MySql get data from multiple tables results from a select

Question

I have a table "move" like this

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| id | ... | ... |  tab  | idTab |
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| 1  | ... | ... | bike  |  14   |
| 2  | ... | ... | car   |  57   |
| 3  | ... | ... | car   |  23   |
| 4  | ... | ... | bike  |  43   |
| 5  | ... | ... | boat  |  20   |
| .. | ... | ... | ...   | ....  |
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tab "bike"

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| id | code | name  | matr | ... |
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| .. | ...  | ....  | .... | ... |
| 14 | AAA  | MARIO | 111  | ... |
| .. | ...  | ....  | .... | ... |
| 43 | A1C  | JOHN  | EEE  | ... |
| .. | ...  | ....  | .... | ... |
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tab "car"

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| id | code | name  | matr | ... |
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| .. | ...  | ....  | .... | ... |
| 23 | 123  | JACK  | WER  | ... |
| .. | ...  | ....  | .... | ... |
| 57 | 2A2  | FRANK | MSS  | ... |
| .. | ...  | ....  | .... | ... |
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tab "boat"

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| id | code | name  | matr | ... |
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| .. | ...  | ....  | .... | ... |
| 20 | UJN  | PETER | WSX  | ... |
| .. | ...  | ....  | .... | ... |
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I would like to have in a single query all datas of "move" and the datas of each tables present in "move" with specific idTab.

The result will be like this

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| id | ... | ... |  tab  | idTab | code | name  | matr | ... |
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| 1  | ... | ... | bike  |  14   | AAA  | MARIO | 111  | ... |
| 2  | ... | ... | car   |  57   | 2A2  | FRANK | MSS  | ... |
| 3  | ... | ... | car   |  23   | 123  | JACK  | WER  | ... |
| 4  | ... | ... | bike  |  43   | A1C  | JOHN  | EEE  | ... |
| 5  | ... | ... | boat  |  20   | UJN  | PETER | WSX  | ... |
| .. | ... | ... | ...   | ....  | ...  | ....  | .... | ... |
--------------------------------------------------------------

I don't know in effect if I have or not a specific table in move. I can make a query like this

SELECT * FROM move WHERE id>0 

and then a foreach with

SELECT * FROM move["tab"] WHERE id=move["idTab"]

but is very hard work because table move is very long...

I try with this but (obviously) don't work...

SELECT M.*, T.* FROM move as M, M.tab as T WHERE M.id>0 AND M.idTab=T.id 

Answer 1

Your database design is not ideal, and I don't think you should be having separate tables for each type of vehicle. That being said, if you bring the three tables into a single one using a UNION , then a single join could yield your desired result.

SELECT t1.*, t2.*
FROM move t1
INNER JOIN
(
    SELECT id, code, name, matr, 'bike' AS tab
    FROM bike
    UNION ALL
    SELECT id, code, name, matr, 'car'
    FROM car
    SELECT id, code, name, matr, 'boat'
    FROM boat
) t2
    ON t1.idTab = t2.id AND
       t1.tab   = t2.tab

I added a computed column for the type of table under the assumption that perhaps the same id could appear in more than one vehicle table.

Answer 2

Select 'bike' vehicle,column1,.... from bike
Union
Select 'boat',column1,... from boat
Union...