Question

I’m searching for the best method to get result with database contain more than 100000 Post and more than 100000 Cat

Here is my tables

Cats

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-  id   | name  |
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-  1    | x     |
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-  2    | y     |
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Post

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-  id   | cat_id | title  | content  |
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-  1    | 1      | Post 1 | .. . .  .|
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-  2    | 1      | Post 2 | . . . . .|
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-  3    | 2      | Post 3 | .. . .  .|
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-  4    | 1      | Post 4 | . . . . .|
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-  5    | 1      | Post 5 | .. . .  .|
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-  6    | 2      | Post 6 | . . . . .|
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-  7    | 1      | Post 7 | .. . .  .|
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-  8    | 2      | Post 8 | . . . . .|
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Here’s the Result I want to get

Result

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-Postid | cat_id | title  | content  |
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-  1    | 1      | Post 1 | .. . .  .|
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-  2    | 1      | Post 2 | . . . . .|
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-  3    | 2      | Post 3 | .. . .  .|
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-  6    | 2      | Post 4 | . . . . .|
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Here is Query I Just Write , But i look for Best query

SELECT
  *
From 
  post
WHERE posts.cat_id = 1 limit 2

UNION

SELECT
  * 
From 
  post
WHERE posts.cat_id = 2 limit 2

What Happen if i want to get from 10 cats in one query

Answer 1

set @i := 0, @cat_id = 0;
select 
    post.id as Postid,
    cat_id,
    title,
    content
from 
    post
    inner join (
    select 
        id,
        case 
            when @cat_id = cat_id then @i := @i + 1
            else @i := 1
        end as i,
        case when @cat_id != cat_id then @cat_id := cat_id end
    from (
        select id, cat_id
        from post
        -- where cat_id in (1, 2) uncomment this to limit categories
        order by cat_id
    ) a
) s on s.id = post.id
where i <= 2
order by cat_id, post.id

The question title says every category and the question says 10 categories so I commented the where clause to make it optional.