER JOINs

its Access database.. i have a Library table, where Autnm Topic Size Cover Lang are foreign Keys each record is actually a book which has its properties such as author and stuff. i am not quite sure i am even using the correct JOIN.. quite new with "complex" SQL :) SELECT Library.Bknm_Hebrew, Library.Bknm_English, Library.Bknm_Russia...

2 Select or 1 Join query ?

I have 2 tables: book ( id, title, age ) ----> 100 milions of rows author ( id, book_id, name, born ) ----> 10 millions of rows Now, supposing I have a generic id of a book. I need to print this page: Title: mybook authors: Tom, Graham, Luis, Clarke, George So... what is the best way to do this ? 1) Simple join like this: Select...

django join querysets from multiple tables

if i have queries on multiple tables like: d = Relations.objects.filter(follow = request.user).filter(date_follow__lt = last_checked) r = Reply.objects.filter(reply_to = request.user).filter(date_reply__lt = last_checked) article = New.objects.filter(created_by = request.user) vote = Vote.objects.filter(voted = article).filter(date__lt ...

LINQ Joins - Performance

I am curious on how exactly LINQ (not LINQ to SQL) is performing is joins behind the scenes in relation to how Sql Server performs joins. Sql Server before executing a query, generates an Execution Plan. The Execution Plan is basically an Expression Tree on what it believes is the best way to execute the query. Each node provides inform...

Multiple many-to-many JOINs in a single mysql query without Cartesian Product

At the moment I can get the results I need with two seperate SELECT statements SELECT COUNT(rl.refBiblioID) FROM biblioList bl LEFT JOIN refList rl ON bl.biblioID = rl.biblioID GROUP BY bl.biblioID SELECT GROUP_CONCAT( CONCAT_WS( ':', al.lastName, al.firstName ) ORDER BY al.authorID ) FROM biblioList bl LEFT JOIN biblio_author b...

MySQL Dynamicly determine the tabel to use with inner join

He guys, I'm stuck with a problem and I hope someone can help me out. I have a date. For example 2009-10-1. This date is used to check in which season I am working. This could be summer or winter. If whe are in the summer the table to use for my inner join whould be 'summer09_rooms'. If winter 'winter09_rooms'. So I basicly whant to do ...

entity framework join

Hi, i have 2 table (user, user_profile) without a explicit relationship in the sql db. and i can't add it to the db. so, i can't do this: db.user.include("user_profile") the attribute in for the join is user_id is possible do anything like this? db.user.join("user_profile On user.id = user_profile.user_id") How can i do that? th...

SQL LEFT JOIN help

My scenario: There are 3 tables for storing tv show information; season, episode and episode_translation. My data: There are 3 seasons, with 3 episodes each one, but there is only translation for one episode. My objetive: I want to get a list of all the seasons and episodes for a show. If there is a translation available in a specified...

Join a list of lists together into 1 list in Python

Possible Duplicate: Flatten (an irregular) list of lists in Python Hay All. I have a list which consists of many lists, here is an example [ [Obj, Obj, Obj, Obj], [Obj], [Obj], [ [Obj,Obj], [Obj,Obj,Obj] ] ] Is there a way to join all these items together as 1 list, so the output will be...

mysql - combining columns and tables

Hi, I'm not much of a SQL man so I'm seeking help for this one. I have a site where I have a database for all accounts and whatnot, and another for storing actions that the user has done on the site. Each user has their own table but I want to combine the data of each user group ( all users that are "linked together" ) and order that da...

Join a single row in one table to n random rows in another

Is it possible to make a join in SQL server that joins each row from table A to n random rows in another? For example, say I have a Customer table, a Product table and an Order table. I want to join each customer to 5 random products and insert these rows into the order table. (And each customer should be joined to 5 random rows of his o...

Joining the same model twice in a clean way, and making the code reusable

I have a model Painting which has a Paintingtitle in each language and a Paintingdescription in each language: class Painting < ActiveRecord::Base has_many :paintingtitles, :dependent => :destroy has_many :paintingdescriptions, :dependent => :destroy end class Paintingtitle < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :painting belongs_to...

MySQL Query That Can Pull the Data I am Seeking?

On the project I am working on, I am stuck with the table structure from Hades. Two things to keep in mind: I can't change the table structure right now. I'm stuck with it for the time being. The queries are dynamically generated and not hard coded. So, while I am asking for a query that can pull this data, what I am really working t...

Mysql advanced SELECT, or multiple SELECTS? Movies keywords

I have a mysql database with movies as follows: MOVIES(id,title) KEYWORDS_TABLE(id,key_id) [id is referenced to movies.id, key_id is refernced to keywords.id] KEYWORDS(id,keyword) //this doesn't matter on my example.. Basically i have movies with their titles and plot keywords for each one, i want to select all movies...

Django query - join on the same table

i have a mini blog app, and a 'timeline' . there i want to be displayed all the posts from all the friends of a user, plus the posts of that user himself. For that, i have to make some kind of a 'join' between the results of two queries (queries on the same table) , so that the final result will be the combination of the user - posesor o...

Oracle join query

There are three tables in my db ITEM_MASTER, PRICE_MASTER, COMP_MASTER ITEM_MASTER STORE_CODE ITEM_CODE ITEM_DESC 011 914004 desccc PRICE_MASTER STORE_CODE ITEM_CODE COMP_CODE 011 914004 01 011 914004 02 011 914004 03 011 914004 04 COMP_MASTER COMP_CODE CO...

Working with sets of rows in (My)SQL and comparing values

Hello, I am trying to figure out the SQL for doing some relatively simple operations on sets of records in a table but I am stuck. Consider a table with multiple rows per item, all identified by a common key. For example: serial model color XX1 A blue XX2 A blue XX3 A green XX5 B red XX6 B blue XX1 B ...

Getting highest results in a JOIN

I've got three tables; Auctions, Auction Bids and Users. The table structure looks something like this: Auctions: id title -- ----- 1 Auction 1 2 Auction 2 Auction Bids: id user_id auction_id bid_amt -- ------- ---------- ------- 1 1 1 200.00 2 2 1...