FIND_IN_SET() vs IN()

Question

I have 2 tables in my database. One is for orders, and one is for companies.

Orders has this structure:

OrderID     |     attachedCompanyIDs
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Answer 1

Let me explain when to use FIND_IN_SET and When to use IN.

Let's take table A which has columns named "aid","aname". Let's take table B which has columns named "bid","bname","aids".

Now there are dummy values in Table A and Table B as below.

Table A

aid aname

1 Apple

2 Banana

3 Mango

Table B

bid bname aids

1 Apple 1,2

2 Banana 2,1

3 Mango 3,1,2

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Case1: if you want to get those records from table b which has 1 value present in aids columns then you have to use FIND_IN_SET.

Query: select * from A JOIN B ON FIND_IN_SET(A.aid,b.aids) where A.aid = 1 ;

Case2: if you want to get those records from table a which has 1 OR 2 OR 3 value present in aid columns then you have to use IN.

Query: select * from A JOIN B ON A.aid IN (b.aids);

Now here upto you that what you needs through mysql query.