It seemed pretty simple, but it was getting uncomfortable.
Suppose we have a table containing ...
+---------+-----------+
| chat_id | friend_id |
+---------+-----------+
| A | 1 |
| A | 2 |
| A | 3 |
| B | 1 |
| B | 2 |
| C | 1 |
| C | 2 |
| C | 3 |
| D | 1 |
| D | 2 |
| D | 3 |
| D | 4 |
| D | 5 |
| E | 0 |
| E | 1 |
| E | 2 |
| E | 3 |
| E | 4 |
| E | 5 |
| E | 6 |
| E | 7 |
| F | 0 |
| F | 1 |
| G | 1 |
| G | 2 |
+---------+-----------+
And I want to select only those chat_id that have friend_ids 1 and 2, and there is no other friend_id, what would SQL get B and G?
So far, the best I've come up with is:
SELECT DISTINCT a.chat_id, COUNT(*)
FROM tt2 a
LEFT JOIN tt2 b
ON a.chat_id = b.chat_id
AND b.friend_id NOT IN (1,2)
WHERE a.friend_id in (1,2)
and b.chat_id IS NULL GROUP BY a.chat_id HAVING COUNT(*) = 2;
+---------+----------+
| chat_id | count(*) |
+---------+----------+
| B | 2 |
| G | 2 |
+---------+----------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)
And just in case, I was looking for chat_id where only 1,2,3 exists ...
SELECT DISTINCT a.chat_id, COUNT(*)
FROM tt2 a
LEFT JOIN tt2 b
ON a.chat_id = b.chat_id
AND b.friend_id not in (1,2,3)
WHERE a.friend_id IN (1,2,3)
AND b.chat_id IS NULL
GROUP BY a.chat_id
HAVING COUNT (*) = 3;
+---------+----------+
| chat_id | count(*) |
+---------+----------+
| A | 3 |
| C | 3 |
+---------+----------+
But this table can become massive, and I need SQL to be fast, does anyone know a better way?
Try and clarify ... I am given a bunch of friend_id, and I want to get chat_id, where only those friend_id exist for this chat_id .... with fast SQL (in sqlite)
Thank you very much in advance!