mysql group_concat on multiple tables












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This is the first time I ever use stackoverflow,.. be gentle on me ;)



I have little problem here with getting duplicated results from GROUP_CONCAT when using more than one JOIN on the map tables.



It is not easy to explain this, but I will try:



I have created a SQLFiddle for testing: http://sqlfiddle.com/#!9/d2b347/3



I want the query to be just one instead of 1 for all of the posts and then hammering on every test. But since the GROUP_CONCAT is merging those test results I am getting twice as much data than I want.



It is possible somehow to make the query more reliable. To always have the GROUP_CONCAT to be the exact numbers of tests?



I expect/want the output to be:



|---------|-----------------|------------|---------|-------------|
| post_id | flows | flow_types | powers | power_types |
|---------|-----------------|------------|---------|-------------|
| 1 | 100,140 | a,b | 1,1 | a,b |
|---------|-----------------|------------|---------|-------------|
| 2 | 200,200,200 | a,b,c | (null) | (null) |
|---------|-----------------|------------|---------|-------------|


but it is:



|---------|-----------------|------------|---------|-------------|
| post_id | flows | flow_types | powers | power_types |
|---------|-----------------|------------|---------|-------------|
| 1 | 100,100,140,140 | a,a,b,b | 1,1,1,1 | a,b,a,b |
|---------|-----------------|------------|---------|-------------|
| 2 | 200,200,200 | a,b,c | (null) | (null) |
|---------|-----------------|------------|---------|-------------|


and with GROUP_CONCAT DISTINCT I get:



|---------|-----------------|------------|---------|-------------|
| post_id | flows | flow_types | powers | power_types |
|---------|-----------------|------------|---------|-------------|
| 1 | 100,140 | a,b | 1 | a,b |
|---------|-----------------|------------|---------|-------------|
| 2 | 200 | a,b,c | (null) | (null) |
|---------|-----------------|------------|---------|-------------|


Here is the create query:



DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `posts`;
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `posts` (
`post_id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`post` varchar(256) CHARACTER SET ascii NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`post_id`),
UNIQUE KEY `UNQ_post` (`post`) USING HASH
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `posts_test1`;
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `posts_test1` (
`post_id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL,
`test1_id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL,
`type_id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT 1,
PRIMARY KEY (`post_id`,`test1_id`,`type_id`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `test1`;
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `test1` (
`test1_id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`flow` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`test1_id`),
KEY `IDX_FLOW` (`flow`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `posts_test2`;
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `posts_test2` (
`post_id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL,
`test2_id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL,
`type_id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT 1,
PRIMARY KEY (`post_id`,`test2_id`,`type_id`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `test2`;
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `test2` (
`test2_id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`power` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`test2_id`),
KEY `IDX_POWER` (`power`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `types`;
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `types` (
`type_id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`type` varchar(50) CHARACTER SET ascii DEFAULT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`type_id`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;


INSERT INTO `types` (`type_id`, `type`) VALUES
(1, 'a'),
(2, 'b'),
(3, 'c');

INSERT INTO `posts` (`post_id`, `post`) VALUES
(1, 'test1'),
(2, 'test2');

INSERT INTO `test1` (`test1_id`, `flow`) VALUES
(1, 100),
(2, 140),
(3, 200),
(4, 200),
(5, 200);

INSERT INTO `posts_test1` (`post_id`, `test1_id`, `type_id`) VALUES
(1, 1, 1),
(1, 2, 2),
(2, 3, 1),
(2, 4, 2),
(2, 5, 3);

INSERT INTO `test2` (`test2_id`, `power`) VALUES
(1, 1),
(2, 1);

INSERT INTO `posts_test2` (`post_id`, `test2_id`, `type_id`) VALUES
(1, 1, 1),
(1, 2, 2);


And here are my select queries..



SELECT
p.post_id, p.post,
GROUP_CONCAT(t1.flow) flow,
GROUP_CONCAT(t1t.type) flow_types
FROM posts p
LEFT JOIN posts_test1 pt1 USING (post_id)
LEFT JOIN test1 t1 USING (test1_id)
LEFT JOIN types t1t ON (t1t.type_id = pt1.type_id)
GROUP BY p.post_id; # works fine


SELECT
p.post_id, p.post,
GROUP_CONCAT(t2.power) powers,
GROUP_CONCAT(t2t.type) power_types
FROM posts p
LEFT JOIN posts_test2 pt2 USING (post_id)
LEFT JOIN test2 t2 USING (test2_id)
LEFT JOIN types t2t ON (t2t.type_id = pt2.type_id)
GROUP BY p.post_id; # works fine


