Question

I need to select a specific model from the Models table using its key ModelID. I also need to add a blurb of content from the Model_Content table. The Models_Content table, however, has several blurbs of content for each model. I need to select just the first blurb.

My tables look like this:

 Models // table
 ModelID // pk
 Model // varchar

 Models_Content // table
 ContentID // pk
 ModelID // fk
 Content // varchar

 SELECT M.ModelID, M.Model, C.Content
 FROM   Models M LEFT JOIN Models_Content C ON M.ModelID =  C.ModelID
 WHERE      M.ModelID = 5

How do I adjust my query to select just the very first blurb of content for a specific model?

Answer 1

 SELECT
   M.ModelID, M.Model, C.Content
 FROM
   Models M
 LEFT JOIN
   Models_Content C
     ON C.ContentID = (SELECT MIN(ContentID) FROM Models_Content WHERE ModelID = M.ModelID)
 WHERE
   M.ModelID = 5

Or

;WITH sorted_content AS
(
  SELECT
    ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY ModelID ORDER BY ContentID) AS itemID,
    *
  FROM
    Models_Content
)
 SELECT
   M.ModelID, M.Model, C.Content
 FROM
   Models M
 LEFT JOIN
   sorted_content C
     ON  C.ModelID = M.ModelID
     AND C.itemID  = 1
 WHERE
   M.ModelID = 5