将多行合并为一个MySQL

Question

I need some help. I googled for solution, but I didn't found one.

I have three tables:

langs
(int) id | (varchar) language
    1    |       English
    2    |        Latin
    3    |      Esperanto
   ...   |         ...

keys
(int) id | (varchar) keys
    1    |       dog
    2    |       cat
   ...   |       ...

value
(int) id | (int) key_id | (int) lang_id | (varchar) value
    1    |       1      |        1      |        Dog
    2    |       1      |        2      |       Canis
    3    |       2      |        1      |        Cat
    4    |       2      |        2      |       Felis
    5    |       2      |        3      |        Kato
   ...   |      ...     |       ...     |        ...

and I want to get the result:

key_id |  keys  |  English  |  Latin  |  Esperanto  
   1   |  dog   |    Dog    |  Canis  |    NULL
   2   |  cat   |    Cat    |  Felis  |    Kato
  ...  |  ...   |    ...    |   ...   |    ...

merging rows with equal key_id . I know I can try to make it with multiple JOINs, but it's slow and I must know the exact number of different langs .

Thanks in advance. :)

Answer 1

SELECT CONCAT(
  ' SELECT `value`.`key_id`,'
,        '`keys`.`keys`,'
,         GROUP_CONCAT(
           'GROUP_CONCAT(IF(`value`.`lang_id`=',id,',`value`.`value`,NULL))'
          ,   ' AS `', REPLACE(language, '`', '``'), '`'
          )
, ' FROM `keys` JOIN `value` ON `value`.`key_id` = `keys`.`id`'
, ' GROUP BY `value`.`key_id`'
)
INTO @sql
FROM `langs`;

PREPARE stmt FROM @sql;
EXECUTE stmt;
DEALLOCATE PREPARE stmt;

Answer 2

You are essentially looking at a pivot table. It Is doable, though the code is a bit cumbersome.

one source: http://www.artfulsoftware.com/infotree/queries.php#78

In the end though most any mysql solution will require either some wizardry with stored procedures or... hardcoding what languages you return.

Pivot tables are one area that mysql doesn't shine in.