Sql query to select row count even when at least one value matches in column out of list of variables

Question

I have a table name called Kits in which has 5 columns for Book ISBN.

• So i want to select Row even when at least 1 value of ISBN gets matched with any of the 5 columns(ISBN_BOOK1,ISBN_BOOK2,ISBN_BOOK3,ISBN_BOOK4,ISBN_BOOK5) of table kits meant for Storing ISBN.
• if any one of the ISBN exists then return count.

I have written an sql query for this but I am getting row output only if last value is matching with any row. In my case the value is 7589765432 Here is my sql query:

Select * 
  from kits k
  left 
  join kits_cstm kc
    on k.id = kc.id_c 
 where '8192933563' 
   and '8192933567' 
   and '8192933568' 
   and '8192933564' 
   and '7589765432' IN (kc.isbn_book_1_c,kc.isbn_book_2_c,kc.isbn_book_3_c,kc.isbn_book_4_c,kc.isbn_book_5_c) 
   and kc.city_c = 'BAN' 
   and kc.kit_for_c = 'SCHL' 
   and k.deleted = 0 
 ORDER 
    BY k.kit_id DESC 

Answer 1

You can't use "AND" to conjoin values to one operator

WRONG WAY: WHERE '8192933536' AND '8192933567' IN ({array]) RIGHT WAY: WHERE '8192933536' IN ({array]) AND '8192933567' IN ({array])

But I suspect that what you're actually trying to do is more like:

SELECT 
      * 
FROM 
     kits k LEFT JOIN kits_cstm kc
          ON k.id = kc.id_c 
WHERE 
     ('8192933563' IN (kc.isbn_book_1_c,kc.isbn_book_2_c,kc.isbn_book_3_c,kc.isbn_book_4_c,kc.isbn_book_5_c)
      OR 
     '8192933567' IN (kc.isbn_book_1_c,kc.isbn_book_2_c,kc.isbn_book_3_c,kc.isbn_book_4_c,kc.isbn_book_5_c)
      OR 
     '8192933568' IN (kc.isbn_book_1_c,kc.isbn_book_2_c,kc.isbn_book_3_c,kc.isbn_book_4_c,kc.isbn_book_5_c)
      OR 
     '8192933564' IN (kc.isbn_book_1_c,kc.isbn_book_2_c,kc.isbn_book_3_c,kc.isbn_book_4_c,kc.isbn_book_5_c)
      OR 
     '7589765432' IN (kc.isbn_book_1_c,kc.isbn_book_2_c,kc.isbn_book_3_c,kc.isbn_book_4_c,kc.isbn_book_5_c) 
      )
AND
     kc.city_c = 'BAN' 
AND
     kc.kit_for_c = 'SCHL' 
AND
     k.deleted = 0 
ORDER BY 
     k.kit_id DESC 

Answer 2

That syntax is NEVER going to work: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/operator-precedence.html

'a' AND 'b' AND 'c' IN (....)

is going to be executed as

('a' AND 'b') AND ('c' IN (...))
    TRUE      AND (....)

You cannot just make up your own parsing rules for SQL.

You also should normalize your tables. What if you need 6 isbn's at some point. Now you have alter your table. The ISBNs should be in their own child table, reducing your problem to a simple where subtable.isbn IN ('a', 'b', ...)

Answer 3

You should normalize your tables. But, if you are stuck with this data structure, then just use multiple in statements. Also, you don't want a left join , you want a regular join :

Select count(*) 
from kits k join
     kits_cstm kc
     on k.id = kc.id_c 
 where '8192933563' IN (kc.isbn_book_1_c, kc.isbn_book_2_c, kc.isbn_book_3_c, kc.isbn_book_4_c, kc.isbn_book_5_c) 
   and '8192933567' IN (kc.isbn_book_1_c, kc.isbn_book_2_c, kc.isbn_book_3_c, kc.isbn_book_4_c, kc.isbn_book_5_c) 
   and '8192933568' IN (kc.isbn_book_1_c, kc.isbn_book_2_c, kc.isbn_book_3_c, kc.isbn_book_4_c, kc.isbn_book_5_c) 
   and '8192933564' IN (kc.isbn_book_1_c, kc.isbn_book_2_c, kc.isbn_book_3_c, kc.isbn_book_4_c, kc.isbn_book_5_c) 
   and '7589765432' IN (kc.isbn_book_1_c, kc.isbn_book_2_c, kc.isbn_book_3_c, kc.isbn_book_4_c, kc.isbn_book_5_c) 
   and kc.city_c = 'BAN' 
   and kc.kit_for_c = 'SCHL' 
   and k.deleted = 0 
ORDER  BY k.kit_id DESC