Example schema for my question is given at SQLFiddle and as follow:
CREATE TABLE `players` (
`player1id` int(11) NOT NULL,
`player2id` int(11) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`player1id`,`player2id`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB;
INSERT INTO `players` values
(1,5),
(1,7),
(5,3),
(5,4),
(2,1);
In a online game, I want to select opponent, which could be in player player1id
or player2id
.
Example Input/ output needed
Input 1: Output 5, 7, 2
Input 5: Output 1, 3 ,4
& so on.
That is, required data could be in any column but I need output in single column conditionally or any other way. I heard about MySQL conditional column but could not create query to get required output. Can someone please help with required query.
Edit
Based on this link, I run following query but failed.
SELECT IF(PLAYER1ID IS 1,PLAYER2ID as opponent,PLAYER1ID as opponent)
FROM players
WHERE PLAYER1ID = 1 OR PLAYER2ID = 1;
I think you may use case when then
syntax as below:
SELECT CASE WHEN player1id = 1 THEN player2id ELSE player1id END
FROM players WHERE player1id =1 OR player2id=1;
Alternatively:
SELECT CASE WHEN player1id = 1 THEN player2id WHEN player2id =1 THEN player1id END
FROM players WHERE player1id =1 OR player2id=1;
select player1id from players where player2id=1
union
select player2id from players where player1id=1
SQL FIDDLE DEMO
This ought to give you what you're looking for:
SET @PlayerId = 1;
SELECT `player2id` AS 'Other Player ID'
FROM `players`
WHERE `player1id` = @PlayerId
AND `player2id` != @PlayerId
UNION
SELECT `player1id`
FROM `players`
WHERE `player2id` = @PlayerId
AND `player1id` != @PlayerId;
SET @PlayerId = 5;
SELECT `player2id` AS 'Other Player ID'
FROM `players`
WHERE `player1id` = @PlayerId
AND `player2id` != @PlayerId
UNION
SELECT `player1id`
FROM `players`
WHERE `player2id` = @PlayerId
AND `player1id` != @PlayerId;