Select Parent Record With All Children in SQL

Question

Let\'s say I have two tables, \"Parent\" and \"Child\". Parent-to-Child is a many:many relationship, implemented through a standard cross-referencing table.

I want to fi

Answer 1

Here's an answer.

SQL query: Simulating an "AND" over several rows instead of sub-querying

And here's a specific application of that to this problem.

SELECT * FROM Parents
WHERE ParentId in
(
  SELECT ParentId FROM ChildParent
  WHERE ChildId in
  (
    SELECT ChildId FROM Child
    WHERE ChildName in ('Charlie', 'David')
  )
  GROUP BY ParentId
  HAVING COUNT(*) = 2
)

Answer 2

Relying on a numerical trick (where the number of parent-child links = the number of children, that parent is linked to all children):

SELECT Parent.ParentID, COUNT(*)
FROM Parent
INNER JOIN ChildParent
    ON ChildParent.ParentID = Parent.ParentID
INNER JOIN Child
    ON ChildParent.ChildID = Child.ChildID
WHERE <ChildFilterCriteria>
GROUP BY Parent.ParentID
HAVING COUNT(*) = (
    SELECT COUNT(Child.ChildID)
    FROM Child WHERE <ChildFilterCriteria>
)

Answer 3

( I guess where you said "Child Eve references Eve" you meant "Child Eve references Bob", right?)

I think I've got it... looks ugly... the secret is the double negation... that is, everyone for which it's true,, is the same as not anyone for which is false... (ok, I have troubles with my english, but I guess you understand what I mean)

select * from parent

parent_id                               name
--------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------
1                                       alice
2                                       bob

select * from child

child_id                                name
--------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------
1                                       charlie
2                                       david
3                                       eve

select * from parent_child

parent_id                               child_id
--------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------
1                                       1
2                                       1
1                                       2
2                                       3

select * from parent p 
where not exists(
    select * from child c 
    where
        c.child_id in ( 1, 2, 3 ) and 
        not exists(
            select * from parent_child pc where
                pc.child_id = c.child_id and
                pc.parent_id = p.parent_id
        )
)

--when child list = ( 1 )
parent_id                               name
--------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------
1                                       alice
2                                       bob

--when child list = ( 1, 2 )
parent_id                               name
--------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------
1                                       alice

--when child list = ( 1, 2, 3 )
parent_id                               name
--------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------

well, I hope it helps...