How to pull all the product id, skus, product names, description in magento using only mysql?

Question

How i will pull all the prduct ir, skus , product name (titles) and desxription using mysql from Magento database? I used following query and got all the attributes except product names.

SELECT e.entity_id, e.sku, eav.value AS 'description'
FROM catalog_product_entity e
JOIN catalog_product_entity_text eav
  ON e.entity_id = eav.entity_id
JOIN eav_attribute ea
  ON eav.attribute_id = ea.attribute_id
WHERE ea.attribute_code = 'description'

Answer 1

The title can be different from one store view to an other. Same goes for the description. Also, some store views can use the default values set in the backend.

Here is a full query on how to get the data you need (sku, name, description) for all the products for a specific store view (id 1).

SELECT 
    `e`.`sku`, 
    IF(at_name.value_id > 0, at_name.value, at_name_default.value) AS `name`,
    IF(at_description.value_id > 0, at_description.value, at_description_default.value) AS `description`

FROM 
   `catalog_product_entity` AS `e` 
    INNER JOIN 
         `catalog_product_entity_varchar` AS `at_name_default` 
               ON (`at_name_default`.`entity_id` = `e`.`entity_id`) AND 
                  (`at_name_default`.`attribute_id` = (SELECT attribute_id FROM `eav_attribute` ea LEFT JOIN `eav_entity_type` et ON ea.entity_type_id = et.entity_type_id  WHERE `ea`.`attribute_code` = 'name' AND et.entity_type_code = 'catalog_product')) AND 
                  `at_name_default`.`store_id` = 0 
    LEFT JOIN 
          `catalog_product_entity_varchar` AS `at_name` 
               ON (`at_name`.`entity_id` = `e`.`entity_id`) AND 
                  (`at_name`.`attribute_id` = (SELECT attribute_id FROM `eav_attribute` ea LEFT JOIN `eav_entity_type` et ON ea.entity_type_id = et.entity_type_id  WHERE `ea`.`attribute_code` = 'name' AND et.entity_type_code = 'catalog_product')) AND 
                  (`at_name`.`store_id` = 1) 
    INNER JOIN 
         `catalog_product_entity_text` AS `at_description_default` 
               ON (`at_description_default`.`entity_id` = `e`.`entity_id`) AND 
                  (`at_description_default`.`attribute_id` = (SELECT attribute_id FROM `eav_attribute` ea LEFT JOIN `eav_entity_type` et ON ea.entity_type_id = et.entity_type_id  WHERE `ea`.`attribute_code` = 'description' AND et.entity_type_code = 'catalog_product')) AND 
                  `at_description_default`.`store_id` = 0 
    LEFT JOIN 
          `catalog_product_entity_text` AS `at_description` 
               ON (`at_description`.`entity_id` = `e`.`entity_id`) AND 
                  (`at_description`.`attribute_id` = (SELECT attribute_id FROM `eav_attribute` ea LEFT JOIN `eav_entity_type` et ON ea.entity_type_id = et.entity_type_id  WHERE `ea`.`attribute_code` = 'description' AND et.entity_type_code = 'catalog_product')) AND 
                  (`at_description`.`store_id` = 1) 

If you want it for an other store view, just replace the value 1 with your desired id at the following lines

(`at_name`.`store_id` = 1) 

and

(`at_description`.`store_id` = 1)

I don't know why you need this in an sql format. This is a strange and a big error source. You can easily get it through code:

$collection = Mage::getResourceModel('catalog/product_collection')
        ->addAttributeToSelect(array('sku', 'name', 'description'));
foreach ($collection as $item) {
    $sku = $item->getSku();
    $name = $item->getName();
    $description = $item->getDescription(); 
    //do something with $sku, $name & $description
}