SELECT
p.post_id, p.post,
GROUP_CONCAT(t1.flow) flow,
GROUP_CONCAT(t1t.type) flow_types,
GROUP_CONCAT(t2.power) powers,
GROUP_CONCAT(t2t.type) power_types
FROM posts p
LEFT JOIN posts_test1 pt1 USING (post_id)
LEFT JOIN test1 t1 USING (test1_id)
LEFT JOIN types t1t ON (t1t.type_id = pt1.type_id)
LEFT JOIN posts_test2 pt2 USING (post_id)
LEFT JOIN test2 t2 USING (test2_id)
LEFT JOIN types t2t ON (t2t.type_id = pt2.type_id)
GROUP BY p.post_id; # getting duplicated GROUP_CONCAT results

SELECT
p.post_id, p.post,
GROUP_CONCAT(DISTINCT t1.flow) flow,
GROUP_CONCAT(DISTINCT t1t.type) flow_types,
GROUP_CONCAT(DISTINCT t2.power) powers,
GROUP_CONCAT(DISTINCT t2t.type) power_types
FROM posts p
LEFT JOIN posts_test1 pt1 USING (post_id)
LEFT JOIN test1 t1 USING (test1_id)
LEFT JOIN types t1t ON (t1t.type_id = pt1.type_id)
LEFT JOIN posts_test2 pt2 USING (post_id)
LEFT JOIN test2 t2 USING (test2_id)
LEFT JOIN types t2t ON (t2t.type_id = pt2.type_id)
GROUP BY p.post_id; # DISTINCT wipes the GROUP_CONCAT if same result...


Thanks and have a nice day!!



edit: added expected result as suggest, thanks :)










share|improve this question

























  • Please add expected output in tabular formatting to the question. By the way, well done on the question formulation :)

    – Madhur Bhaiya
    Nov 26 '18 at 11:54











  • Thanks @MadhurBhaiya added the expected results :)

    – TLBang
    Nov 26 '18 at 12:31
















3















This is the first time I ever use stackoverflow,.. be gentle on me ;)



I have little problem here with getting duplicated results from GROUP_CONCAT when using more than one JOIN on the map tables.



It is not easy to explain this, but I will try:



I have created a SQLFiddle for testing: http://sqlfiddle.com/#!9/d2b347/3



I want the query to be just one instead of 1 for all of the posts and then hammering on every test. But since the GROUP_CONCAT is merging those test results I am getting twice as much data than I want.



It is possible somehow to make the query more reliable. To always have the GROUP_CONCAT to be the exact numbers of tests?



I expect/want the output to be:



|---------|-----------------|------------|---------|-------------|
| post_id | flows | flow_types | powers | power_types |
|---------|-----------------|------------|---------|-------------|
| 1 | 100,140 | a,b | 1,1 | a,b |
|---------|-----------------|------------|---------|-------------|
| 2 | 200,200,200 | a,b,c | (null) | (null) |
|---------|-----------------|------------|---------|-------------|


but it is:



|---------|-----------------|------------|---------|-------------|
| post_id | flows | flow_types | powers | power_types |
|---------|-----------------|------------|---------|-------------|
| 1 | 100,100,140,140 | a,a,b,b | 1,1,1,1 | a,b,a,b |
|---------|-----------------|------------|---------|-------------|
| 2 | 200,200,200 | a,b,c | (null) | (null) |
|---------|-----------------|------------|---------|-------------|


and with GROUP_CONCAT DISTINCT I get:



|---------|-----------------|------------|---------|-------------|
| post_id | flows | flow_types | powers | power_types |
|---------|-----------------|------------|---------|-------------|
| 1 | 100,140 | a,b | 1 | a,b |
|---------|-----------------|------------|---------|-------------|
| 2 | 200 | a,b,c | (null) | (null) |
|---------|-----------------|------------|---------|-------------|


Here is the create query:



DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `posts`;
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `posts` (
`post_id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`post` varchar(256) CHARACTER SET ascii NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`post_id`),
UNIQUE KEY `UNQ_post` (`post`) USING HASH
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `posts_test1`;
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `posts_test1` (
`post_id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL,
`test1_id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL,
`type_id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT 1,
PRIMARY KEY (`post_id`,`test1_id`,`type_id`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `test1`;
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `test1` (
`test1_id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`flow` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`test1_id`),
KEY `IDX_FLOW` (`flow`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `posts_test2`;
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `posts_test2` (
`post_id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL,
`test2_id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL,
`type_id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT 1,
PRIMARY KEY (`post_id`,`test2_id`,`type_id`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `test2`;
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `test2` (
`test2_id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`power` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`test2_id`),
KEY `IDX_POWER` (`power`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `types`;
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `types` (
`type_id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`type` varchar(50) CHARACTER SET ascii DEFAULT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`type_id`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;


INSERT INTO `types` (`type_id`, `type`) VALUES
(1, 'a'),
(2, 'b'),
(3, 'c');

INSERT INTO `posts` (`post_id`, `post`) VALUES
(1, 'test1'),
(2, 'test2');

INSERT INTO `test1` (`test1_id`, `flow`) VALUES
(1, 100),
(2, 140),
(3, 200),
(4, 200),
(5, 200);

INSERT INTO `posts_test1` (`post_id`, `test1_id`, `type_id`) VALUES
(1, 1, 1),
(1, 2, 2),
(2, 3, 1),
(2, 4, 2),
(2, 5, 3);

INSERT INTO `test2` (`test2_id`, `power`) VALUES
(1, 1),
(2, 1);

INSERT INTO `posts_test2` (`post_id`, `test2_id`, `type_id`) VALUES
(1, 1, 1),
(1, 2, 2);


And here are my select queries..



