MySQL - Join & Count rows from another table

Question

I have 3 tables, like:
parent(id, name)
children(id, data, parent_id, timestamp)
table_votes(id, user_id, child_id)

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Answer 1

i am not sure if i am understanding your question correctly but to me it seems like you want to count the number of children in the tables_votes not in children. try the following:

select id, data, parent_id, timestamp, child_id
from table_votes join children on children_id.id = table_vote.child_id
where child_id = (select count(child_id) from table_vote)
and parent_id = '20'

Answer 2

1) solution with subselect:

SELECT  
    children.id,
    children.data,
    children.parent_id,  
    children.timestamp,  
    (select count(*) from table_votes children.id = table_votes.child_id) as cntVotes
FROM 
  children 
WHERE 
  children.parent_id = 20 
ORDER BY 
  children.timestamp ASC

2) solution with group by:

SELECT  
    children.id,
    children.data,
    children.parent_id,  
    children.timestamp,  
    count(table_votes.id) as cntVotes
FROM 
  children 
LEFT JOIN
  table_votes ON children.id = v.child_id
WHERE 
  children.parent_id = 20 
GROUP BY
    children.id,
    children.data,
    children.parent_id,  
    children.timestamp
ORDER BY 
  children.timestamp ASC  

Answer 3

There are few possible options, one of them:

SELECT * ,
  (SELECT count(*)
   FROM `table_votes`
   WHERE `children`.`id` = `table_votes`.`child_id`) AS `Count`
FROM `children`
WHERE `parent_id` = 20

You can use your query as well, but will have to add GROUP BY:

SELECT  
 `children`.`id`,  
 `children`.`data`,  
 `children`.`parent_id`,  
 `children`.`timestamp`,  
 COUNT(`v`.`children_id`)  
FROM `children` LEFT JOIN `table_votes` `v` ON `children`.`id` = `v`.`child_id`  
WHERE `children`.`parent_id` = 20 
GROUP BY `children`.`id`, `children`.`data`, `children`.`parent_id`, `children`.`timestamp`,
ORDER BY `timestamp` ASC