Get all table values if match in 2 other tables exists

Question

I have a table "channel".

channelId
a
b
c
d

a table "video"

videoId | channelId
1       | a
2       | b
3       | c
4       | e

a table "comment"

commentID | videoID | videoID_channelID
xx        | 1       | a
yy        | 2       | b
zz        | 5       | e
tt        | 6       | f

Keys are:

• channel.channelId = video.channelId = comment.videoID_channelID
• video.videoId = comment.videoID

I need:

• all channels with at least 1 video and 1 comment
• all videos with at least 1 channel and 1 comment
• all comments with a video and a channel

So I want to do 3 SQL statements, one for each table that references the other 2.

I tried it with a double inner-join (https://www.sqlitetutorial.net/sqlite-inner-join/) but it seems to return all combinations that fit rather than:

channelId
a
b

videoId | channelId
1       | a
2       | b

commentID | videoID | videoID_channelID
xx        | 1       | a
yy        | 2       | b

My code so far to get all channels with at least 1 video and 1 comment:

SELECT
        channel.channelId
FROM
    channel
    INNER JOIN video ON video.channelId = channel.channelId
    INNER JOIN comment ON comment.videoID_channelID = video.channelId

Answer 1

You can get all the results that you want with the same query that joins all 3 tables, but for each case select different columns:

SELECT c.channelId
FROM channel c
INNER JOIN video v ON v.channelId = c.channelId
INNER JOIN comment cm ON cm.videoID_channelID = v.channelId;

SELECT v.videoID, c.channelId
FROM channel c
INNER JOIN video v ON v.channelId = c.channelId
INNER JOIN comment cm ON cm.videoID_channelID = v.channelId;

SELECT cm.commentID, v.videoID, c.channelId
FROM channel c
INNER JOIN video v ON v.channelId = c.channelId
INNER JOIN comment cm ON cm.videoID_channelID = v.channelId;

You may have to add DISTINCT after each SELECT if you get duplicates in your actual data.
See the demo.
Results:

| channelId |
| --------- |
| a         |
| b         |


| videoID | channelId |
| ------- | --------- |
| 1       | a         |
| 2       | b         |


| commentID | videoID | channelId |
| --------- | ------- | --------- |
| xx        | 1       | a         |
| yy        | 2       | b         |