On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 8:07 PM, <hsv@stripped> wrote:
>>>>> 2012/08/21 16:35 -0600, Larry Martell >>>>
> I am trying to write a query that selects from both a correlated
> subquery and a table in the main query, and I'm having a lot of
> trouble getting the proper row count. I'm sure this is very simple,
> and I'm just missing it. I'll try and present a simple example. For
> this example, there are 27 rows, organized like this:
>
>
> mysql> select count(*), target_name_id, ep, wafer_id from data_cst
> where target_name_id = 44 group by target_name_id, ep, wafer_id;
> +----------+----------------+------+----------+
> | count(*) | target_name_id | ep | wafer_id |
> +----------+----------------+------+----------+
> | 6 | 44 | 1,1 | 16 |
> | 3 | 44 | 1,1 | 17 |
> | 6 | 44 | 1,2 | 16 |
> | 3 | 44 | 1,2 | 17 |
> | 6 | 44 | 1,3 | 16 |
> | 3 | 44 | 1,3 | 17 |
> +----------+----------------+------+----------+
> 6 rows in set (0.00 sec)
>
> I need to get an average of a column grouped by target_name_id, ep as
> well as the average of the averages grouped by target_name_id, ep,
> wafer_id, and I also need the count of the rows in the target_name_id,
> ep group. My query is getting the correct averages, but incorrect row
> counts:
>
> mysql> select count(*), target_name_id, ep, avg(bottom), avg(averages)
> from (select avg(bottom) as averages, target_name_id as t, ep as e
> from data_cst where target_name_id = 44 group by target_name_id, ep,
> wafer_id) x, data_cst where target_name_id = t and ep = e group by
> target_name_id, ep;
> +----------+----------------+------+-------------+-----------------+
> | count(*) | target_name_id | ep | avg(bottom) | avg(averages) |
> +----------+----------------+------+-------------+-----------------+
> | 18 | 44 | 1,1 | 21.8056667 | 21.85458330000 |
> | 18 | 44 | 1,2 | 121.7984444 | 121.83983335000 |
> | 18 | 44 | 1,3 | 349.7634444 | 349.75016665000 |
> +----------+----------------+------+-------------+-----------------+
> 3 rows in set (0.01 sec)
>
> The count for each row should be 9. What do I need in my count() to be
> counting the right thing?
> <<<<<<<<
> Your trouble lys in the joining; in effect, you are joining a row with wafer_id 16
> with a row with wafer_id 17, and also a row with wafer_id 17 with a row with wafer_id 16.
>
> A further advantage to using the now standard form of joining, as Rick James bids you
> do, is that one can add further conditions to it:
>
> select count(*), target_name_id, ep, avg(bottom), avg(averages)
> from (select avg(bottom) as averages, target_name_id, ep
> from data_cst
> where target_name_id = 44
> group by target_name_id, ep, wafer_id) x
> JOIN data_cst
> ON target_name_id = x.target_name_id and ep = x.ep and wafer_id < x.wafer_id
> group by target_name_id, ep
>
> The inequality, maybe, will give you what you want.
Not, wafer_id < x.wafer_id, but wafer_id = x.wafer_id - adding that
makes it work the way I want. Thanks!!
