MySQL查询在不应该返回重复项时返回

Question

我有三张桌子：

人

+--------+-----------+  
| fName  | lName     |  
+--------+-----------+  
| Paul   | McCartney |  
| John   | Lennon    |  
| Jon    | Stewart   |  
| Daniel | Tosh      |  
| Steven | Colbert   |  
| Pink   | Floyd     |  
| The    | Beatles   |  
| Arcade | Fire      |  
| First  | Last      |  
| Andrew | Bird      |  
+--------+-----------+  

出版物

+----+---------------------------------------+------+-----------+---------+  
| id | title                                 | year | pageStart | pageEnd |  
+----+---------------------------------------+------+-----------+---------+  
|  9 | The Dark Side of the Moon             | 1973 |         0 |       0 |  
| 10 | Piper At The Gates of Dawn            | 1967 |         0 |       0 |  
| 11 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Band Club | 1967 |         0 |       0 |  
| 12 | Happy Thoughts                        | 2007 |         0 |      60 |  
| 13 | Wish You Were Here                    | 1975 |         0 |       0 |  
| 14 | Funeral                               | 2004 |         0 |       0 |  
+----+---------------------------------------+------+-----------+---------+  

Person_Publication

+-----------+----------------+--------+---------------+  
| person_id | publication_id | editor | author_number |  
+-----------+----------------+--------+---------------+  
|        11 |             11 |      0 |             1 |  
|        12 |             11 |      0 |             1 |  
|        16 |              9 |      0 |             1 |  
|        17 |             11 |      0 |             1 |  
+-----------+----------------+--------+---------------+  

我正在尝试使用以下查询选择某个出版物的所有作者：

SELECT fName , lName 
FROM Publication , Person, Person_Publication 
WHERE Person.id = Person_Publication.person_id 
AND Person_Publication.publication_id = 11;

但我得到的结果总是重复（由于某种原因总是6倍）。结果：

+-------+-----------+
| fName | lName     |
+-------+-----------+
| Paul  | McCartney |
| John  | Lennon    |
| The   | Beatles   |
| Paul  | McCartney |
| John  | Lennon    |
| The   | Beatles   |
| Paul  | McCartney |
| John  | Lennon    |
| The   | Beatles   |
| Paul  | McCartney |
| John  | Lennon    |
| The   | Beatles   |
| Paul  | McCartney |
| John  | Lennon    |
| The   | Beatles   |
| Paul  | McCartney |
| John  | Lennon    |
| The   | Beatles   |
+-------+-----------+
18 rows in set (0.03 sec)

有人可以告诉我为什么会这样，以及如何解决这个问题？

Answer 1

您的结果是6倍，每个发布行只有一个。

从FROM子句中删除您的出版物：

SELECT fName , lName 
FROM Person, Person_Publication 
WHERE Person.id = Person_Publication.person_id 
AND Person_Publication.publication_id = 11;

Answer 2

您在查询中包含三个表：

FROM Publication, Person, Person_Publication 

但您只有一个加入条件：

WHERE Person.id = Person_Publication.person_id 

您最终会在Publication和Person JOIN Person_Publication

之间使用笛卡尔积

将以下条件添加到WHERE块：

AND Publication.id = Person_Publication.publication.id

一个完美的例子，说明为什么选择显式JOIN语法。使用以下语法：

SELECT fName, lName 
FROM Publication
JOIN Person_Publication ON Person_Publication.publication.id = Publication.id
JOIN Person ON Person.id = Person_Publication.person_id
WHERE Person_Publication.publication_id = 11;

..这样的错误根本不可能发生。