I have a database with two tables one table (shops) has an admin user column and the other a user with less privileges. I plan to LEFT JOIN the table of the user with less privileges. When I retrieve the data, the records for the admin user must be on a separate row and must have NULL values for the left joined table followed by records of users with less privileges (records of the left joined table) if any. I am using MySQL.
I have looked into the UNION commands but I don’t think it can help. Please see the results bellow of what I need.
Thank you.
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SELECT *
FROM shops LEFT JOIN users USING(shop_id)
WHERE shop_id = 1 AND (admin_id = 1 OR user_id = 1);
+---------+----------+---------+
| shop_id | admin_id | user_id |
+---------+----------+---------+
| 1 | 1 | NULL | <-- Need this one extra record
| 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 3 |
+---------+----------+---------+
Here is an example structure of the databases and some sample data:
CREATE SCHEMA test DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 ;
USE test;
CREATE TABLE admin(
admin_id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
PRIMARY KEY(admin_id)
);
CREATE TABLE shops(
shop_id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
admin_id INT NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY(shop_id),
CONSTRAINT fk_shop_admin FOREIGN KEY(admin_id) REFERENCES admin (admin_id)
);
CREATE TABLE users(
user_id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
shop_id INT NOT NULL,
CONSTRAINT fk_user_shop FOREIGN KEY(shop_id) REFERENCES admin (shop_id)
);
-- Sample data
INSERT INTO admin() VALUES ();
INSERT INTO shops(admin_id) VALUES (1);
INSERT INTO users(shop_id) VALUES (1),(1),(1);
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Answer
I think you need union all
:
select s.shop_id, s.admin_id, null as user_id
from shops s
where s.shop_id = 1
union all
select s.shop_id, s.admin_id, u.user_id
from shops s join
users u
on s.shop_id = u.shop_id
where shop_id = 1;