SQL query: Simulating an “AND” over several rows instead of sub-querying

Question

Suppose I have a \"tags\" table with two columns: tagid and contentid. Each row represents a tag assigned to a piece of content. I want a

Answer 1

SELECT contentID
FROM tags
WHERE tagID in (334, 338, 342)
GROUP BY contentID
HAVING COUNT(DISTINCT tagID) = 3


--In general
SELECT contentID
FROM tags
WHERE tagID in (...) --taglist
GROUP BY contentID
HAVING COUNT(DISTINCT tagID) = ... --tagcount