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MySql Query: include days that have COUNT(id) == 0 but only in the last 30 days


I am doing a query to get the number of builds per day from our database for the last 30 days. But it has become needed to marked days where there were no builds also.

In my WHERE clause I use submittime to determine whether there were builds, how could I modify this to include days that have COUNT(id) == 0 but only in the last 30 days.

Original Query:

   SELECT COUNT(id) AS 'Past-Month-Builds', 
          CONCAT(MONTH(submittime), '-', DAY(submittime)) as 'Month-Day' 
     FROM builds 
    WHERE DATE(submittime) >= DATE_SUB(CURDATE(), INTERVAL 30 day) 
 GROUP BY MONTH(submittime), DAY(submittime);

What I've Tried:

   SELECT COUNT(id) AS 'Past-Month-Builds', 
          CONCAT(MONTH(submittime), '-', DAY(submittime)) as 'Month-Day' 
     FROM builds 
    WHERE DATE(submittime) >= DATE_SUB(CURDATE(), INTERVAL 30 day) 
       OR COUNT(id) = 0
 GROUP BY MONTH(submittime), DAY(submittime);

Solution

  • You need a table of dates, then left join to the builds table.

    Something like this:

    SELECT 
        COUNT(id) AS 'Past-Month-Builds', 
        CONCAT(MONTH(DateTable.Date), '-', DAY(DateTable.Date)) as 'Month-Day' 
    FROM DateTable
        LEFT JOIN builds ON DATE(builds.submittime) = DateTable.Date
    WHERE DateTable.Date >= DATE_SUB(CURDATE(), INTERVAL 30 day) 
    GROUP BY MONTH(submittime), DAY(submittime);