MySQL select join where AND where

Question

I have two tables in my database:

Products

• id (int, primary key)
• name (varchar)

ProductTags

Answer 1

you need to have a group by / count to ensure all are accounted for

select Products.*
  from Products 
         join ( SELECT Product_ID
                  FROM ProductTags
                  where ProductTags.tag_id IN (1,2,3)
                  GROUP BY Products.id
                  having count( distinct tag_id ) = 3 ) PreQuery
        on ON Products.id = PreQuery.product_id 

Answer 2

This type of problem is known as relational division

SELECT Products.* 
FROM Products
JOIN ProductTags ON Products.id = ProductTags.product_id
WHERE ProductTags.tag_id IN (1,2,3)
GROUP BY Products.id /*<--This is OK in MySQL other RDBMSs 
                          would want the whole SELECT list*/

HAVING COUNT(DISTINCT ProductTags.tag_id) = 3 /*Assuming that there is a unique
                                              constraint on product_id,tag_id you 
                                              don't need the DISTINCT*/

Answer 3

The MySQL WHERE fieldname IN (1,2,3) is essentially shorthand for WHERE fieldname = 1 OR fieldname = 2 OR fieldname = 3. So if you aren't getting the desired functionality with WHERE ... IN then try switching to ORs. If that still doesn't give you the results you want, then perhaps WHERE ... IN is not the function you need to use.