drop table if exists t1,t2,t3; select * from (select 2 from DUAL) b; 2 2 SELECT 1 as a FROM (SELECT 1 UNION SELECT a) b; ERROR 42S22: Unknown column 'a' in 'field list' SELECT 1 as a FROM (SELECT a UNION SELECT 1) b; ERROR 42S22: Unknown column 'a' in 'field list' CREATE TABLE t1 (a int not null, b char (10) not null); insert into t1 values(1,'a'),(2,'b'),(3,'c'),(3,'c'); CREATE TABLE t2 (a int not null, b char (10) not null); insert into t2 values (3,'c'),(4,'d'),(5,'f'),(6,'e'); select t1.a,t3.y from t1,(select a as y from t2 where b='c') as t3 where t1.a = t3.y; a y 3 3 3 3 select t1.a,t3.a from t1,(select * from t2 where b='c') as t3 where t1.a = t3.a; a a 3 3 3 3 CREATE TABLE t3 (a int not null, b char (10) not null); insert into t3 values (3,'f'),(4,'y'),(5,'z'),(6,'c'); select t1.a,t4.y from t1,(select t2.a as y from t2,(select t3.b from t3 where t3.a>3) as t5 where t2.b=t5.b) as t4 where t1.a = t4.y; a y 3 3 3 3 SELECT a FROM (SELECT 1 FROM (SELECT 1) a HAVING a=1) b; ERROR 42S22: Unknown column 'a' in 'having clause' SELECT a,b as a FROM (SELECT '1' as a,'2' as b) b HAVING a=1; ERROR 23000: Column: 'a' in having clause is ambiguous SELECT a,2 as a FROM (SELECT '1' as a) b HAVING a=2; a a 1 2 SELECT a,2 as a FROM (SELECT '1' as a) b HAVING a=1; a a SELECT 1 FROM (SELECT 1) a WHERE a=2; ERROR 42S22: Unknown column 'a' in 'where clause' SELECT (SELECT 1) as a FROM (SELECT 1 FROM t1 HAVING a=1) as a; ERROR 42S22: Unknown column 'a' in 'having clause' select * from t1 as x1, (select * from t1) as x2; a b a b 1 a 1 a 2 b 1 a 3 c 1 a 3 c 1 a 1 a 2 b 2 b 2 b 3 c 2 b 3 c 2 b 1 a 3 c 2 b 3 c 3 c 3 c 3 c 3 c 1 a 3 c 2 b 3 c 3 c 3 c 3 c 3 c explain select * from t1 as x1, (select * from t1) as x2; id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra 1 PRIMARY x1 ALL NULL NULL NULL NULL 4 1 PRIMARY <derived2> ALL NULL NULL NULL NULL 4 2 DERIVED t1 ALL NULL NULL NULL NULL 4 drop table if exists t2,t3; select * from (select 1) as a; 1 1 select a from (select 1 as a) as b; a 1 select 1 from (select 1) as a; 1 1 select * from (select * from t1 union select * from t1) a; a b 1 a 2 b 3 c select * from (select * from t1 union all select * from t1) a; a b 1 a 2 b 3 c 3 c 1 a 2 b 3 c 3 c select * from (select * from t1 union all select * from t1 limit 2) a; a b 1 a 2 b explain select * from (select * from t1 union select * from t1) a; id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra 1 PRIMARY <derived2> ALL NULL NULL NULL NULL 3 2 DERIVED t1 ALL NULL NULL NULL NULL 4 3 UNION t1 ALL NULL NULL NULL NULL 4 explain select * from (select * from t1 union all select * from t1) a; id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra 1 PRIMARY <derived2> ALL NULL NULL NULL NULL 8 2 DERIVED t1 ALL NULL NULL NULL NULL 4 3 UNION t1 ALL NULL NULL NULL NULL 4 CREATE TABLE t2 (a int not null); insert into t2 values(1); select * from (select * from t1 where t1.a=(select a from t2 where t2.a=t1.a)) a; a b 1 a select * from (select * from t1 where t1.a=(select t2.a from t2 where t2.a=t1.a) union select t1.a, t1.b from t1) a; a b 1 a 2 b 3 c explain select * from (select * from t1,t2 where t1.a=t2.a) t1; id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra 1 PRIMARY <derived2> system NULL NULL NULL NULL 1 2 DERIVED t2 system NULL NULL NULL NULL 1 2 DERIVED t1 ALL NULL NULL NULL NULL 4 Using where drop table t1, t2; create table t1(a int not null, t char(8), index(a)); SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM t1) as b ORDER BY a ASC LIMIT 0,20; a t 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 14 14 15 