SELECT
p.post_id, p.post,
GROUP_CONCAT(t1.flow) flow,
GROUP_CONCAT(t1t.type) flow_types
FROM posts p
LEFT JOIN posts_test1 pt1 USING (post_id)
LEFT JOIN test1 t1 USING (test1_id)
LEFT JOIN types t1t ON (t1t.type_id = pt1.type_id)
GROUP BY p.post_id; # works fine


SELECT
p.post_id, p.post,
GROUP_CONCAT(t2.power) powers,
GROUP_CONCAT(t2t.type) power_types
FROM posts p
LEFT JOIN posts_test2 pt2 USING (post_id)
LEFT JOIN test2 t2 USING (test2_id)
LEFT JOIN types t2t ON (t2t.type_id = pt2.type_id)
GROUP BY p.post_id; # works fine


SELECT
p.post_id, p.post,
GROUP_CONCAT(t1.flow) flow,
GROUP_CONCAT(t1t.type) flow_types,
GROUP_CONCAT(t2.power) powers,
GROUP_CONCAT(t2t.type) power_types
FROM posts p
LEFT JOIN posts_test1 pt1 USING (post_id)
LEFT JOIN test1 t1 USING (test1_id)
LEFT JOIN types t1t ON (t1t.type_id = pt1.type_id)
LEFT JOIN posts_test2 pt2 USING (post_id)
LEFT JOIN test2 t2 USING (test2_id)
LEFT JOIN types t2t ON (t2t.type_id = pt2.type_id)
GROUP BY p.post_id; # getting duplicated GROUP_CONCAT results

SELECT
p.post_id, p.post,
GROUP_CONCAT(DISTINCT t1.flow) flow,
GROUP_CONCAT(DISTINCT t1t.type) flow_types,
GROUP_CONCAT(DISTINCT t2.power) powers,
GROUP_CONCAT(DISTINCT t2t.type) power_types
FROM posts p
LEFT JOIN posts_test1 pt1 USING (post_id)
LEFT JOIN test1 t1 USING (test1_id)
LEFT JOIN types t1t ON (t1t.type_id = pt1.type_id)
LEFT JOIN posts_test2 pt2 USING (post_id)
LEFT JOIN test2 t2 USING (test2_id)
LEFT JOIN types t2t ON (t2t.type_id = pt2.type_id)
GROUP BY p.post_id; # DISTINCT wipes the GROUP_CONCAT if same result...


Thanks and have a nice day!!



edit: added expected result as suggest, thanks :)










share|improve this question

























  • Please add expected output in tabular formatting to the question. By the way, well done on the question formulation :)

    – Madhur Bhaiya
    Nov 26 '18 at 11:54











  • Thanks @MadhurBhaiya added the expected results :)

    – TLBang
    Nov 26 '18 at 12:31














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This is the first time I ever use stackoverflow,.. be gentle on me ;)



I have little problem here with getting duplicated results from GROUP_CONCAT when using more than one JOIN on the map tables.



It is not easy to explain this, but I will try:



I have created a SQLFiddle for testing: http://sqlfiddle.com/#!9/d2b347/3



I want the query to be just one instead of 1 for all of the posts and then hammering on every test. But since the GROUP_CONCAT is merging those test results I am getting twice as much data than I want.



It is possible somehow to make the query more reliable. To always have the GROUP_CONCAT to be the exact numbers of tests?



I expect/want the output to be:



|---------|-----------------|------------|---------|-------------|
| post_id | flows | flow_types | powers | power_types |
|---------|-----------------|------------|---------|-------------|
| 1 | 100,140 | a,b | 1,1 | a,b |
|---------|-----------------|------------|---------|-------------|
| 2 | 200,200,200 | a,b,c | (null) | (null) |
|---------|-----------------|------------|---------|-------------|


but it is:



|---------|-----------------|------------|---------|-------------|
| post_id | flows | flow_types | powers | power_types |
|---------|-----------------|------------|---------|-------------|
| 1 | 100,100,140,140 | a,a,b,b | 1,1,1,1 | a,b,a,b |
|---------|-----------------|------------|---------|-------------|
| 2 | 200,200,200 | a,b,c | (null) | (null) |
|---------|-----------------|------------|---------|-------------|


and with GROUP_CONCAT DISTINCT I get:



|---------|-----------------|------------|---------|-------------|
| post_id | flows | flow_types | powers | power_types |
|---------|-----------------|------------|---------|-------------|
| 1 | 100,140 | a,b | 1 | a,b |
|---------|-----------------|------------|---------|-------------|
| 2 | 200 | a,b,c | (null) | (null) |
|---------|-----------------|------------|---------|-------------|


