Question

In the UNION query below, subqueries #2 and #4 are identical, and I would like to avoid fetching the same data twice. From what I know, some databases allow you to write a WITH clause at the beginning of the query, but SQLite does not support it. So the question is how to optimize the query below.

 SELECT disliked, recommended, weight
 FROM
   (SELECT movie_id * 10 AS disliked
      FROM ratings
     WHERE rating IN (1,2)
       AND user_id = #{id}
   ) AS input,
   (SELECT movie_id AS recommended, rating AS weight
      FROM ratings
     WHERE rating IN (4,5)
       AND user_id = #{id}
   ) AS output
 UNION
 SELECT liked, recommended, weight
 FROM
   (SELECT movie_id, movie_id * 10 + 1 AS liked
      FROM ratings
     WHERE rating IN (4,5)
       AND user_id = #{id}
   ) AS input,
   (SELECT movie_id AS recommended, rating AS weight
      FROM ratings
     WHERE rating IN (4,5)
       AND user_id = #{id}
   ) AS output
 WHERE input.movie_id != recommended

Answer 1

I’m not entirely sure I’ve read you right this fast, but maybe something like this:

 SELECT
     10*r1.movie_id+(r1.rating IN (4,5)) AS likedisliked,
     r2.movie_id AS recommended,
     r2.rating AS weight
 FROM ratings AS r1, ratings AS r2 
 WHERE r1.user_id=#{id} AND r2.user_id=#{id}
       AND r1.rating IN (1,2,4,5) AND r2.rating IN (4,5)
       AND r1.movie_id!=r2.movie_id;