group_concat question (mysql)

Question

I have some trouble of figuring out how to use group_concat to produce certain output.

Here is what I have: 2 tables:

1st contains clients' information,

2nd contains animals' information for each client.

I have to produce this output:(i omitted the boundaries, but basically this is one column of the table)

Client: 25 Harris, Eddie
Animals: Koshka(cat),Gutsy(snake),Edger(snake),Fritz(cat),George(turtle),Big Mike(turtle)

This is what I've tried :

select  group_concat ( distinct 
        'Client: ', CL.cl_id, space(1), 
        CL.cl_name_last,', ', 
        CL.cl_name_first,'\n',
        'Animals: ', AN.an_name, '(', 
        ifnull(AN.an_type, 'No Animals'), ')', '\n') as 'Client Info'
from p_vets.vt_clients CL 
join p_vets.vt_animals AN using (cl_id) 
group by CL.cl_id;

I get the following output (small part from the table):

Client: 25 Harris, Eddie
Animals: Koshka(cat)
,Client: 25 Harris, Eddie
Animals: Gutsy(snake)
,Client: 25 Harris, Eddie
Animals: Edger(snake)
,Client: 25 Harris, Eddie
Animals: Fritz(cat)
,Client: 25 Harris, Eddie
Animals: George(turtle)
,Client: 25 Harris, Eddie
Animals: Big Mike(turtle)

I don't understand how to group the animals to be displayed under each client they belong to.

Thank you for your help.

Answer 1

The group_concat should only include the animals part.

Try this:

select  concat(
          'Client: ', CL.cl_id, space(1), CL.cl_name_last,', ', CL.cl_name_first,'\n',
          'Animals: ', group_concat(
            concat( AN.an_name,'(',coalesce(AN.an_type, 'No Animals'),')')
          )
        )
from p_vets.vt_clients CL 
join p_vets.vt_animals AN using (cl_id) 
group by cl_id;