Bug #69590 Problem using between with group by functions
Submitted: 26 Jun 2013 15:59 Modified: 14 Mar 2018 20:53
Reporter: Claudio Fumagalli Email Updates:
Status: Closed Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server: DML Severity:S3 (Non-critical)
Version:5.5.32 OS:Any
Assigned to: CPU Architecture:Any
Tags: betwee, count, group by functions, MAX, min, regression, sum

[26 Jun 2013 15:59] Claudio Fumagalli
Description:
min or max group by functions in combination with other functions like count or sum will return wrong result with a between where condition and no group by condition.

How to repeat:
drop table if exists prova_minMax_noGroup;

CREATE TABLE prova_minMax_noGroup (
  id int,
  value int,
  perioddate datetime,
  primary key (id,perioddate)
);

insert into prova_minMax_noGroup VALUES
(1,1,'2010-01-02'), 
(2,2,'2010-01-10'),
(3,3,'2010-01-10'),
(4,4,'2010-01-10');

/* This will wotk */
select min(perioddate),count(*) from prova_minMax_noGroup where id=1 and perioddate>=str_to_date('2010-01-01','%Y-%m-%d') and perioddate<=str_to_date('2010-01-20','%Y-%m-%d');

/* This will not work */
select min(perioddate),count(*) from prova_minMax_noGroup where id=1 and perioddate between str_to_date('2010-01-01','%Y-%m-%d') and str_to_date('2010-01-20','%Y-%m-%d');

/* This will work */
select min(perioddate),count(*) from prova_minMax_noGroup where id=1 and perioddate between str_to_date('2010-01-01','%Y-%m-%d') and str_to_date('2010-01-20','%Y-%m-%d') GROUP BY '1';

Suggested fix:
As reported in the previous example a possible workaround could be use ">= and <=" or to add "group by '1'"

Upgrade to 5.6 (Using release 5.6.12 I have obtained the expected result)
[26 Jun 2013 16:45] MySQL Verification Team
[miguel@tikal 5.5]$ bin/mysql -uroot test
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mysql> 
mysql> CREATE TABLE prova_minMax_noGroup (
    ->   id int,                          
    ->   value int,                       
    ->   perioddate datetime,             
    ->   primary key (id,perioddate)      
    -> );                                 
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.15 sec)      

mysql> 
mysql> insert into prova_minMax_noGroup VALUES
    -> (1,1,'2010-01-02'),                    
    -> (2,2,'2010-01-10'),                    
    -> (3,3,'2010-01-10'),                    
    -> (4,4,'2010-01-10');                    
Query OK, 4 rows affected (0.06 sec)          
Records: 4  Duplicates: 0  Warnings: 0        

mysql> select min(perioddate),count(*) from prova_minMax_noGroup where id=1 and perioddate>=str_to_date('2010-01-01','%Y-%m-%d') and perioddate<=str_to_date('2010-01-20','%Y-%m-%d');                                                                                                                                              
+---------------------+----------+                                                                                                                                
| min(perioddate)     | count(*) |                                                                                                                                
+---------------------+----------+                                                                                                                                
| 2010-01-02 00:00:00 |        1 |                                                                                                                                
+---------------------+----------+                                                                                                                                
1 row in set (0.02 sec)                                                                                                                                           

mysql> select min(perioddate),count(*) from prova_minMax_noGroup where id=1 and perioddate between str_to_date('2010-01-01','%Y-%m-%d') and str_to_date('2010-01-20','%Y-%m-%d');                                                                                                                                                   
+-----------------+----------+                                                                                                                                    
| min(perioddate) | count(*) |                                                                                                                                    
+-----------------+----------+                                                                                                                                    
| NULL            |        0 |                                                                                                                                    
+-----------------+----------+                                                                                                                                    
1 row in set (0.00 sec)                                                                                                                                           

mysql> select min(perioddate),count(*) from prova_minMax_noGroup where id=1 and perioddate between str_to_date('2010-01-01','%Y-%m-%d') and str_to_date('2010-01-20','%Y-%m-%d') GROUP BY '1';                                                                                                                                      
+---------------------+----------+                                                                                                                                
| min(perioddate)     | count(*) |                                                                                                                                
+---------------------+----------+                                                                                                                                
| 2010-01-02 00:00:00 |        1 |                                                                                                                                
+---------------------+----------+                                                                                                                                
1 row in set (0.01 sec)                                                                                                                                           

mysql> exit
Bye        
[miguel@tikal 5.5]$ bin/mysqladmin -uroot shutdown
[miguel@tikal 5.5]$ cd ..                         
[miguel@tikal build]$ cd 5.6                      
[miguel@tikal 5.6]$ bin/mysql -uroot test
Reading table information for completion of table and column names
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Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 1                            
Server version: 5.6.13-debug Source distribution         

