Question

I have many to many association between words and definitions.

words:
+-----------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
| Field           | Type         | Null | Key | Default | Extra          |
+-----------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
| id              | int(11)      | NO   | PRI | NULL    | auto_increment |
+-----------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+

definitions:
+-------------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
| Field             | Type         | Null | Key | Default | Extra          |
+-------------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
| id                | int(11)      | NO   | PRI | NULL    | auto_increment |
| language_id       | int(11)      | YES  | MUL | NULL    |                |
+-------------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+

definitions_words:
+---------------+---------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| Field         | Type    | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
+---------------+---------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| definition_id | int(11) | NO   | PRI | NULL    |       |
| word_id       | int(11) | NO   | PRI | NULL    |       |
+---------------+---------+------+-----+---------+-------+

I would like to get all word records which have exactly one definition with language_id = 1.

Answer 1

SELECT  a.ID, COUNT(*) totalRecordCount
FROM    words a
        INNER JOIN definition_words b
            ON a.ID = b.word_ID
        INNER JOIN definitions c
            ON b.definition_id = c.ID
        INNER JOIN
        (
            SELECT  id,
                    SUM(language = 1) totalCount
            FROM    definitions
            GROUP   BY id
        ) d ON c.ID = d.ID AND 
               d.TotalCount = 1
GROUP   BY a.ID