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Wordpress Select Syntax

I have the following wordpress table data.
The columns are named as follows:
Meta_id
user_id
meta_key
meta_value
15       2       first_name       Robert
16       2       last_name       Granlund
17       2       nickname       rgranlund
18       2       description
19       2       rich_editing       true
20       2       comment_shortcuts       false
21       2       admin_color       fresh
22       2       use_ssl       0
23       2       show_admin_bar_front       true
24       2       wp_capabilities       a:1:{s:13:"administrator";b:1;}
25       2       wp_user_level       10

I want to write this but I'm not sure how:

$sql = "SELECT meta_value WHERE meta_key ='first_name', 
meta_value WHERE meta_key ='last_name', 
meta_value WHERE meta_key ='wp_user_level', 
FROM wp_usermeta
GROUP BY user_id
"

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Right now there is only one user_id "2" But if there was 100 user id I want it to return all 100, grouped by the user_id. Any hints?

Dan Craciun

Try this:

SELECT user_id, meta_key, meta_value FROM wp_usermeta
WHERE meta_key IN ('first_name', 'last_name', 'wp_user_level')

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HTH,
Dan

Robert Granlund

ASKER

@dan, it pulled the user_id but not the first_name last_name.

Any further ideas?

I tried this:

				$sql_b = 	"SELECT user_id, meta_key, meta_value
							FROM wp_usermeta
							WHERE meta_key IN('first_name' AS first_name AND 'last_name' AS last_name)
							GROUP BY user_id";
				
				$pdos_b = $pdo->prepare($sql_b, array(PDO::ATTR_CURSOR => PDO::CURSOR_SCROLL));

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Dan Craciun

You can't do AS in the IN clause. It makes no sense.

And you don't need the GROUP BY.

The expected result of my SELECT is:
2 first_name Robert
2 last_name Granlund
2 wp_user_level 10

Robert Granlund

ASKER

Here is the rest of it and keep in mind that there will be multiple users :

				$sql_b = 	"SELECT user_id, meta_key, meta_value FROM wp_usermeta
WHERE meta_key IN ('first_name', 'last_name', 'wp_user_level')";
				
				$pdos_b = $pdo->prepare($sql_b, array(PDO::ATTR_CURSOR => PDO::CURSOR_SCROLL));
			
			try {
    			$pdos_b->execute();
	//  GET RESULTS
				$bg = '#eeeeee'; 

				while($row_b = $pdos_b->fetch()):
				$bg = ($bg=='#eeeeee' ? '#ffffff' : '#eeeeee');

					echo '<tr bgcolor="' . $bg . '">
						<td align="left"><a href="delete_user.php?id=' . $row_b->user_id . '"><img src="'.$path.'img/buttons/delete.png"/></a></td>
						<td align="left"><a href="edit_user.php?id=' . $row_b->user_id . '"><img src="'.$path.'img/buttons/edit-icon.png"/></a></td>
						<td align="left">' . $row_b->last_name . '</td>
						<td align="left">' . $row_b->first_name . '</td>
						<td align="left">' . $row_b->wp_user_level . '</td>
					</tr>';
			 	endwhile;	
			} 
			catch(PDOException $a) {
   				echo 'ERROR: ' . $a->getMessage();
			}

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PortletPaul

no points pl

Assuming it's MySQL then Dan's query above looks great.

Just one tiny tip, he has used an alias "pivot" and while this is not (currently) a reserved word in MySQL it is in other SQL dialects - and might become one in MySQL one day.

So I'd replace the word "pivot" with something else, "sq" (for sub query) for example.

Robert Granlund

ASKER

@dan & Paul, The following works. The above did not however, your examples got me going in the correct direction, thank you!

$sql_b = "SELECT
    u1.ID,
    u1.user_email,
    u1.user_registered,
    m1.meta_value AS first_name,
    m2.meta_value AS last_name,
    m3.meta_value AS wp_user_level
FROM wp_users u1
JOIN wp_usermeta m1 ON (m1.user_id = u1.ID AND m1.meta_key = 'first_name')
JOIN wp_usermeta m2 ON (m2.user_id = u1.ID AND m2.meta_key = 'last_name')
JOIN wp_usermeta m3 ON (m3.user_id = u1.ID AND m3.meta_key = 'wp_user_level')";

	
		$pdos_b = $pdo->prepare($sql_b, array(PDO::ATTR_CURSOR => PDO::CURSOR_SCROLL));
			
		try {
    		$pdos_b->execute();
	//  GET RESULTS
			$bg = '#eeeeee'; 

			while($row_b = $pdos_b->fetch()):
				
				$bg = ($bg=='#eeeeee' ? '#ffffff' : '#eeeeee');
				echo '<tr bgcolor="' . $bg . '">
					<td align="left"><a href="delete_user.php?id=' . $row_b->user_id . '"><img src="'.$path.'img/buttons/delete.png"/></a></td>
					<td align="left"><a href="edit_user.php?id=' . $row_b->user_id . '"><img src="'.$path.'img/buttons/edit-icon.png"/></a></td>
					<td align="left">' . $row_b->last_name . '</td>
					<td align="left">' . $row_b->first_name . '</td>
					<td align="left">' . $row_b->wp_user_level . '</td>
				</tr>';
			 endwhile;	
		} 
		catch(PDOException $a) {
   			echo 'ERROR: ' . $a->getMessage();
		}

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Robert Granlund

ASKER

It was not exactly what I needed but it pointed me in the correct direction. Thanks you!

Dan Craciun

Glad I could help!

I personally tested my query on a Wordpress site and it's working.

However, your approach using JOIN's is faster than a CASE.
Tested it on a 10 user db and the results are:
1. my query: Showing rows 0 - 9 (10 total, Query took 0.0083 sec)
2. your query: Showing rows 0 - 9 (10 total, Query took 0.0018 sec)