I think it doesn't need to combine these two query with one.
On Jan 31, 2008 9:45 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm currently using 2 queries to obtain some data and would like to know
> if I can combine these two queries into one query.
>
> I have a database with 3 tables:
>
> 1. A category table
> 2. A product table
> 3. A normalized "catproduct" table that is used to determine which
> product is in which category. A product may be in multiple categories.
>
> I have a website where when a person navigates to a category it shows all
> the products. I would like to create a "related categories" list by finding
> all the categories the products in the current category belong to.
>
> Right now I use 2 SQL statements:
>
> 1. The first query gets all the products in the current category.
>
> SELECT product_table.prod_id FROM
> product_table
> LEFT JOIN catproduct_table ON (catproduct_table.product_id =
> product_table.product_id)
> WHERE (catproduct_table.category_id = '1') LIMIT 5
>
> 2. The second query gets all the categories that these products belong to:
>
> SELECT category_table.category FROM category_table
> LEFT JOIN catproduct_table ON (catproduct_table.category_id =
> category_table.category_id)
> LEFT JOIN product_table ON (product_table.product_id =
> catproduct_table.product_id)
> WHERE product_table.prod_id IN ('1000,1001,1002,1003,1004')
>
>
> These two queries are my proof of concept so I'm only limiting the first
> query to 5 results. In reality I have thousands of products per category so
> I prefer not to limit the first query. I don't have many categories so the
> results of the second query are quite small.
>
> Is there anyway to combine these 2 queries into 1?
>
> Thanks,
> Mason
>
> http://www.retailretreat.com
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