Here is the create query:



DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `posts`;
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `posts` (
`post_id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`post` varchar(256) CHARACTER SET ascii NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`post_id`),
UNIQUE KEY `UNQ_post` (`post`) USING HASH
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `posts_test1`;
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `posts_test1` (
`post_id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL,
`test1_id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL,
`type_id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT 1,
PRIMARY KEY (`post_id`,`test1_id`,`type_id`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `test1`;
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `test1` (
`test1_id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`flow` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`test1_id`),
KEY `IDX_FLOW` (`flow`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `posts_test2`;
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `posts_test2` (
`post_id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL,
`test2_id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL,
`type_id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT 1,
PRIMARY KEY (`post_id`,`test2_id`,`type_id`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `test2`;
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `test2` (
`test2_id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`power` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`test2_id`),
KEY `IDX_POWER` (`power`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `types`;
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `types` (
`type_id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`type` varchar(50) CHARACTER SET ascii DEFAULT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`type_id`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;


INSERT INTO `types` (`type_id`, `type`) VALUES
(1, 'a'),
(2, 'b'),
(3, 'c');

INSERT INTO `posts` (`post_id`, `post`) VALUES
(1, 'test1'),
(2, 'test2');

INSERT INTO `test1` (`test1_id`, `flow`) VALUES
(1, 100),
(2, 140),
(3, 200),
(4, 200),
(5, 200);

INSERT INTO `posts_test1` (`post_id`, `test1_id`, `type_id`) VALUES
(1, 1, 1),
(1, 2, 2),
(2, 3, 1),
(2, 4, 2),
(2, 5, 3);

INSERT INTO `test2` (`test2_id`, `power`) VALUES
(1, 1),
(2, 1);

INSERT INTO `posts_test2` (`post_id`, `test2_id`, `type_id`) VALUES
(1, 1, 1),
(1, 2, 2);


And here are my select queries..



SELECT
p.post_id, p.post,
GROUP_CONCAT(t1.flow) flow,
GROUP_CONCAT(t1t.type) flow_types
FROM posts p
LEFT JOIN posts_test1 pt1 USING (post_id)
LEFT JOIN test1 t1 USING (test1_id)
LEFT JOIN types t1t ON (t1t.type_id = pt1.type_id)
GROUP BY p.post_id; # works fine


SELECT
p.post_id, p.post,
GROUP_CONCAT(t2.power) powers,
GROUP_CONCAT(t2t.type) power_types
FROM posts p
LEFT JOIN posts_test2 pt2 USING (post_id)
LEFT JOIN test2 t2 USING (test2_id)
LEFT JOIN types t2t ON (t2t.type_id = pt2.type_id)
GROUP BY p.post_id; # works fine


SELECT
p.post_id, p.post,
GROUP_CONCAT(t1.flow) flow,
GROUP_CONCAT(t1t.type) flow_types,
GROUP_CONCAT(t2.power) powers,
GROUP_CONCAT(t2t.type) power_types
FROM posts p
LEFT JOIN posts_test1 pt1 USING (post_id)
LEFT JOIN test1 t1 USING (test1_id)
LEFT JOIN types t1t ON (t1t.type_id = pt1.type_id)
LEFT JOIN posts_test2 pt2 USING (post_id)
LEFT JOIN test2 t2 USING (test2_id)
LEFT JOIN types t2t ON (t2t.type_id = pt2.type_id)
GROUP BY p.post_id; # getting duplicated GROUP_CONCAT results

SELECT
p.post_id, p.post,
GROUP_CONCAT(DISTINCT t1.flow) flow,
GROUP_CONCAT(DISTINCT t1t.type) flow_types,
GROUP_CONCAT(DISTINCT t2.power) powers,
GROUP_CONCAT(DISTINCT t2t.type) power_types
FROM posts p
LEFT JOIN posts_test1 pt1 USING (post_id)
LEFT JOIN test1 t1 USING (test1_id)
LEFT JOIN types t1t ON (t1t.type_id = pt1.type_id)
LEFT JOIN posts_test2 pt2 USING (post_id)
LEFT JOIN test2 t2 USING (test2_id)
LEFT JOIN types t2t ON (t2t.type_id = pt2.type_id)
GROUP BY p.post_id; # DISTINCT wipes the GROUP_CONCAT if same result...


Thanks and have a nice day!!



edit: added expected result as suggest, thanks :)










share|improve this question
















This is the first time I ever use stackoverflow,.. be gentle on me ;)



I have little problem here with getting duplicated results from GROUP_CONCAT when using more than one JOIN on the map tables.