15 16 16 17 17 18 18 19 19 20 20 explain select count(*) from t1 as tt1, (select * from t1) as tt2; id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra 1 PRIMARY NULL NULL NULL NULL NULL NULL NULL Select tables optimized away 2 DERIVED t1 ALL NULL NULL NULL NULL 10000 drop table t1; SELECT * FROM (SELECT (SELECT * FROM (SELECT 1 as a) as a )) as b; (SELECT * FROM (SELECT 1 as a) as a ) 1 select * from (select 1 as a) b left join (select 2 as a) c using(a); a a 1 NULL SELECT * FROM (SELECT 1 UNION SELECT a) b; ERROR 42S22: Unknown column 'a' in 'field list' SELECT 1 as a FROM (SELECT a UNION SELECT 1) b; ERROR 42S22: Unknown column 'a' in 'field list' SELECT 1 as a FROM (SELECT 1 UNION SELECT a) b; ERROR 42S22: Unknown column 'a' in 'field list' select 1 from (select 2) a order by 0; ERROR 42S22: Unknown column '0' in 'order clause' create table t1 (id int); insert into t1 values (1),(2),(3); describe select * from (select * from t1 group by id) bar; id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra 1 PRIMARY <derived2> ALL NULL NULL NULL NULL 3 2 DERIVED t1 ALL NULL NULL NULL NULL 3 Using temporary; Using filesort drop table t1; create table t1 (mat_id MEDIUMINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, matintnum CHAR(6) NOT NULL, test MEDIUMINT UNSIGNED NULL); create table t2 (mat_id MEDIUMINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL, pla_id MEDIUMINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL); insert into t1 values (NULL, 'a', 1), (NULL, 'b', 2), (NULL, 'c', 3), (NULL, 'd', 4), (NULL, 'e', 5), (NULL, 'f', 6), (NULL, 'g', 7), (NULL, 'h', 8), (NULL, 'i', 9); insert into t2 values (1, 100), (1, 101), (1, 102), (2, 100), (2, 103), (2, 104), (3, 101), (3, 102), (3, 105); SELECT STRAIGHT_JOIN d.pla_id, m2.mat_id FROM t1 m2 INNER JOIN (SELECT mp.pla_id, MIN(m1.matintnum) AS matintnum FROM t2 mp INNER JOIN t1 m1 ON mp.mat_id=m1.mat_id GROUP BY mp.pla_id) d ON d.matintnum=m2.matintnum; pla_id mat_id 100 1 101 1 102 1 103 2 104 2 105 3 SELECT STRAIGHT_JOIN d.pla_id, m2.test FROM t1 m2 INNER JOIN (SELECT mp.pla_id, MIN(m1.matintnum) AS matintnum FROM t2 mp INNER JOIN t1 m1 ON mp.mat_id=m1.mat_id GROUP BY mp.pla_id) d ON d.matintnum=m2.matintnum; pla_id test 100 1 101 1 102 1 103 2 104 2 105 3 explain SELECT STRAIGHT_JOIN d.pla_id, m2.mat_id FROM t1 m2 INNER JOIN (SELECT mp.pla_id, MIN(m1.matintnum) AS matintnum FROM t2 mp INNER JOIN t1 m1 ON mp.mat_id=m1.mat_id GROUP BY mp.pla_id) d ON d.matintnum=m2.matintnum; id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra 1 PRIMARY m2 ALL NULL NULL NULL NULL 9 1 PRIMARY <derived2> ALL NULL NULL NULL NULL 6 Using where 2 DERIVED mp ALL NULL NULL NULL NULL 9 Using temporary; Using filesort 2 DERIVED m1 eq_ref PRIMARY PRIMARY 3 test.mp.mat_id 1 explain SELECT STRAIGHT_JOIN d.pla_id, m2.test FROM t1 m2 INNER JOIN (SELECT mp.pla_id, MIN(m1.matintnum) AS matintnum FROM t2 mp INNER JOIN t1 m1 ON mp.mat_id=m1.mat_id GROUP BY mp.pla_id) d ON d.matintnum=m2.matintnum; id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra 1 PRIMARY m2 ALL NULL NULL NULL NULL 9 1 PRIMARY <derived2> ALL NULL NULL NULL NULL 6 Using where 2 DERIVED mp ALL NULL NULL NULL NULL 9 Using temporary; Using filesort 2 DERIVED m1 eq_ref PRIMARY PRIMARY 3 test.mp.mat_id 1 drop table t1,t2; SELECT a.x FROM (SELECT 1 AS x) AS a HAVING a.x = 1; x 1 create table t1 select 1 as a; select 2 as a from (select * from t1) b; ERROR 3D000: No Database Selected use test; select 2 as a from (select * from t1) b; a 2 drop table t1; select mail_id, if(folder.f_description!