drop table if exists t1,t2,t3; create table t1 (id int primary key); create table t2 (id int); insert into t1 values (75); insert into t1 values (79); insert into t1 values (78); insert into t1 values (77); replace into t1 values (76); replace into t1 values (76); insert into t1 values (104); insert into t1 values (103); insert into t1 values (102); insert into t1 values (101); insert into t1 values (105); insert into t1 values (106); insert into t1 values (107); insert into t2 values (107); insert into t2 values (75); select t1.id, t2.id from t1, t2 where t2.id = t1.id; id id 107 107 75 75 select t1.id, count(t2.id) from t1,t2 where t2.id = t1.id group by t1.id; id count(t2.id) 75 1 107 1 select t1.id, count(t2.id) from t1,t2 where t2.id = t1.id group by t2.id; id count(t2.id) 75 1 107 1 drop table t1,t2; CREATE TABLE t1 ( id int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment, token varchar(100) DEFAULT '' NOT NULL, count int(11) DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL, qty int(11), phone char(1) DEFAULT '' NOT NULL, timestamp datetime DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00' NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (id), KEY token (token(15)), KEY timestamp (timestamp), UNIQUE token_2 (token(75),count,phone) ); INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (21,'e45703b64de71482360de8fec94c3ade',3,7800,'n','1999-12-23 17:22:21'); INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (22,'e45703b64de71482360de8fec94c3ade',4,5000,'y','1999-12-23 17:22:21'); INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (18,'346d1cb63c89285b2351f0ca4de40eda',3,13200,'b','1999-12-23 11:58:04'); INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (17,'ca6ddeb689e1b48a04146b1b5b6f936a',4,15000,'b','1999-12-23 11:36:53'); INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (16,'ca6ddeb689e1b48a04146b1b5b6f936a',3,13200,'b','1999-12-23 11:36:53'); INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (26,'a71250b7ed780f6ef3185bfffe027983',5,1500,'b','1999-12-27 09:44:24'); INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (24,'4d75906f3c37ecff478a1eb56637aa09',3,5400,'y','1999-12-23 17:29:12'); INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (25,'4d75906f3c37ecff478a1eb56637aa09',4,6500,'y','1999-12-23 17:29:12'); INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (27,'a71250b7ed780f6ef3185bfffe027983',3,6200,'b','1999-12-27 09:44:24'); INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (28,'a71250b7ed780f6ef3185bfffe027983',3,5400,'y','1999-12-27 09:44:36'); INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (29,'a71250b7ed780f6ef3185bfffe027983',4,17700,'b','1999-12-27 09:45:05'); CREATE TABLE t2 ( id int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment, category int(11) DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL, county int(11) DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL, state int(11) DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL, phones int(11) DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL, nophones int(11) DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (id), KEY category (category,county,state) ); INSERT INTO t2 VALUES (3,2,11,12,5400,7800); INSERT INTO t2 VALUES (4,2,25,12,6500,11200); INSERT INTO t2 VALUES (5,1,37,6,10000,12000); select a.id, b.category as catid, b.state as stateid, b.county as countyid from t1 a, t2 b where (a.token = 'a71250b7ed780f6ef3185bfffe027983') and (a.count = b.id); id catid stateid countyid 27 2 12 11 28 2 12 11 29 2 12 25 26 1 6 37 select a.id, b.category as catid, b.state as stateid, b.county as countyid from t1 a, t2 b where (a.token = 'a71250b7ed780f6ef3185bfffe027983') and (a.count = b.id) order by a.id; id catid stateid countyid 26 1 6 37 27 2 12 11 28 2 12 11 29 2 12 25 drop table t1, t2; create table t1 (a int primary key); insert into t1 values(1),(2); 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Too many tables. 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