Your last query
mysql> select table_name from tables as a left join (select distinct table_name from tables as b) on a.table_name!=b.table_name;
ERROR 1248 (42000): Every derived table must have its own alias
fails because the as b
must be outside the parentheses like this
mysql> select table_name from tables as a left join (select distinct table_name from tables) as b on a.table_name!=b.table_name;
Your method 2 failed
mysql> select count(table_name) as num, table_name from tables group by table_name where num > 1;
because the group by table_name
must be last like this
mysql> select count(table_name) as num, table_name from tables where num > 1 group by table_name;
SUGGESTION
Perhaps you should start with a GROUP BY ... HAVING
query like this
SELECT table_name,COUNT(1) table_count
FROM information_schema.tables
WHERE table_schema NOT IN
('information_schema','performance_schema','mysql')
GROUP BY table_name HAVING COUNT(1) > 1;
This will definitely give all tables whose name appears in multiple databases
Form that as a subquery and join it to gather all databases the table appears in
SELECT
A.table_name,
GROUP_CONCAT(B.table_schema) TheTableAppearsInTheseDatabases
FROM
(
SELECT table_name,COUNT(1) table_count
FROM information_schema.tables
WHERE table_schema NOT IN
('information_schema','performance_schema','mysql')
GROUP BY table_name HAVING COUNT(1) > 1
) A INNER JOIN information_schema.tables B
USING (table_name) GROUP BY A.table_name;
Please notice that I use INNER JOIN
rather than LEFT JOIN
because it will really form a Cartesian product (2704 X 2704) and then perform comparisons.
I know this works because I tried it out in MySQL 5.5.12 on my Windows7 machine
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mysql> SELECT
-> A.table_name,
-> GROUP_CONCAT(B.table_schema) TheTableAppearsInTheseDatabases
-> FROM
-> (
-> SELECT table_name,COUNT(1) table_count
-> FROM information_schema.tables
-> WHERE table_schema NOT IN
-> ('information_schema','performance_schema','mysql')
-> GROUP BY table_name HAVING COUNT(1) > 1
-> ) A INNER JOIN information_schema.tables B
-> USING (table_name) GROUP BY A.table_name;
+--------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| table_name | TheTableAppearsInTheseDatabases |
+--------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| a | junk,test,robottinosino |
| acl | weisci_jaws_staging,weisci_jaws_live,weisci_jaws_staging2,weisci_jaws_archive |
| blocks | weisci_jaws_live,weisci_jaws_staging2,weisci_jaws_archive,weisci_jaws_staging |
| blog | weisci_jaws_staging,weisci_jaws_live,weisci_jaws_staging2,weisci_jaws_archive |
| blog_category | weisci_jaws_live,weisci_jaws_staging2,weisci_jaws_archive,weisci_jaws_staging |
| blog_entrycat | weisci_jaws_staging,weisci_jaws_live,weisci_jaws_staging2,weisci_jaws_archive |
| blog_meta | weisci_jaws_staging,weisci_jaws_live,weisci_jaws_archive,weisci_jaws_staging2 |
| blog_trackback | weisci_jaws_archive,weisci_jaws_live,weisci_jaws_staging2,weisci_jaws_staging |
| calendar_events | weisci_jaws_staging,weisci_jaws_archive,weisci_jaws_live,weisci_jaws_staging2 |
| calendar_meta | weisci_jaws_archive,weisci_jaws_live,weisci_jaws_staging2,weisci_jaws_staging |
| calendar_questions | weisci_jaws_staging,weisci_jaws_archive,weisci_jaws_live,weisci_jaws_staging2 |
| calendar_tickets | weisci_jaws_archive,weisci_jaws_live,weisci_jaws_staging2,weisci_jaws_staging |
| calendar_transactions | weisci_jaws_live,weisci_jaws_staging2,weisci_jaws_staging,weisci_jaws_archive |
| captcha_complex | weisci_jaws_staging,weisci_jaws_archive,weisci_jaws_live,weisci_jaws_staging2 |
| change_log | test,junk |
| chat_staff | test,junk |
| comments | weisci_jaws_live,weisci_jaws_staging2,weisci_jaws_staging,weisci_jaws_archive |
| donations_charities | weisci_jaws_staging,weisci_jaws_archive,weisci_jaws_live,weisci_jaws_staging2 |
| donations_charities_meta | weisci_jaws_live,weisci_jaws_staging2,weisci_jaws_archive,weisci_jaws_staging |
| donations_donations | weisci_jaws_live,weisci_jaws_staging2,weisci_jaws_archive,weisci_jaws_staging |
| foo_reference1 | timpost1,timpost2 |
| foo_reference2 | timpost1,timpost2 |
| foo_reference3 | timpost1,timpost2 |
