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MySQL select genres

I have a database:

id       |                movie_name              |           genres
1        |                 Die Hard               |        Action, Thriller
2        |                Gladiator               | Adventure, Action, Drama, History
3        |  Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone  |    Fantasy, Adventure, Family
4        |               Pearl Harbor             |      Action, Melodrama, War

  1. How I can select unique genres from genres of all database. I need the next: Action / Adventure / Drama / Family / Fantasy / History / Melodrama / Thriller / War

  2. How can I see a movie of a certain genre?

    SELECT movie_name FROM movies WHERE genre LIKE ??

But he also can bring not only the drama, but melodrama.

  1. How to make a search on a particular genre? May be:

    SELECT movie_name FROm movies WHERE movie_name LIKE %stone% AND `genres LIKE 'drama'.

Solution

  • Don't store a comma-delimited list of attributes in a database column.

    Instead, have 3 tables:

    Movies (id, movie_name)

id | movie_name
---+--------------------------------------
 1 | Die Hard
 2 | Gladiator
 3 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone
 4 | Pearl Harbor

Genres (id, genre_name)

id | genre_name
---+------------
 1 | Action
 2 | Thriller
 3 | Adventure
 4 | Drama
 5 | History
 6 | Fantasy
 7 | Family
 8 | Melodrama
 9 | War

MovieGenre (movie, genre)

Movie | Genre
------+-------
    1 | 1
    1 | 2
    2 | 1
    2 | 3
    2 | 4
    2 | 5
    3 | 3
    3 | 6
    3 | 7
    4 | 1
    4 | 8
    4 | 9

    Then your problems become much, much simpler.