Ok I have a temporary table with 135000 rows, I'm trying to insert some of the values from this temporary table into other tables.
This is the schema I'm using
tvtemptable
channels
genre
programme
episode
channelprogramme
So a little bit of background, the database is a TV listings database, the channelprogramme table contains all the entries for every show on every channel (as does the temporary table but it contains all the other data as well), the programme table contains unique entries for every program, episode contains unique entries for every episode of programs that have episodes
I think my confusion is I want to select the distinct progtitles from the temporary table to populate the programme table, but I want some other information to go with it.
For example if I did
It would only return me the value for the progtitle column, whereas what I actually want is the progtitle plus some other stuff.
So if I try to select more information like so
There will be a few duplicates in the progtitle column. The programmes aren't repeated for each new director, there are different directors above for some of the programmes because those programmes have episodes.
Now I've managed to get the select to work properly If I only need one extra column for example
Obviously this will get messy If I want to select more than one additional column
So what's the best way to do this?
This is my insert command for populating the programme table from the temporary table, currently it has the same issue with duplicates in the select example I gave above.
This is the schema I'm using
tvtemptable
Code:
+-------------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
+-------------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| PROGTITLE | text | YES | | NULL | |
| SUBTITLE | text | YES | | NULL | |
| EPISODE | text | YES | | NULL | |
| YR | year(4) | YES | | NULL | |
| DIRECTOR | text | YES | | NULL | |
| PERFORMERS | text | YES | | NULL | |
| PREMIERE | tinyint(1) | YES | | NULL | |
| FILM | tinyint(1) | YES | | NULL | |
| RPEAT | tinyint(1) | YES | | NULL | |
| SUBTITLES | tinyint(1) | YES | | NULL | |
| WIDESCREEN | tinyint(1) | YES | | NULL | |
| NEWSERIES | tinyint(1) | YES | | NULL | |
| DEAFSIGNED | tinyint(1) | YES | | NULL | |
| BNW | tinyint(1) | YES | | NULL | |
| STARRATING | tinyint(4) | YES | | NULL | |
| CERTIFICATE | varchar(5) | YES | | NULL | |
| GENRE | varchar(50) | YES | | NULL | |
| DESCRIPTION | text | YES | | NULL | |
| CHOICE | tinyint(1) | YES | | NULL | |
| PROGDATE | date | YES | | NULL | |
| STARTIME | time | YES | | NULL | |
| ENDTIME | time | YES | | NULL | |
| DURATION | int(11) | YES | | NULL | |
| CHANNELID | int(11) | NO | | NULL | |
+-------------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
Code:
+-------------+-------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
| Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
+-------------+-------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
| CHANNELID | int(11) | NO | PRI | NULL | auto_increment |
| CHANNELNAME | varchar(50) | YES | | NULL | |
+-------------+-------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
Code:
+-----------+-------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
| Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
+-----------+-------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
| GENREID | int(11) | NO | PRI | NULL | auto_increment |
| GENRENAME | varchar(50) | YES | | NULL | |
+-----------+-------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
Code:
+-------------+------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
| Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
+-------------+------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
| PROGRAMMEID | int(11) | NO | PRI | NULL | auto_increment |
| GENREID | int(11) | NO | MUL | NULL | |
| PROGTITLE | text | YES | | NULL | |
| YR | year(4) | YES | | NULL | |
| DIRECTOR | text | YES | | NULL | |
| PERFORMERS | text | YES | | NULL | |
| FILM | tinyint(1) | YES | | NULL | |
| WIDESCREEN | tinyint(1) | YES | | NULL | |
| BNW | tinyint(1) | YES | | NULL | |
| CERTIFICATE | varchar(5) | YES | | NULL | |
| DESCRIPTION | text | YES | | NULL | |
+-------------+------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
Code:
+-------------+---------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
| Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
+-------------+---------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
| EPISODEID | int(11) | NO | PRI | NULL | auto_increment |
| PROGRAMMEID | int(11) | NO | MUL | NULL | |
| SUBTITLE | text | YES | | NULL | |
| EPISODE | text | YES | | NULL | |
| DIRECTOR | text | YES | | NULL | |
| PERFORMERS | text | YES | | NULL | |
| DESCRIPTION | text | YES | | NULL | |
+-------------+---------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
Code:
+--------------------+------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
| Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
+--------------------+------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
| CHANNELPROGRAMMEID | int(11) | NO | PRI | NULL | auto_increment |
| CHANNELID | int(11) | NO | MUL | NULL | |
| PROGRAMMEID | int(11) | NO | MUL | NULL | |
| EPISODEID | int(11) | NO | MUL | NULL | |
| RPEAT | tinyint(1) | YES | | NULL | |
| NEWSERIES | tinyint(1) | YES | | NULL | |
| PREMIERE | tinyint(1) | YES | | NULL | |
| CHOICE | tinyint(1) | YES | | NULL | |
| SUBTITLES | tinyint(1) | YES | | NULL | |
| DEAFSIGNED | tinyint(1) | YES | | NULL | |
| STARRATING | tinyint(4) | YES | | NULL | |
| PROGDATE | date | YES | | NULL | |
| STARTTIME | time | YES | | NULL | |
| ENDTIME | time | YES | | NULL | |
| DURATION | tinyint(4) | YES | | NULL | |
+--------------------+------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+I think my confusion is I want to select the distinct progtitles from the temporary table to populate the programme table, but I want some other information to go with it.
