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how to select count from main query into subquery

I want to get the number of records that are selected in the main query into a subquery

Query that i am currently trying to execute is:

SELECT
    cat_id,
    category_name,
    seo_name,
    (
        SELECT count(category_name)
        FROM ccs_coupons
        WHERE website_name LIKE category_name
           OR description LIKE category_name
           OR url_desc LIKE category_name
    )  AnyAlias 
FROM  `ccs_coupons`
WHERE  category_name like 'a%'
GROUP BY category_name
ORDER BY category_name ASC
LIMIT $page,$config

Answer 1

Try this:

SELECT
    cat_id,
    category_name,
    seo_name,
    (
        SELECT COUNT(category_name)
        FROM ccs_coupons c2 
        WHERE c2.category_name LIKE CONCAT('%', c1.category_name, '%')
           OR c2.website_name LIKE CONCAT('%', c1.category_name, '%')
           OR c2.description LIKE CONCAT('%', c1.category_name, '%')
           OR c2.url_desc LIKE CONCAT('%', c1.category_name, '%')
    )  AnyAlias 
FROM  `ccs_coupons` c1 
WHERE  category_name LIKE 'a%'
GROUP BY category_name
ORDER BY category_name ASC
LIMIT $page,$config