| groups | weisci_jaws_staging,weisci_jaws_archive,weisci_jaws_live,weisci_jaws_staging2 |
| ipvisitor | weisci_jaws_live,weisci_jaws_staging2,weisci_jaws_archive,weisci_jaws_staging |
| job_post | giannosfor,test |
| layout | weisci_jaws_live,weisci_jaws_staging2,weisci_jaws_archive,weisci_jaws_staging |
| listeners | weisci_jaws_live,weisci_jaws_staging2,weisci_jaws_archive,weisci_jaws_staging |
| mediamanager_files | weisci_jaws_live,weisci_jaws_staging2,weisci_jaws_staging |
| mediamanager_group | weisci_jaws_live,weisci_jaws_staging2,weisci_jaws_archive,weisci_jaws_staging |
| mediamanager_photos | weisci_jaws_live,weisci_jaws_staging2,weisci_jaws_archive,weisci_jaws_staging |
| mediamanager_video | weisci_jaws_live,weisci_jaws_staging2,weisci_jaws_archive,weisci_jaws_staging |
| menus | weisci_jaws_archive,weisci_jaws_staging,weisci_jaws_live,weisci_jaws_staging2 |
| menus_groups | weisci_jaws_archive,weisci_jaws_staging,weisci_jaws_live,weisci_jaws_staging2 |
| mytable | ryanzec,user1267617,cabita,dotancohen,johnlocke,neeraj,test,user391986,cool_cs,javier,mathieu |
| mytext | jakobud,newstuff |
| occupation_field | giannosfor,test |
| policy_agentblock | weisci_jaws_archive,weisci_jaws_staging,weisci_jaws_live,weisci_jaws_staging2 |
| policy_ipblock | weisci_jaws_archive,weisci_jaws_staging,weisci_jaws_live,weisci_jaws_staging2 |
| prova | veto,vito |
| registry | weisci_jaws_live,weisci_jaws_staging2,weisci_jaws_archive,weisci_jaws_staging |
| registry_bk | weisci_jaws_staging,weisci_jaws_live,weisci_jaws_staging2 |
| session | weisci_jaws_archive,weisci_jaws_staging,weisci_jaws_live,weisci_jaws_staging2 |
| static_pages | weisci_jaws_archive,weisci_jaws_staging,weisci_jaws_live,weisci_jaws_staging2 |
| static_pages_translation | weisci_jaws_live,weisci_jaws_staging2,weisci_jaws_archive,weisci_jaws_staging |
| t | preeti,rollup_test |
| t1 | abidibo,test |
| t2 | test,abidibo |
| t3 | test,abidibo |
| table1 | table_test,supercoolville,test |
| table2 | supercoolville,test,table_test |
| tags | weisci_jaws_live,weisci_jaws_staging2,weisci_jaws_archive,weisci_jaws_staging |
| tags_content | weisci_jaws_live,weisci_jaws_staging2,weisci_jaws_archive,weisci_jaws_staging |
| tbl_banner_position | weisci_jaws_staging2,weisci_jaws_live |
| tbl_banner_upload | weisci_jaws_staging,weisci_jaws_live,weisci_jaws_staging2 |
| tbl_global_banner | weisci_jaws_staging2,weisci_jaws_live |
| tms_authors | weisci_jaws_live,weisci_jaws_staging2,weisci_jaws_archive,weisci_jaws_staging |
| tms_repositories | weisci_jaws_live,weisci_jaws_staging2,weisci_jaws_archive,weisci_jaws_staging |
| tms_themes | weisci_jaws_live,weisci_jaws_staging2,weisci_jaws_archive,weisci_jaws_staging |
| updates | test,junk |
| url_aliases | weisci_jaws_staging,weisci_jaws_live,weisci_jaws_staging2,weisci_jaws_archive |
| url_maps | weisci_jaws_archive,weisci_jaws_staging,weisci_jaws_live,weisci_jaws_staging2 |
| users | weisci_jaws_archive,weisci_jaws_staging,giannosfor,veto,weisci_jaws_live,weisci_jaws_staging2,friends,sample,vito |
| users_groups | weisci_jaws_archive,weisci_jaws_staging,weisci_jaws_live,weisci_jaws_staging2 |
| users_meta | weisci_jaws_staging2,weisci_jaws_archive,weisci_jaws_staging,weisci_jaws_live |
+--------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
65 rows in set (0.91 sec)
mysql>
Give it a Try !!!
Best Answer
It is generally a good idea to index columns that participate in JOIN predicates or WHERE clauses. A common mistake is to create several one column indexes instead of fewer multi-column indexes. Here we can benefit from both url and time in history (look at all queries against these tables and you may find that you can add additional columns to these indexes):
Second, try to unnest the queries. MySQL has limitations on what kind of query rewrites it is able to do, so the nesting may cause unnecessary overhead.
Note that this query is semantically different from your query so you might get a different result. If that is a problem you may want to keep the LIMIT 30 construction in a subquery as before. You may also consider if you can add a similar limit to CACHE, is there an upper bound on how many CACHE rows you must investigate to get 30 rows in total?