It is not easy to explain this, but I will try:



I have created a SQLFiddle for testing: http://sqlfiddle.com/#!9/d2b347/3



I want the query to be just one instead of 1 for all of the posts and then hammering on every test. But since the GROUP_CONCAT is merging those test results I am getting twice as much data than I want.



It is possible somehow to make the query more reliable. To always have the GROUP_CONCAT to be the exact numbers of tests?



I expect/want the output to be:



|---------|-----------------|------------|---------|-------------|
| post_id | flows | flow_types | powers | power_types |
|---------|-----------------|------------|---------|-------------|
| 1 | 100,140 | a,b | 1,1 | a,b |
|---------|-----------------|------------|---------|-------------|
| 2 | 200,200,200 | a,b,c | (null) | (null) |
|---------|-----------------|------------|---------|-------------|


but it is:



|---------|-----------------|------------|---------|-------------|
| post_id | flows | flow_types | powers | power_types |
|---------|-----------------|------------|---------|-------------|
| 1 | 100,100,140,140 | a,a,b,b | 1,1,1,1 | a,b,a,b |
|---------|-----------------|------------|---------|-------------|
| 2 | 200,200,200 | a,b,c | (null) | (null) |
|---------|-----------------|------------|---------|-------------|


and with GROUP_CONCAT DISTINCT I get:



|---------|-----------------|------------|---------|-------------|
| post_id | flows | flow_types | powers | power_types |
|---------|-----------------|------------|---------|-------------|
| 1 | 100,140 | a,b | 1 | a,b |
|---------|-----------------|------------|---------|-------------|
| 2 | 200 | a,b,c | (null) | (null) |
|---------|-----------------|------------|---------|-------------|


Here is the create query:



DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `posts`;
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `posts` (
`post_id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`post` varchar(256) CHARACTER SET ascii NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`post_id`),
UNIQUE KEY `UNQ_post` (`post`) USING HASH
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `posts_test1`;
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `posts_test1` (
`post_id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL,
`test1_id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL,
`type_id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT 1,
PRIMARY KEY (`post_id`,`test1_id`,`type_id`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `test1`;
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `test1` (
`test1_id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`flow` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`test1_id`),
KEY `IDX_FLOW` (`flow`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `posts_test2`;
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `posts_test2` (
`post_id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL,
`test2_id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL,
`type_id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT 1,
PRIMARY KEY (`post_id`,`test2_id`,`type_id`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `test2`;
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `test2` (
`test2_id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`power` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`test2_id`),
KEY `IDX_POWER` (`power`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `types`;
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `types` (
`type_id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`type` varchar(50) CHARACTER SET ascii DEFAULT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`type_id`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;


INSERT INTO `types` (`type_id`, `type`) VALUES
(1, 'a'),
(2, 'b'),
(3, 'c');

INSERT INTO `posts` (`post_id`, `post`) VALUES
(1, 'test1'),
(2, 'test2');

INSERT INTO `test1` (`test1_id`, `flow`) VALUES
(1, 100),
(2, 140),
(3, 200),
(4, 200),
(5, 200);

INSERT INTO `posts_test1` (`post_id`, `test1_id`, `type_id`) VALUES
(1, 1, 1),
(1, 2, 2),
(2, 3, 1),
(2, 4, 2),
(2, 5, 3);

INSERT INTO `test2` (`test2_id`, `power`) VALUES
(1, 1),
(2, 1);

INSERT INTO `posts_test2` (`post_id`, `test2_id`, `type_id`) VALUES
(1, 1, 1),
(1, 2, 2);


And here are my select queries..



SELECT
p.post_id, p.post,
GROUP_CONCAT(t1.flow) flow,
GROUP_CONCAT(t1t.type) flow_types
FROM posts p
LEFT JOIN posts_test1 pt1 USING (post_id)
LEFT JOIN test1 t1 USING (test1_id)
LEFT JOIN types t1t ON (t1t.type_id = pt1.type_id)
GROUP BY p.post_id; # works fine


SELECT
p.post_id, p.post,
GROUP_CONCAT(t2.power) powers,
GROUP_CONCAT(t2t.type) power_types
FROM posts p
LEFT JOIN posts_test2 pt2 USING (post_id)
LEFT JOIN test2 t2 USING (test2_id)
LEFT JOIN types t2t ON (t2t.type_id = pt2.type_id)
GROUP BY p.post_id; # works fine


SELECT
p.post_id, p.post,
GROUP_CONCAT(t1.flow) flow,
GROUP_CONCAT(t1t.type) flow_types,
GROUP_CONCAT(t2.power) powers,
GROUP_CONCAT(t2t.type) power_types
FROM posts p
LEFT JOIN posts_test1 pt1 USING (post_id)
LEFT JOIN test1 t1 USING (test1_id)
LEFT JOIN types t1t ON (t1t.type_id = pt1.type_id)
LEFT JOIN posts_test2 pt2 USING (post_id)
LEFT JOIN test2 t2 USING (test2_id)
LEFT JOIN types t2t ON (t2t.type_id = pt2.type_id)
GROUP BY p.post_id; # getting duplicated GROUP_CONCAT results

