From: Johnny Withers Date: February 29 2012 11:14pm Subject: Re: Getting data from 2 tables if records have same date! List-Archive: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql/226910 Message-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=e0cb4efe31b45ee6d704ba2282cc --e0cb4efe31b45ee6d704ba2282cc Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable After looking at this again, the query you are using; SELECT * FROM CUSTOMERS LEFT JOIN CALLS ON CUSTOMERS.PHONE =3D CALLS.PHONE WHERE CUSTOMERS.DATE =3D "02/28/12" AND (CALLS.PHONE IS NULL OR CALLS.DATE = =3D "02/28/12") Would return all customers in the customer's table created on 2/28/12 WITH no calls or a call on 2/28. Maybe you should try.. SELECT * FROM CUSTOMERS WHERE CUSTOMERS.DATE =3D "02/28/12" UNION SELECT * FROM CUSTOMERS INNER JOIN CALLS ON CUSTOMERS.PHONE =3D CALLS.PHONE WHERE CALLS.DATE =3D "02/28/12" Basically, you have to do two queries to get the data you want. The WHERE customers.date=3D2/28 is only getting those customers created on 2/28 regardless if they had a call or not on 2/28. So if you had a customer created on 2/27 and a call on 2/28, the query we were using is not going to pick that customer up. If you want duplicate customers from the second query in the UNION above, you can use UNION ALL instead of just UNION between the queries. -JW On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 4:54 PM, LUCi5R wrote: > JW,**** > > ** ** > > I=92m trying to understand LEFT JOIN as we go =96 but it=92s not working.= **** > > ** ** > > This query **** > > ** ** > > SELECT * **** > > FROM CUSTOMERS **** > > LEFT JOIN CALLS ON CUSTOMERS.PHONE =3D CALLS.PHONE **** > > WHERE CUSTOMERS.DATE =3D "02/28/12" AND (CALLS.PHONE IS NULL OR CALLS.DAT= E =3D > "02/28/12")**** > > ** ** > > Is giving me some results which I=92m not quite sure what they are =96 bu= t > it=92s not the right results. **** > > ** ** > > The way I=92m testing is, on 02/28/12 I had 57 Customers created in the > CUSTOMERS table. **** > > I also had a total of 105 Calls recorded in the CALLS table. Some calls > were from the same customers more then once. **** > > ** ** > > Essentially, I need the result to be 86 which I got from some manual > calculations. Out of those 86 records, 1 record is in the CUSTOMERS table > but not in the CALLS table. The other 85 were in both tables. **** > > ** ** > > The above LEFT JOIN query gave me 69 records and quite a few duplicate > entries. I=92m trying to dissect it to understand what exactly it selecte= d. > **** > > ** ** > > Thanks!**** > > ** ** > > ~~ > LUCi5R > e: luci5r@stripped > w: http://www.luci5r.com**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* Johnny Withers [mailto:johnny@stripped] > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:30 PM > *To:* luci5r@stripped > *Cc:* mysql@stripped > *Subject:* Re: Getting data from 2 tables if records have same date!**** > > ** ** > > Sounds like you need to LEFT JOIN:**** > > ** ** > > SELECT * **** > > FROM CUSTOMERS **** > > LEFT JOIN CALLS ON CUSTOMERS.PHONE =3D CALLS.PHONE AND CALLS.DATE =3D > "02/28/12"**** > > WHERE CUSTOMERS.DATE =3D "02/28/12" **** > > ** ** > > But that would only get customers created on 2/28 AND having a call on > 2/28 OR not call at all on 2/28.