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mysql> CREATE TABLE prova_minMax_noGroup (
    ->   id int,                          
    ->   value int,                       
    ->   perioddate datetime,             
    ->   primary key (id,perioddate)      
    -> );                                 
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.50 sec)      

mysql> 
mysql> insert into prova_minMax_noGroup VALUES
    -> (1,1,'2010-01-02'),                    
    -> (2,2,'2010-01-10'),                    
    -> (3,3,'2010-01-10'),
    -> (4,4,'2010-01-10');
Query OK, 4 rows affected (0.20 sec)
Records: 4  Duplicates: 0  Warnings: 0

mysql>
mysql> /* This will wotk */
mysql> select min(perioddate),count(*) from prova_minMax_noGroup where id=1 and perioddate>=str_to_date('2010-01-01','%Y-%m-%d') and perioddate<=str_to_date('2010-01-20','%Y-%m-%d');
+---------------------+----------+
| min(perioddate)     | count(*) |
+---------------------+----------+
| 2010-01-02 00:00:00 |        1 |
+---------------------+----------+
1 row in set (0.03 sec)

mysql>
mysql> /* This will not work */
mysql> select min(perioddate),count(*) from prova_minMax_noGroup where id=1 and perioddate between str_to_date('2010-01-01','%Y-%m-%d') and str_to_date('2010-01-20','%Y-%m-%d');
+---------------------+----------+
| min(perioddate)     | count(*) |
+---------------------+----------+
| 2010-01-02 00:00:00 |        1 |
+---------------------+----------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql>
mysql> /* This will work */
mysql> select min(perioddate),count(*) from prova_minMax_noGroup where id=1 and perioddate between str_to_date('2010-01-01','%Y-%m-%d') and str_to_date('2010-01-20','%Y-%m-%d') GROUP BY '1';
+---------------------+----------+
| min(perioddate)     | count(*) |
+---------------------+----------+
| 2010-01-02 00:00:00 |        1 |
+---------------------+----------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql>
[26 Jun 2013 16:48] MySQL Verification Team
5.1.XX not affected so regression.

[miguel@tikal 5.1]$ bin/mysql -uroot test
Reading table information for completion of table and column names
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Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 1                            
Server version: 5.1.71-debug Source distribution         

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Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its
affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective    
owners.                                                          

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.

mysql> CREATE TABLE prova_minMax_noGroup (
    ->   id int,                          
    ->   value int,                       
    ->   perioddate datetime,             
    ->   primary key (id,perioddate)      
    -> );                                 
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.06 sec)      

mysql> 
mysql> insert into prova_minMax_noGroup VALUES
    -> (1,1,'2010-01-02'),                    
    -> (2,2,'2010-01-10'),                    
    -> (3,3,'2010-01-10'),
    -> (4,4,'2010-01-10');
Query OK, 4 rows affected (0.00 sec)
Records: 4  Duplicates: 0  Warnings: 0

mysql>
mysql> /* This will wotk */
mysql> select min(perioddate),count(*) from prova_minMax_noGroup where id=1 and perioddate>=str_to_date('2010-01-01','%Y-%m-%d') and perioddate<=str_to_date('2010-01-20','%Y-%m-%d');
+---------------------+----------+
| min(perioddate)     | count(*) |
+---------------------+----------+
| 2010-01-02 00:00:00 |        1 |
+---------------------+----------+
1 row in set (0.02 sec)

mysql>
mysql> /* This will not work */
mysql> select min(perioddate),count(*) from prova_minMax_noGroup where id=1 and perioddate between str_to_date('2010-01-01','%Y-%m-%d') and str_to_date('2010-01-20','%Y-%m-%d');
+---------------------+----------+
| min(perioddate)     | count(*) |
+---------------------+----------+
| 2010-01-02 00:00:00 |        1 |
+---------------------+----------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql>
mysql> /* This will work */
mysql> select min(perioddate),count(*) from prova_minMax_noGroup where id=1 and perioddate between str_to_date('2010-01-01','%Y-%m-%d') and str_to_date('2010-01-20','%Y-%m-%d') GROUP BY '1';
+---------------------+----------+
| min(perioddate)     | count(*) |
+---------------------+----------+
| 2010-01-02 00:00:00 |        1 |
+---------------------+----------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql>
[14 Mar 2018 20:53] Roy Lyseng
Posted by developer:
 
Fixed in 5.6.13 and up.