SELECT
p.post_id, p.post,
GROUP_CONCAT(DISTINCT t1.flow) flow,
GROUP_CONCAT(DISTINCT t1t.type) flow_types,
GROUP_CONCAT(DISTINCT t2.power) powers,
GROUP_CONCAT(DISTINCT t2t.type) power_types
FROM posts p
LEFT JOIN posts_test1 pt1 USING (post_id)
LEFT JOIN test1 t1 USING (test1_id)
LEFT JOIN types t1t ON (t1t.type_id = pt1.type_id)
LEFT JOIN posts_test2 pt2 USING (post_id)
LEFT JOIN test2 t2 USING (test2_id)
LEFT JOIN types t2t ON (t2t.type_id = pt2.type_id)
GROUP BY p.post_id; # DISTINCT wipes the GROUP_CONCAT if same result...


Thanks and have a nice day!!



edit: added expected result as suggest, thanks :)







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  • Please add expected output in tabular formatting to the question. By the way, well done on the question formulation :)

    – Madhur Bhaiya
    Nov 26 '18 at 11:54











  • Thanks @MadhurBhaiya added the expected results :)

    – TLBang
    Nov 26 '18 at 12:31



















  • Please add expected output in tabular formatting to the question. By the way, well done on the question formulation :)

    – Madhur Bhaiya
    Nov 26 '18 at 11:54











  • Thanks @MadhurBhaiya added the expected results :)

    – TLBang
    Nov 26 '18 at 12:31

















Please add expected output in tabular formatting to the question. By the way, well done on the question formulation :)

– Madhur Bhaiya
Nov 26 '18 at 11:54





Please add expected output in tabular formatting to the question. By the way, well done on the question formulation :)

– Madhur Bhaiya
Nov 26 '18 at 11:54













Thanks @MadhurBhaiya added the expected results :)

– TLBang
Nov 26 '18 at 12:31





Thanks @MadhurBhaiya added the expected results :)

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The issue here is that there are two different junction tables (and two different connection chains), originating from a single table post. So a linear JOIN chain does not work. Duplicates in one of the junction table leads to duplication in other chain, when linear joining is done.



One way is to consider these two different JOIN chains in two separate Derived Tables (subqueries inside the FROM clause), and determine their respective grouped/aggregated expressions. We can then JOIN back these two chains using post_id.



Query



SELECT
dt1.post_id,
dt1.flows,
dt1.flow_types,
dt2.powers,
dt2.power_types
FROM
(
SELECT
p.post_id,
GROUP_CONCAT(t1.flow) AS flows,
GROUP_CONCAT(typ.type) AS flow_types
FROM posts p
LEFT JOIN posts_test1 pt1
ON pt1.post_id = p.post_id
LEFT JOIN test1 t1
ON t1.test1_id = pt1.test1_id
LEFT JOIN types typ
ON typ.type_id = pt1.type_id
GROUP BY p.post_id
) AS dt1
JOIN
(
SELECT
p.post_id,
GROUP_CONCAT(t2.power) AS powers,
GROUP_CONCAT(typ.type) AS power_types
FROM posts p
LEFT JOIN posts_test2 pt2
ON pt2.post_id = p.post_id
LEFT JOIN test2 t2
ON t2.test2_id = pt2.test2_id
LEFT JOIN types typ
ON typ.type_id = pt2.type_id
GROUP BY p.post_id
) AS dt2
ON dt1.post_id = dt2.post_id;


Result



| post_id | flows       | flow_types | powers | power_types |
| ------- | ----------- | ---------- | ------ | ----------- |
| 1 | 100,140 | a,b | 1,1 | a,b |
| 2 | 200,200,200 | a,b,c | | |




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  • Thanks Madhur :) I was hoping to avoid using subquery since I need to do way more than just 2 "mapped joins"

    – TLBang
    Nov 26 '18 at 15:04













  • @TLBang I don't believe that it is solvable without using subqueries; due to different join chains. Other possible solution would involve correlated subqueries.

    – Madhur Bhaiya
    Nov 26 '18 at 16:20











  • @TLBang writing a large query should not be an issue as long it is performant (with proper indexing defined) and does the job.

    – Madhur Bhaiya
    Nov 27 '18 at 4:09












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The issue here is that there are two different junction tables (and two different connection chains), originating from a single table post. So a linear JOIN chain does not work. Duplicates in one of the junction table leads to duplication in other chain, when linear joining is done.



One way is to consider these two different JOIN chains in two separate Derived Tables (subqueries inside the FROM clause), and determine their respective grouped/aggregated expressions. We can then JOIN back these two chains using post_id.



