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Getting Mysql results where subquery is not null


I am working on a query that will get the count of items using a sub query, where the result of both sub queries is not null.

I have this query

SELECT s.id, (SELECT SUM(qty) FROM salesItems WHERE sale_id = s.id AND status = 'S') AS shipped, (SELECT SUM(qty) FROM salesItems WHERE sale_id = s.id AND (status = 'A' OR status = 'B')) AS unshipped FROM `sales` s WHERE s.status = 'A' OR s.status = 'B'

Which produces this:

id   | shipped | unshipped
1500 |   NULL  |    2
1501 |   NULL  |    1
1502 |   NULL  |    1
1503 |    1    |    2
1504 |    2    |  NULL
1505 |    2    |    5

I only want results where shipped and unshipped have a positive value. I have tried several things, such as

SELECT s.id, (SELECT SUM(qty) FROM salesItems WHERE sale_id = s.id AND status = 'S' HAVING SUM(qty) > 0) AS shipped, (SELECT SUM(qty) FROM salesItems WHERE sale_id = s.id AND (status = 'A' OR status = 'B') HAVING SUM(qty) > 0) AS unshipped FROM `sales` s WHERE s.status = 'A' OR s.status = 'B'

And

SELECT s.id, (SELECT SUM(qty) FROM salesItems WHERE sale_id = s.id AND status = 'S') AS shipped, (SELECT SUM(qty) FROM salesItems WHERE sale_id = s.id AND (status = 'A' OR status = 'B')) AS unshipped FROM `sales` s WHERE s.status = 'A' OR s.status = 'B' AND (SELECT SUM(qty) FROM salesItems WHERE sale_id = s.id AND status = 'S') IS NOT NULL AND (SELECT SUM(qty) FROM salesItems WHERE sale_id = s.id AND (status = 'A' OR status = 'B')) IS NOT NULL

Both still return the same results.

I created a DB Fiddle, but it shows no results found, which I ran the same code through MySql and it returns all items

https://www.db-fiddle.com/f/mHuQ4nCHZVPmEacog1iQvq/0


Solution

  • Based on @Arganas answer, you can use HAVING

    SELECT s.id, 
    (
    SELECT SUM(qty) 
    FROM salesItems 
    WHERE sale_id = s.id AND status = 'S'
    ) AS shipped, 
    (
    SELECT SUM(qty) 
    FROM salesItems 
    WHERE sale_id = s.id AND (status = 'A' OR status = 'B')
    ) AS unshipped 
    FROM `sales` s 
    WHERE (s.status = 'A' OR s.status = 'B') 
    HAVING shipped is not Null and unshipped is not null
    

    this is the fiddle https://www.db-fiddle.com/f/mHuQ4nCHZVPmEacog1iQvq/1