='', folder.f_description, folder.f_name) as folder_name, date, address_id, phrase, address, subject from folder, (select mail.mail_id as mail_id, date_format(mail.h_date, '%b %e, %Y %h:%i') as date, mail.folder_id, sender.address_id as address_id, sender.phrase as phrase, sender.address as address, mail.h_subject as subject from mail left join mxa as mxa_sender on mail.mail_id=mxa_sender.mail_id and mxa_sender.type='from' left join address as sender on mxa_sender.address_id=sender.address_id mxa as mxa_recipient, address as recipient, where 1 and mail.mail_id=mxa_recipient.mail_id and mxa_recipient.address_id=recipient.address_id and mxa_recipient.type='to' and match(sender.phrase, sender.address, sender.comment) against ('jeremy' in boolean mode) and match(recipient.phrase, recipient.address, recipient.comment) against ('monty' in boolean mode) order by mail.h_date desc limit 0, 25 ) as query where query.folder_id=folder.folder_id; ERROR 42000: You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'mxa as mxa_recipient, address as recipient, where 1 and mail.mail_id=mxa_r' at line 1 create table t1 (a int); insert into t1 values (1),(2),(3); update (select * from t1) as t1 set a = 5; ERROR HY000: The target table t1 of the UPDATE is not updatable. delete from (select * from t1); ERROR 42000: You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '(select * from t1)' at line 1 insert into (select * from t1) values (5); ERROR 42000: You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '(select * from t1) values (5)' at line 1 drop table t1; create table t1 (E1 INTEGER UNSIGNED NOT NULL, E2 INTEGER UNSIGNED NOT NULL, E3 INTEGER UNSIGNED NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY(E1) ); insert into t1 VALUES(1,1,1), (2,2,1); select count(*) from t1 INNER JOIN (SELECT A.E1, A.E2, A.E3 FROM t1 AS A WHERE A.E3 = (SELECT MAX(B.E3) FROM t1 AS B WHERE A.E2 = B.E2)) AS THEMAX ON t1.E1 = THEMAX.E2 AND t1.E1 = t1.E2; count(*) 2 explain select count(*) from t1 INNER JOIN (SELECT A.E1, A.E2, A.E3 FROM t1 AS A WHERE A.E3 = (SELECT MAX(B.E3) FROM t1 AS B WHERE A.E2 = B.E2)) AS THEMAX ON t1.E1 = THEMAX.E2 AND t1.E1 = t1.E2; id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra 1 PRIMARY <derived2> ALL NULL NULL NULL NULL 2 1 PRIMARY t1 eq_ref PRIMARY PRIMARY 4 THEMAX.E2 1 Using where 2 DERIVED A ALL NULL NULL NULL NULL 2 Using where 3 DEPENDENT SUBQUERY B ALL NULL NULL NULL NULL 2 Using where drop table t1; create table t1 (a int); insert into t1 values (1),(2); select * from ( select * from t1 union select * from t1) a,(select * from t1 union select * from t1) b; a a 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 explain select * from ( select * from t1 union select * from t1) a,(select * from t1 union select * from t1) b; id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra 1 PRIMARY <derived2> ALL NULL NULL NULL NULL 2 1 PRIMARY <derived4> ALL NULL NULL NULL NULL 2 4 DERIVED t1 ALL NULL NULL NULL NULL 2 5 UNION t1 ALL NULL NULL NULL NULL 2 2 DERIVED t1 ALL NULL NULL NULL NULL 2 3 UNION t1 ALL NULL NULL NULL NULL 2 drop table t1; CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `N` int(11) unsigned NOT NULL default '0', `M` tinyint(1) default '0', ) TYPE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1; Warnings: Warning 1286 'TYPE=storage_engine' is deprecated. Use 'ENGINE=storage_engine' instead. INSERT INTO `t1` (N, M) VALUES (1, 0),(1, 0),(1, 0),(2, 0),(2, 0),(3, 0); UPDATE `t1` AS P1 INNER JOIN (SELECT N FROM `t1` GROUP BY N HAVING Count(M) > 1) AS P2 ON P1.N = P2.N SET P1.M = 2; select * from t1; N M 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 0 UPDATE `t1` AS P1 INNER JOIN (SELECT N FROM `t1` GROUP BY N HAVING Count(M) > 1) AS P2 ON P1.N = P2.N SET P1.M = 2, P2.N = 2; ERROR HY000: The target table P2 of the UPDATE is not updatable. UPDATE `t1` AS P1 INNER JOIN (SELECT aaaa FROM `t1` GROUP BY N HAVING Count(M) > 1) AS P2 ON P1.N = P2.N SET P1.M = 2; ERROR 42S22: Unknown column 'aaaa' in 'field list' delete P1.