MySQL - Operand should contain 1 column(s)

问题

While working on a system I'm creating, I attempted to use the following query in my project:

SELECT
topics.id,
topics.name,
topics.post_count,
topics.view_count,
COUNT( posts.solved_post ) AS solved_post,
(SELECT users.username AS posted_by,
    users.id AS posted_by_id
    FROM users
    WHERE users.id = posts.posted_by)
FROM topics
LEFT OUTER JOIN posts ON posts.topic_id = topics.id
WHERE topics.cat_id = :cat
GROUP BY topics.id

":cat" is bound by my PHP code as I'm using PDO. 2 is a valid value for ":cat".

That query though gives me an error: "#1241 - Operand should contain 1 column(s)"

What stumps me is that I would think that this query would work no problem. Selecting columns, then selecting two more from another table, and continuing on from there. I just can't figure out what the problem is.

Is there a simple fix to this, or another way to write my query?

回答1:

Your subquery is selecting two columns, while you are using it to project one column (as part of the outer SELECT clause). You can only select one column from such a query in this context.

Consider joining to the users table instead; this will give you more flexibility when selecting what columns you want from users.

SELECT
topics.id,
topics.name,
topics.post_count,
topics.view_count,
COUNT( posts.solved_post ) AS solved_post,
users.username AS posted_by,
users.id AS posted_by_id

FROM topics

LEFT OUTER JOIN posts ON posts.topic_id = topics.id
LEFT OUTER JOIN users ON users.id = posts.posted_by

WHERE topics.cat_id = :cat
GROUP BY topics.id

回答2:

This error can also occur if you accidentally use commas instead of AND in the ON clause of a JOIN:

JOIN joined_table ON (joined_table.column = table.column, joined_table.column2 = table.column2)
                                                        ^
                                             should be AND, not a comma

回答3:

COUNT( posts.solved_post ) AS solved_post,
(SELECT users.username AS posted_by,
    users.id AS posted_by_id
    FROM users
    WHERE users.id = posts.posted_by)

Well, you can’t get multiple columns from one subquery like that. Luckily, the second column is already posts.posted_by! So:

SELECT
topics.id,
topics.name,
topics.post_count,
topics.view_count,
posts.posted_by
COUNT( posts.solved_post ) AS solved_post,
(SELECT users.username AS posted_by_username
    FROM users
    WHERE users.id = posts.posted_by)
...

回答4:

This error can also occur if you accidentally use = instead of IN in the WHERE clause:

FOR EXAMPLE:

WHERE product_id = (1,2,3);

回答5:

Another place this error can happen in is assigning a value that has a comma outside of a string. For example:

SET totalvalue = (IFNULL(i.subtotal,0) + IFNULL(i.tax,0),0)

回答6:

This error can also occur if you accidentally miss if function name.

for example:

set v_filter_value = 100;

select
    f_id,
    f_sale_value
from
    t_seller
where
    f_id = 5
    and (v_filter_value <> 0, f_sale_value = v_filter_value, true);

Got this problem when I missed putting if in the if function!

回答7:

(SELECT users.username AS posted_by,
users.id AS posted_by_id
FROM users
WHERE users.id = posts.posted_by)

Here you using sub-query but this sub-query must return only one column. Separate it otherwise it will shows error.

来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14046838/mysql-operand-should-contain-1-columns

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