I have a set of tracks that need to be played, There are something like 70 tracks in the database, and my script need to generate a new ID to play in order to start the next track.
Current query: ($row['v_artist'] is the current artist playing)
SELECT *
FROM t_tracks
WHERE v_artist NOT LIKE '%".$row['v_artist']."%'
ORDER BY RAND()
LIMIT 1;
Now I wish to add a subquery to rand() so that it picks a random id, but not from the first 50 (NOT IN?)
Subquery:
SELECT *
FROM `t_playlist`
ORDER BY pl_last_played DESC
LIMIT 50, 1
How can I get a random ID from t_tracks that does not exist in the query for t_playlist?
Conceptually, I think you want this:
SELECT *
FROM t_tracks
WHERE v_artist NOT LIKE '%".$row['v_artist']."%' AND
track_id NOT IN (SELECT track_id FROM t_playlist ORDER BY pl_last_played DESC LIMIT 50)
ORDER BY RAND()
LIMIT 1;
However, MySQL doesn't permit LIMIT
in some subqueries, so use LEFT JOIN
instead:
SELECT t.*
FROM t_tracks t LEFT JOIN
(SELECT track_id
FROM t_playlist
ORDER BY pl_last_played DESC
LIMIT 50
) p
ON t.track_id = p.track_id
WHERE t.v_artist NOT LIKE '%".$row['v_artist']."%' AND
p.track_id IS NULL
ORDER BY RAND()
LIMIT 1;