My MySQL tables structure is like this.
USER
int id
varchar username
FRIEND_LIST
int user_id
int friend_id
For each friend relationship I insert 2 records in FRIEND_LIST. If user 1 is friend of user 2 then the next rows are inserted into FRIEND_LIST
1,2
2,1
I want to get the friends and friends of friends of an specific user.
The select should return columns a, b, c.
a: user_id
b: friend_id
c: username (username of friend_id )
If 1 is friend of 2 and 3.
2 is friend of 3, 4 and 5
3 is friend of 5,6,7
Then the query to get 1's friends and friends of friends should return:
1 2 two
1 3 three
2 1 one
2 3 three
2 4 four
2 5 five
3 1 one
3 5 five
3 6 six
3 7 seven
Can I get this rows with a single query?
UPDATE ANSWER: I modified DVK's answer a little bit and this is the query that returns what I was looking for.
SELECT friends.user_id, friends.friend_id, username
FROM
FRIEND_LIST friends, USER
WHERE
CAT_USER.id = friends.friend_id
AND
friends.user_id = 1
UNION
SELECT
fof.user_id, fof.friend_id, username
FROM
FRIEND_LIST friends, FRIEND_LIST fof, USER
WHERE
USER.id = fof.friend_id
AND
friends.friend_id = fof.user_id
AND
friends.user_id = 1;
SELECT f1.user_id, f1.friend_id FROM
friends_info f1
WHERE f1.user_id = 1 OR
f1.user_id IN
(
select f2.friend_id
from friends_info f2
where f2.user_id = 1
)
ORDER BY user_id
This is less efficient but readable:
SELECT friends.user_id, friends.friend_id, username
FROM FRIEND_LIST friends, USER
WHERE USER.id = friends.friend_id
AND USER.id = 1
UNION
SELECT USER.user_id, fof.friend_id, username
FROM FRIEND_LIST friends, FRIEND_LIST fof, USER
WHERE USER.id = fof.friend_id
AND friends.friend_id = fof.user_id
AND USER.id = 1
OR
SELECT user_id, f_fof.friend_id, username
FROM USER, (
SELECT f.user_id, f.friend_id
FROM FRIEND_LIST f
WHERE user_id = 1
UNION
SELECT f.user_id, fof.friend_id
FROM FRIEND_LIST f, FRIEND_LIST fof
WHERE user_id = 1
AND f.friend_id = fof.user_id
) as f_fof
WHERE USER.id = f_fof.friend_id
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