Mysql select multiple artist records per track using a junction table

Question

First off, I'm not sure if it is possible to do this in 1 Query, I do hope so though.

I have these tables:

artist
- id
- name

track
- id
- title

track_artist
- track_id
- artist_id
(with UNIQUE index on the combined columns)

A track can have multiple artists, and an artist can have multiple tracks, thus both of them have a ManyToMany relation using a junction table.

Now I'd like the information about Track #1 including some form of array (as an value within that record, perhaps named artists ) which contains all artist records that are related to that track.

Which in pseudo-code should end up looking something like this:

- id : 1
- title : "example Track Title"
- artists :
    [
     - id : 1
     - name : "Foo Artist Name"
    ],
    [
     - id : 2
     - name : "Bar Artist Name"
    ]

Is this possible? If not, what would be the best approach?

Answer 1

Yes this is possible you can do it using following query

    Select t.id,t.tital , group_concat(a.name) as artist name 
from track t join track_artist ta on t.id=ta.track_id inner join
 artist a on a.id=ta.artist_id group by t.id