I have two tables
Students table :
id studentname admissionno
3 test3 3
2 test2 2
1 test 1
2nd table is fee :
id studentid created
1 3 2015-06-06 22:55:34
2 2 2015-05-07 13:32:48
3 1 2015-06-07 17:47:46
I need to fetch the students who haven't paid for the current month,
I'm performing the following query:
SELECT studentname FROM students
WHERE studentname != (select students.studentname from students
JOIN submit_fee
ON (students.id=submit_fee.studentid)
WHERE MONTH(CURDATE()) = MONTH(submit_fee.created)) ;
and I'm getting error:
'#1242 - Subquery returns more than 1 row'
Can you tell me what the correct query is to fetch all the students who haven't paid for the current month?
Use not in, please try query below :
SELECT s.*
FROM students s
WHERE s.id NOT IN ( SELECT sf.studentid FROM studentfees sf WHERE month(sf.created) = EXTRACT(month FROM (NOW())) )
You want to use not exists
or a left join
for this:
select s.*
from students s
where not exists (select 1
from studentfees sf
where s.id = sf.studentid and
sf.created >= date_sub(curdate(), interval day(curdate) - 1) and
sf.created < date_add(date_sub(curdate(), interval day(curdate) - 1), 1 month)
)
Note the careful construction of the date arithmetic. All the functions are on curdate()
rather than on created
. This allows MySQL to use an index for the where
clause, if one is appropriate. One error in your query is the use of MONTH()
without using YEAR()
. In general, the two would normally be used together, unless you really want to combine months from different years.
Also, note that paying or not paying for the current month may not really answer the question. What if a student paid for the current month but missed the previous month's payment?