* from `t1` AS P1 INNER JOIN (SELECT N FROM `t1` GROUP BY N HAVING Count(M) > 1) AS P2 ON P1.N = P2.N; select * from t1; N M 3 0 delete P1.*,P2.* from `t1` AS P1 INNER JOIN (SELECT N FROM `t1` GROUP BY N HAVING Count(M) > 1) AS P2 ON P1.N = P2.N; ERROR HY000: The target table P2 of the DELETE is not updatable. delete P1.* from `t1` AS P1 INNER JOIN (SELECT aaa FROM `t1` GROUP BY N HAVING Count(M) > 1) AS P2 ON P1.N = P2.N; ERROR 42S22: Unknown column 'aaa' in 'field list' drop table t1; CREATE TABLE t1 ( OBJECTID int(11) NOT NULL default '0', SORTORDER int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment, KEY t1_SortIndex (SORTORDER), KEY t1_IdIndex (OBJECTID) ) TYPE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1; Warnings: Warning 1286 'TYPE=storage_engine' is deprecated. Use 'ENGINE=storage_engine' instead. CREATE TABLE t2 ( ID int(11) default NULL, PARID int(11) default NULL, UNIQUE KEY t2_ID_IDX (ID), KEY t2_PARID_IDX (PARID) ) engine=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1; INSERT INTO t2 VALUES (1000,0),(1001,0),(1002,0),(1003,0),(1008,1),(1009,1),(1010,1),(1011,1),(1016,2); CREATE TABLE t3 ( ID int(11) default NULL, DATA decimal(10,2) default NULL, UNIQUE KEY t3_ID_IDX (ID) ) engine=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1; INSERT INTO t3 VALUES (1000,0.00),(1001,0.25),(1002,0.50),(1003,0.75),(1008,1.00),(1009,1.25),(1010,1.50),(1011,1.75); select 497, TMP.ID, NULL from (select 497 as ID, MAX(t3.DATA) as DATA from t1 join t2 on (t1.ObjectID = t2.ID) join t3 on (t1.ObjectID = t3.ID) group by t2.ParID order by DATA DESC) as TMP; 497 ID NULL drop table t1, t2, t3; CREATE TABLE t1 (name char(1) default NULL, val int(5) default NULL); INSERT INTO t1 VALUES ('a',1), ('a',2), ('a',2), ('a',2), ('a',3), ('a',6), ('a',7), ('a',11), ('a',11), ('a',12), ('a',13), ('a',13), ('a',20), ('b',2), ('b',3), ('b',4), ('b',5); SELECT s.name, AVG(s.val) AS median FROM (SELECT x.name, x.val FROM t1 x, t1 y WHERE x.name=y.name GROUP BY x.name, x.val HAVING SUM(y.val <= x.val) >= COUNT(*)/2 AND SUM(y.val >= x.val) >= COUNT(*)/2) AS s GROUP BY s.name; name median a 7.0000 b 3.5000 explain SELECT s.name, AVG(s.val) AS median FROM (SELECT x.name, x.val FROM t1 x, t1 y WHERE x.name=y.name GROUP BY x.name, x.val HAVING SUM(y.val <= x.val) >= COUNT(*)/2 AND SUM(y.val >= x.val) >= COUNT(*)/2) AS s GROUP BY s.name; id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra 1 PRIMARY <derived2> ALL NULL NULL NULL NULL 3 Using temporary; Using filesort 2 DERIVED x ALL NULL NULL NULL NULL 17 Using temporary; Using filesort 2 DERIVED y ALL NULL NULL NULL NULL 17 Using where drop table t1; create table t2 (a int, b int, primary key (a)); insert into t2 values (1,7),(2,7); explain select a from t2 where a>1; id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra 1 SIMPLE t2 range PRIMARY PRIMARY 4 NULL 2 Using where; Using index explain select a from (select a from t2 where a>1) tt; id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra 1 PRIMARY <derived2> system NULL NULL NULL NULL 1 2 DERIVED t2 range PRIMARY PRIMARY 4 NULL 2 Using where; Using index drop table t2;