MySQL show count of 0 for dates with no records

Question

I\'m trying to get the COUNT of all users attempts by a list of the current week (last 7 days)

This query works but doesnt return 0 if the day not exist:

Answer 1

Create a calendar table or you could try:

SELECT COUNT(*) AS attempt_count,
       DATE_FORMAT(ca_date,'%Y/%m/%d') AS attempt_date
FROM
  (SELECT STR_TO_DATE('2014/06/19', '%Y/%m/%d') ca_date
   UNION ALL SELECT STR_TO_DATE('2014/06/18', '%Y/%m/%d') ca_date
   UNION ALL SELECT STR_TO_DATE('2014/06/17', '%Y/%m/%d') ca_date
   UNION ALL SELECT STR_TO_DATE('2014/06/16', '%Y/%m/%d') ca_date
   UNION ALL SELECT STR_TO_DATE('2014/06/15', '%Y/%m/%d') ca_date
   UNION ALL SELECT STR_TO_DATE('2014/06/14', '%Y/%m/%d') ca_date
   UNION ALL SELECT STR_TO_DATE('2014/06/13', '%Y/%m/%d') ca_date) AS calendar
LEFT JOIN users_attempts ON users_attempts.attempt_date = calendar.ca_date
GROUP BY calendar.ca_date
ORDER BY calendar.ca_date DESC;

Answer 2

Ok from my previous answer from the thread MySql Single Table, Select last 7 days and include empty rows

Here what you can do for making the date selection dynamic

select 
t1.attempt_date,
coalesce(SUM(t1.attempt_count+t2.attempt_count), 0) AS attempt_count
from
(
  select DATE_FORMAT(a.Date,'%Y/%m/%d') as attempt_date,
  '0' as  attempt_count
  from (
    select curdate() - INTERVAL (a.a + (10 * b.a) + (100 * c.a)) DAY as Date
    from (select 0 as a union all select 1 union all select 2 union all select 3 union all select 4 union all select 5 union all select 6 union all select 7 union all select 8 union all select 9) as a
    cross join (select 0 as a union all select 1 union all select 2 union all select 3 union all select 4 union all select 5 union all select 6 union all select 7 union all select 8 union all select 9) as b
    cross join (select 0 as a union all select 1 union all select 2 union all select 3 union all select 4 union all select 5 union all select 6 union all select 7 union all select 8 union all select 9) as c
  ) a
  where a.Date BETWEEN NOW() - INTERVAL 7 DAY AND NOW()
)t1
left join
(
  SELECT DATE_FORMAT(attempt_date,'%Y/%m/%d') AS attempt_date, 
  COUNT(*) AS attempt_count
  FROM users_attempts
  WHERE DATE_SUB(attempt_date, INTERVAL 1 DAY) > DATE_SUB(DATE(NOW()), INTERVAL 1 WEEK) 
  GROUP BY DAY(attempt_date) DESC
)t2
on t2.attempt_date = t1.attempt_date
group by DAY(t1.attempt_date)
order by t1.attempt_date desc;

DEMO