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Asked: 2026-05-13T00:11:54+00:00

so i have 2 tables: -char (keeps information about the player) -special (its a

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so i have 2 tables:
-char (keeps information about the player)
-special (its a rank for top mobs, so each line from this table is a record of all the players that killed a mob and the total time)

here’s a summary i wrote:

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## table char: ##
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`char_id` - int(12) auto increment - primary key
`type` - varchar(18)
`color` - varchar(16)
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## table special: ##
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`id` - auto increment - primary key - just for keeping a number of events
`name` - varchar(24)
`time` - int(12) - the time the char's spent to kill the mob
`member1_id`- here is the char_id, it goes from 1 to 20 (until member20_id)
its a int(12), default is '0', so if there's only 3 members i would have something like:
`member1_id` = 1111111
`member2_id` = 2222222
`member3_id` = 1113123
`member4_id` = 0 (same for the rest)
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i want to show every char from the member1_id, member2_id, memberN_id (a reminder: some values have 0 in member_id because there’s no player, so no data to show) and order by TIME

here’s a example:

Mob rank:

1 - Name: XYZ Guild - Time: 3 minutes
Member 1: 1111111 - Type: soldier - Color: blue
Member 2: 2222222 - Type: soldier - Color: red

2- Name: The FOO Guild - Time: 19 minutes
Member 1: 238381 - Type: Noob - Color: green
Member 2: 4444444 - Type: soldier - Color: red
Member 3: 549595 - Type: soldier - Color: green

the main thing its about the type of JOIN i should use, im kind like confused of how i can only get the data from where member_id is not 0 and also order by the TIME from SPECIAL

thank you very much

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  1. Editorial Team

    You have a problem in the design of your database. Table “special” should be two tables, “special” and “special_members”. “Special” should have the columns “id”, “name”, and “time”. “Special_members” should have “special_id”, “member_id” and optionally a “member_order” column (if it’s important who’s number 1, number 2, etc) and “id” autonumbered column.

    With this normalized structure, you query will become easy.

    Without normalizing, you will need to use an INNER JOIN repeated 20 times and UNIONed together.

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