Query



SELECT
dt1.post_id,
dt1.flows,
dt1.flow_types,
dt2.powers,
dt2.power_types
FROM
(
SELECT
p.post_id,
GROUP_CONCAT(t1.flow) AS flows,
GROUP_CONCAT(typ.type) AS flow_types
FROM posts p
LEFT JOIN posts_test1 pt1
ON pt1.post_id = p.post_id
LEFT JOIN test1 t1
ON t1.test1_id = pt1.test1_id
LEFT JOIN types typ
ON typ.type_id = pt1.type_id
GROUP BY p.post_id
) AS dt1
JOIN
(
SELECT
p.post_id,
GROUP_CONCAT(t2.power) AS powers,
GROUP_CONCAT(typ.type) AS power_types
FROM posts p
LEFT JOIN posts_test2 pt2
ON pt2.post_id = p.post_id
LEFT JOIN test2 t2
ON t2.test2_id = pt2.test2_id
LEFT JOIN types typ
ON typ.type_id = pt2.type_id
GROUP BY p.post_id
) AS dt2
ON dt1.post_id = dt2.post_id;


Result



| post_id | flows       | flow_types | powers | power_types |
| ------- | ----------- | ---------- | ------ | ----------- |
| 1 | 100,140 | a,b | 1,1 | a,b |
| 2 | 200,200,200 | a,b,c | | |




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  • Thanks Madhur :) I was hoping to avoid using subquery since I need to do way more than just 2 "mapped joins"

    – TLBang
    Nov 26 '18 at 15:04













  • @TLBang I don't believe that it is solvable without using subqueries; due to different join chains. Other possible solution would involve correlated subqueries.

    – Madhur Bhaiya
    Nov 26 '18 at 16:20











  • @TLBang writing a large query should not be an issue as long it is performant (with proper indexing defined) and does the job.

    – Madhur Bhaiya
    Nov 27 '18 at 4:09
















1














The issue here is that there are two different junction tables (and two different connection chains), originating from a single table post. So a linear JOIN chain does not work. Duplicates in one of the junction table leads to duplication in other chain, when linear joining is done.



One way is to consider these two different JOIN chains in two separate Derived Tables (subqueries inside the FROM clause), and determine their respective grouped/aggregated expressions. We can then JOIN back these two chains using post_id.



Query



SELECT
dt1.post_id,
dt1.flows,
dt1.flow_types,
dt2.powers,
dt2.power_types
FROM
(
SELECT
p.post_id,
GROUP_CONCAT(t1.flow) AS flows,
GROUP_CONCAT(typ.type) AS flow_types
FROM posts p
LEFT JOIN posts_test1 pt1
ON pt1.post_id = p.post_id
LEFT JOIN test1 t1
ON t1.test1_id = pt1.test1_id
LEFT JOIN types typ
ON typ.type_id = pt1.type_id
GROUP BY p.post_id
) AS dt1
JOIN
(
SELECT
p.post_id,
GROUP_CONCAT(t2.power) AS powers,
GROUP_CONCAT(typ.type) AS power_types
FROM posts p
LEFT JOIN posts_test2 pt2
ON pt2.post_id = p.post_id
LEFT JOIN test2 t2
ON t2.test2_id = pt2.test2_id
LEFT JOIN types typ
ON typ.type_id = pt2.type_id
GROUP BY p.post_id
) AS dt2
ON dt1.post_id = dt2.post_id;


Result



| post_id | flows       | flow_types | powers | power_types |
| ------- | ----------- | ---------- | ------ | ----------- |
| 1 | 100,140 | a,b | 1,1 | a,b |
| 2 | 200,200,200 | a,b,c | | |




View on DB Fiddle






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  • Thanks Madhur :) I was hoping to avoid using subquery since I need to do way more than just 2 "mapped joins"

    – TLBang
    Nov 26 '18 at 15:04













  • @TLBang I don't believe that it is solvable without using subqueries; due to different join chains. Other possible solution would involve correlated subqueries.

    – Madhur Bhaiya
    Nov 26 '18 at 16:20











  • @TLBang writing a large query should not be an issue as long it is performant (with proper indexing defined) and does the job.

    – Madhur Bhaiya
    Nov 27 '18 at 4:09














1












1








1







The issue here is that there are two different junction tables (and two different connection chains), originating from a single table post. So a linear JOIN chain does not work. Duplicates in one of the junction table leads to duplication in other chain, when linear joining is done.



One way is to consider these two different JOIN chains in two separate Derived Tables (subqueries inside the FROM clause), and determine their respective grouped/aggregated expressions. We can then JOIN back these two chains using post_id.