**** > > ** ** > > This would give you customers created on 2/28 with no calls AND customers > created on 2/28 with a call on 2/28:**** > > ** ** > > SELECT * **** > > FROM CUSTOMERS **** > > LEFT JOIN CALLS ON CUSTOMERS.PHONE =3D CALLS.PHONE **** > > WHERE CUSTOMERS.DATE =3D "02/28/12" AND (CALLS.PHONE IS NULL OR CALLS.DAT= E =3D > "02/28/12")**** > > ** ** > > JW**** > > ** ** > > On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 1:02 PM, LUCi5R wrote:**** > > Guys, > > I've been working with MySQL for a while (been on & off this list over th= e > last 10 years or so); I'm definitely not a n00b and have worked with SQL > extensively. Used JOIN and all quite a bit ... but I haven't done > subqueries, union or nested joins. > > I'm completely stumped on this problem; and Google hasn't been helpful at > all. I'll try to be as descriptive as possible. > > I have 2 tables ... CUSTOMERS and CALLS. > Think of Customers table as your Directory. It has the customer's contact > information & some other information. In total about 20 fields in there. > The Calls table has only about 7 fields. Each time a customer calls in, > the conversation details gets recorded in this Calls table. > > The PHONE field is the key field that joins the CUSTOMERS & CALLS tables. > That is the only identifying key that gets written on the Calls record wh= en > that customer calls. > > One thing to note -- It is possible for a customer to exist in the > CUSTOMERS table, but not exist in the CALLS table; however, it is not > possible for a PHONE # to be in the CALLS table but not in CUSTOMERS tabl= e. > Essentially, a customer's record has to be created first in the CUSTOMERS > table before a call can be recorded from him in the CALLS table. > > Also, CALLS table can have multiple entries with same PHONE # (Customer > called many times - maybe even same day), but CUSTOMERS will only have a > single entry for a PHONE #. > > Here comes my problem ... > > I have a PHONE SEARCH box with the ability to define a date range; for > simplicity sake - we'll use just One Date instead of "DATE ... BETWEEN" f= or > now. > > When someone searches for a PHONE number, I want to show ALL the CUSTOMER= S > that: > a. Were CREATED on that day (Date defined in Search Criteria) > b. Had CALLED in that day (Date defined in Search Criteria) > > The DATA that I need to pull up and show is in the CUSTOMERS table; not > the CALLS table -- so the DATA I need needs to come out of the CUSTOMERS > table matching on phone from both tables for the given DATE. > > In other words - any CUSTOMER that has the PHONE NUMBER which appears in > BOTH CUSTOMERS & CALLS table with the DATE defined should pull up. > > For the life of me - I can't get this to work!! > Let's take the date "02/28/12" for example sake. > > My biggest issue is ... using JOIN, I can pull up ... > a. ALL the phone/customers that appeared in the CALLS table with date > "02/28/12" > b. ALL the phone/customers that appeared in CALLS & CUSTOMERS with date > "02/28/12" > > BUT -- If there's a customer with date "02/28/12" who DOES NOT appear in > CALLS table at all - does NOT show up!! And that is because I'm using > CUSTOMERS.PHONE=3DCALLS.PHONE in the JOIN ON clause. So it obviously won'= t > pick up a record where the phone didn't exist in both tables. > > My initial query was: > > SELECT * FROM CUSTOMERS JOIN CALLS ON CUSTOMERS.PHONE =3D CALLS.PHONE > WHERE CUSTOMERS.DATE =3D "02/28/12" AND CALLS.DATE =3D "02/28/12" > > I've tried 100's of combinations of this query; many different OR, AND, > GROUP BY combinations --- but I can't pull up ALL records from CUSTOMERS > with DATE "02/28/12" and ALL records from CALLS with DATE "02/28/12" in a > single query. > > I've hit a wall here. > > Any ideas/suggestions/advice? > > THANKS > > ~~ > LUCi5R > e: luci5r@stripped > w: http://www.luci5r.com > > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql**** > > > > **** > > ** ** > > -- > ----------------------------- > Johnny Withers > 601.209.4985 > johnny@stripped**** > --=20 ----------------------------- Johnny Withers 601.209.4985 johnny@stripped --e0cb4efe31b45ee6d704ba2282cc--