Question

I have two tables:

tickets

ticket_id, int(11), NO, PRI, , auto_increment
order_num, varchar(45), NO, , , 
user_id, int(11), YES, , , 
event_id, int(11), YES, , , 
number_of_tickets, varchar(4), YES, , , 
order_placed, timestamp, NO, , CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 
payment_recd, enum('Yes','No'), YES, , No, 
payment_time, timestamp, YES, , , 

events

event_id, int(11), NO, PRI, , auto_increment
venue_id, int(11), YES, , , 
event_date, date, YES, , , 
event_time, time, YES, , , 
event_price, decimal(4,2), YES, , , 
event_capacity, int(11), YES, , , 
dateadded, timestamp, NO, , CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 

I need to list tickets bought by a user and order by the event date but the following I’m trying is not doing the sort by correctly

select tickets.order_num as ordnum, tickets.event_id as tickid, tickets.number_of_tickets as numtix 
   from tickets, events
where  ((tickets.user_id = '1') and (tickets.payment_recd = 'Yes'))
  group by tickets.order_num 
order by events.event_date asc

Any ideas?

Answer 1

you are not joining the tables, so it will list all rows from both tables, try:

select tickets.order_num as ordnum, tickets.event_id as tickid, tickets.number_of_tickets as numtix 
from tickets
inner join events on tickets.event_id = events.event_id
where ((tickets.user_id = '1') && (tickets.payment_recd = 'Yes'))
group by tickets.order_num order by events.event_date asc