I use nested MySQL query to get user posts, and when I put SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS in child query, MySQL return error: Incorrect usage/placement of 'SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS'
The query is:
SELECT inner_table.*
, users.username as last_username
, posts.date_added as last_date_added
, users.user_id as last_user_id
, posts.date_added as last_post_date
FROM (
SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS topics.topic_id
, topics.date_added
, topics.title
, topics.user_id
, MAX(posts.post_id) as last_post
, posts.user_id as post_user_id
, users.username
, topics.previews
, topics.fcat_id
, topics.is_important
, topics.is_locked
, topics.lastpost_time
, (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM posts WHERE posts.topic_id=topics.topic_id) as posts_cnt
FROM topics
LEFT JOIN users ON (users.user_id = topics.user_id)
LEFT JOIN posts ON (topics.topic_id = posts.topic_id)
WHERE topics.user_id = ".$this->session->getSession("user_data", "user_id")."
OR ".$this->session->getSession("user_data", "user_id")."
IN (
SELECT DISTINCT user_id
FROM posts
WHERE posts.topic_id = topics.topic_id
)
GROUP BY topics.topic_id
ORDER BY topics.lastpost_time DESC
LIMIT ".$limit * $page.", ".$limit."
) as inner_table
LEFT JOIN `posts` ON (posts.post_id=inner_table.last_post)
LEFT JOIN `users` ON (users.user_id=posts.user_id)
ORDER BY inner_table.lastpost_time DESC
I don't think SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS
is allowed on an inside query.
Put in on the outer query instead.
SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS inner_table.*
....
Also you have an error in the last line:
ORDER BY inner_table.lastpost_time DES
Replace it with:
ORDER BY inner_table.lastpost_time DESC
UPDATE
In response to your comment the following work-around ideas.
Output the inner select into a temp table.
Using code like this:
/* do this once*/
CREATE TABLE `temp_table` LIKE SELECT topics.topic_id
, topics.date_added ....
/*do this for every query*/
DELETE FROM temp_table WHERE temp_table.topic_id <> 0;
INSERT INTO temp_table SELECT topics.topic_id
, topics.date_added
, topics.title
.... /*!! without the limit clause !!*/
SELECT count(*) as rowcount FROM temp_table;
/*then use the temp_table in place of the inner select*/
SELECT inner_table.*
, users.username as last_username
, posts.date_added as last_date_added
, users.user_id as last_user_id
, posts.date_added as last_post_date
FROM temp_table .....
LIMIT ....
Using SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS doesn't work on an INSERT .. SELECT either, but the above code is a workaround, you can of course run the inner query separate with a LIMIT 1
on it to make it as fast as possible.