MySQL笔记9
1.Left and Right joins
''' A right outer join will include all of the rows of the table to the right of the RIGHT JOIN clause. ''' %%sql SELECT r.dog_guid AS rDogID, d.dog_guid AS dDogID, r.user_guid AS rUserID, d.user_guid AS dUserID, AVG(r.rating) AS AvgRating, COUNT(r.rating) AS NumRatings, d.breed, d.breed_group, d.breed_type FROM dogs d RIGHT JOIN reviews r ON r.dog_guid=d.dog_guid AND r.user_guid=d.user_guid WHERE r.dog_guid IS NOT NULL GROUP BY r.dog_guid HAVING NumRatings >= 10 ORDER BY AvgRating DESC LIMIT 10;
Example2
%%sql SELECT DISTINCT u.user_guid AS UserID, COUNT(d.dog_guid) AS Numberdogs FROM users u LEFT JOIN dogs d ON u.user_guid = d.user_guid GROUP BY UserID ORDER BY Numberdogs DESC LIMIT 10;
Example3:
''' Question 10: How would you write a query that used a left join to return the number of distinct user_guids that were in the users table, but not the dogs table (your query should return a value of 2226)? ''' %%sql SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT u.user_guid) AS Number FROM users u LEFT JOIN dogs d ON u.user_guid = d.user_guid WHERE d.user_guid IS NULL;
2.关于 COUNT DISTINCT 的注意点。
''' That's because COUNT DISTINCT does NOT count NULL values,
while SELECT/GROUP BY clauses roll up NULL values into one group.
If you want to infer the number of distinct entries from the results of a query using joins and GROUP BY clauses,
remember to include an "IS NOT NULL" clause to ensure you are not counting NULL values '''
The Safest Way to Get what you Want is to Try and Deserve What you Want.