Query



SELECT
dt1.post_id,
dt1.flows,
dt1.flow_types,
dt2.powers,
dt2.power_types
FROM
(
SELECT
p.post_id,
GROUP_CONCAT(t1.flow) AS flows,
GROUP_CONCAT(typ.type) AS flow_types
FROM posts p
LEFT JOIN posts_test1 pt1
ON pt1.post_id = p.post_id
LEFT JOIN test1 t1
ON t1.test1_id = pt1.test1_id
LEFT JOIN types typ
ON typ.type_id = pt1.type_id
GROUP BY p.post_id
) AS dt1
JOIN
(
SELECT
p.post_id,
GROUP_CONCAT(t2.power) AS powers,
GROUP_CONCAT(typ.type) AS power_types
FROM posts p
LEFT JOIN posts_test2 pt2
ON pt2.post_id = p.post_id
LEFT JOIN test2 t2
ON t2.test2_id = pt2.test2_id
LEFT JOIN types typ
ON typ.type_id = pt2.type_id
GROUP BY p.post_id
) AS dt2
ON dt1.post_id = dt2.post_id;


Result



| post_id | flows       | flow_types | powers | power_types |
| ------- | ----------- | ---------- | ------ | ----------- |
| 1 | 100,140 | a,b | 1,1 | a,b |
| 2 | 200,200,200 | a,b,c | | |




View on DB Fiddle






share|improve this answer













The issue here is that there are two different junction tables (and two different connection chains), originating from a single table post. So a linear JOIN chain does not work. Duplicates in one of the junction table leads to duplication in other chain, when linear joining is done.



One way is to consider these two different JOIN chains in two separate Derived Tables (subqueries inside the FROM clause), and determine their respective grouped/aggregated expressions. We can then JOIN back these two chains using post_id.



Query



SELECT
dt1.post_id,
dt1.flows,
dt1.flow_types,
dt2.powers,
dt2.power_types
FROM
(
SELECT
p.post_id,
GROUP_CONCAT(t1.flow) AS flows,
GROUP_CONCAT(typ.type) AS flow_types
FROM posts p
LEFT JOIN posts_test1 pt1
ON pt1.post_id = p.post_id
LEFT JOIN test1 t1
ON t1.test1_id = pt1.test1_id
LEFT JOIN types typ
ON typ.type_id = pt1.type_id
GROUP BY p.post_id
) AS dt1
JOIN
(
SELECT
p.post_id,
GROUP_CONCAT(t2.power) AS powers,
GROUP_CONCAT(typ.type) AS power_types
FROM posts p
LEFT JOIN posts_test2 pt2
ON pt2.post_id = p.post_id
LEFT JOIN test2 t2
ON t2.test2_id = pt2.test2_id
LEFT JOIN types typ
ON typ.type_id = pt2.type_id
GROUP BY p.post_id
) AS dt2
ON dt1.post_id = dt2.post_id;


Result



| post_id | flows       | flow_types | powers | power_types |
| ------- | ----------- | ---------- | ------ | ----------- |
| 1 | 100,140 | a,b | 1,1 | a,b |
| 2 | 200,200,200 | a,b,c | | |




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  • Thanks Madhur :) I was hoping to avoid using subquery since I need to do way more than just 2 "mapped joins"

    – TLBang
    Nov 26 '18 at 15:04













  • @TLBang I don't believe that it is solvable without using subqueries; due to different join chains. Other possible solution would involve correlated subqueries.

    – Madhur Bhaiya
    Nov 26 '18 at 16:20











  • @TLBang writing a large query should not be an issue as long it is performant (with proper indexing defined) and does the job.

    – Madhur Bhaiya
    Nov 27 '18 at 4:09



















  • Thanks Madhur :) I was hoping to avoid using subquery since I need to do way more than just 2 "mapped joins"

    – TLBang
    Nov 26 '18 at 15:04













  • @TLBang I don't believe that it is solvable without using subqueries; due to different join chains. Other possible solution would involve correlated subqueries.

    – Madhur Bhaiya
    Nov 26 '18 at 16:20











  • @TLBang writing a large query should not be an issue as long it is performant (with proper indexing defined) and does the job.

    – Madhur Bhaiya
    Nov 27 '18 at 4:09

















Thanks Madhur :) I was hoping to avoid using subquery since I need to do way more than just 2 "mapped joins"

– TLBang
Nov 26 '18 at 15:04







Thanks Madhur :) I was hoping to avoid using subquery since I need to do way more than just 2 "mapped joins"

– TLBang
Nov 26 '18 at 15:04















@TLBang I don't believe that it is solvable without using subqueries; due to different join chains. Other possible solution would involve correlated subqueries.

– Madhur Bhaiya
Nov 26 '18 at 16:20





@TLBang I don't believe that it is solvable without using subqueries; due to different join chains. Other possible solution would involve correlated subqueries.

– Madhur Bhaiya
Nov 26 '18 at 16:20













@TLBang writing a large query should not be an issue as long it is performant (with proper indexing defined) and does the job.

– Madhur Bhaiya
Nov 27 '18 at 4:09





@TLBang writing a large query should not be an issue as long it is performant (with proper indexing defined) and does the job.

– Madhur Bhaiya
Nov 27 '18 at 4:09




















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