For example if I did
Code:
select distinct(progtitle) from tvtemptable;So if I try to select more information like so
Code:
mysql> select distinct progtitle, yr, director, film from tvtemptable
limit 30;
+-----------------------------------+------+---------------------+------+
| progtitle | yr | director | film |
+-----------------------------------+------+---------------------+------+
| Teleshopping | 2000 | | 0 |
| Cinemania | 2000 | | 0 |
| Whose Line Is It Anyway? | 2000 | | 0 |
| Just Desserts | 2004 | Kevin Connor | 1 |
| Law & Order | 2000 | Matthew Penn | 0 |
| Jane Doe: Yes, I Remember it Well | 2006 | Armand Mastroianni | 0 |
| CSI: NY | 2000 | David Jackson | 0 |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | 2000 | Kenneth Fink | 0 |
| NCIS | 2000 | Colin Bucksey | 0 |
| CSI: Miami | 2000 | | 0 |
| Enter the Dragon | 1973 | Robert Clouse | 1 |
| Close | 2000 | | 0 |
| My Son Is Innocent | 1996 | Larry Elikann | 1 |
| Law & Order | 2000 | Christopher Misiano | 0 |
| Murder 101 | 2006 | Christian I Nyby II | 1 |
| CSI: NY | 2000 | Christine Moore | 0 |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | 2000 | Bill Eagles | 0 |
| Rush Hour | 1998 | Brett Ratner | 1 |
| Dark Blue | 2000 | Jeffrey Hunt | 0 |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | 2000 | Richard J Lewis | 0 |
| Ordinary Miracles | 2005 | Michael Switzer | 1 |
| Law & Order | 2000 | Jace Alexander | 0 |
| Wounded Heart | 1995 | Vic Sarin | 1 |
| CSI: NY | 2000 | Jonathan Glassner | 0 |
| Dark Blue | 2000 | Nathan Hope | 0 |
| Blade: The Series | 2000 | Michael Robison | 0 |
| K-Ville | 2000 | Kevin Dowling | 0 |
| Law & Order | 2000 | Jim Ellis | 0 |
| Reasons of the Heart | 1996 | Rick Jacobson | 1 |
| CSI: NY | 2000 | Anthony Hemingway | 0 |
+-----------------------------------+------+---------------------+------+Now I've managed to get the select to work properly If I only need one extra column for example
Code:
select distinct
t1.progtitle,
(select
t2.director
from
tvtemptable t2
where
t1.progtitle = t2.progtitle
limit 1) as "Director"
from
tvtemptable t1 limit 10;
+-----------------------------------+--------------------+
| progtitle | Director |
+-----------------------------------+--------------------+
| Teleshopping | |
| Cinemania | |
| Whose Line Is It Anyway? | |
| Just Desserts | Kevin Connor |
| Law & Order | Matthew Penn |
| Jane Doe: Yes, I Remember it Well | Armand Mastroianni |
| CSI: NY | David Jackson |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Kenneth Fink |
| NCIS | Colin Bucksey |
| CSI: Miami | |
+-----------------------------------+--------------------+So what's the best way to do this?
This is my insert command for populating the programme table from the temporary table, currently it has the same issue with duplicates in the select example I gave above.
Code:
INSERT INTO PROGRAMME (
PROGTITLE, GENREID, YR, DIRECTOR,
PERFORMERS, FILM, WIDESCREEN, BNW,
CERTIFICATE, DESCRIPTION)
SELECT DISTINCT
T.PROGTITLE, G.GENREID, T.YR, T.DIRECTOR,
T.PERFORMERS, T.FILM, T.WIDESCREEN, T.BNW,
T.CERTIFICATE, T.DESCRIPTION
FROM
TVTEMPTABLE T
INNER JOIN GENRE G ON G.GENRENAME=T.GENRE
LEFT JOIN PROGRAMME P ON P.PROGTITLE=T.PROGTITLE
WHERE
P.PROGTITLE IS NULL
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