Get data from multiple SELECT sub-queries for reporting from MySQL database

Question

I'm trying to achieve is to create one complex query consisting of a few sub-queries. The idea is to give it to a business person to run on a weekly basis to pull reporting data.

The effect would be similar to the query below, where all data from many tables are displayed in one result.

select * from table1, table2, table3

So I need something like, but it's not working.

select 
    (select * from   table1 where ...... ) as table1,
    (select * from   table2 where....... ) as table2

Manually, I could run the sub-queries separately, then manually append the results into one big excel sheet. But I want to make it easier for the business person to do this, and minimize errors.

Is this possible in MySQL?

The reason for this is I'm converting a legacy Oracle PIVOT SQL statements into the MySQL equivalence, and the sub-queries are pretty complex.

I can provide the Oracle SQL if needed.

Much appreciated as always.

Answer 1

After some fiddling around:

select * from
    (select * from   table1 where survey_user_id=4 ) as T1
    ,
    (select * from   table2 where survey_field_type_id=100 ) as T2
    ,
    (select * from table3  )  as T3

Answer 2

If i understand you correctly you just need UNION :D

(SELECT column1 AS name1, column2 AS name2 FROM table1 WHERE ...... )
UNION
(SELECT column3 AS name1, column4 AS name2 FROM table2 WHERE ...... )
UNION
....

As mentioned bellow in comment, columns need to have the same name (you can use aliases for it) and stay in the same order.

Answer 3

select main.*,
(select col from tbl1 where tbl1.id=main.id) as col1,
(select col from tbl2 where tbl2.id=main.id) as col2,
(select col from tbl3 where tbl3.id=main.id) as col3
from master as main