Question

I have three tables:

users
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id | firstname | lastname | username
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1  | John     | Doe      | jdoe
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2  | Maria    | T.       | marty
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3  | Alex     | White    | alexw
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questions
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id | user_id | title
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1  | 2       | My first question?
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2  | 3       | One more question?
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3  | 3       | The third question?
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answers
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id | question_id | description
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1  | 2           | Answers to the 2nd question
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2  | 1           | Answer for 1st question
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3  | 1           | Another answer for 1st
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Now,I want to retrieve all question with user’s(asker’s) firstname, lastname, username and count of total answers given for a question.

Please help writing it. Since I have messed my query, not posted here.

Thanks

Answer 1

SELECT q.*, u.*, COUNT(a.id) as answer_count
FROM questions q 
LEFT JOIN users u ON q.user_id = u.id
LEFT JOIN answers a ON a.question_id = q.id
GROUP BY q.id