Aggregating data by date in a date range without spaces in the date in the result set

Question

I have a table with sell orders, and I want to list COUNTsell orders per day, between two dates, without going beyond spaces.

This is what I have:

SELECT COUNT(*) as Norders, DATE_FORMAT(date, "%M %e") as sdate 
FROM ORDERS 
WHERE date <= NOW() 
  AND date >= NOW() - INTERVAL 1 MONTH 
GROUP BY DAY(date) 
ORDER BY date ASC;

The result that I get is as follows:

6     May 1
14    May 4
1     May 5
8     Jun 2
5     Jun 15

But I would like to get:

6     May 1
0     May 2
0     May 3
14    May 4
1     May 5
0     May 6
0     May 7
0     May 8
.....
0     Jun 1
8     Jun 2
.....
5     Jun 15

Is it possible?

Answer 1

Creating a date range on the fly and combining this table against you: -

SELECT sub1.sdate, COUNT(ORDERS.id) as Norders
FROM
(
    SELECT DATE_FORMAT(DATE_SUB(NOW(), INTERVAL units.i + tens.i * 10 + hundreds.i * 100 DAY), "%M %e") as sdate 
    FROM (SELECT 0 i UNION SELECT 1 UNION SELECT 2 UNION SELECT 3 UNION SELECT 4 UNION SELECT 5 UNION SELECT 6 UNION SELECT 7 UNION SELECT 8 UNION SELECT 9)units
    CROSS JOIN (SELECT 0 i UNION SELECT 1 UNION SELECT 2 UNION SELECT 3 UNION SELECT 4 UNION SELECT 5 UNION SELECT 6 UNION SELECT 7 UNION SELECT 8 UNION SELECT 9)tens
    CROSS JOIN (SELECT 0 i UNION SELECT 1 UNION SELECT 2 UNION SELECT 3 UNION SELECT 4 UNION SELECT 5 UNION SELECT 6 UNION SELECT 7 UNION SELECT 8 UNION SELECT 9)hundreds
    WHERE DATE_SUB(NOW(), INTERVAL units.i + tens.i * 10 + hundreds.i * 100 DAY) BETWEEN DATE_SUB(NOW(), INTERVAL 1 MONTH) AND NOW()
) sub1
LEFT OUTER JOIN ORDERS
ON sub1.sdate = DATE_FORMAT(ORDERS.date, "%M %e")
GROUP BY sub1.sdate

This corresponds to date ranges up to 1000 days.

Please note that it could be made more efficient easily depending on the type of field you use for your dates.

EDIT - , : -

SELECT aMonth, COUNT(ORDERS.id) as Norders
FROM
(
    SELECT DATE_FORMAT(DATE_SUB(NOW(), INTERVAL months.i MONTH), "%Y%m") as sdate, DATE_FORMAT(DATE_SUB(NOW(), INTERVAL months.i MONTH), "%M") as aMonth 
    FROM (SELECT 0 i UNION SELECT 1 UNION SELECT 2 UNION SELECT 3 UNION SELECT 4 UNION SELECT 5 UNION SELECT 6 UNION SELECT 7 UNION SELECT 8 UNION SELECT 9 UNION SELECT 10 UNION SELECT 11)months
    WHERE DATE_SUB(NOW(), INTERVAL months.i MONTH) BETWEEN DATE_SUB(NOW(), INTERVAL 12 MONTH) AND NOW()
) sub1
LEFT OUTER JOIN ORDERS
ON sub1.sdate = DATE_FORMAT(ORDERS.date, "%Y%m")
GROUP BY aMonth

Answer 2

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SELECT mintime + INTERVAL seq.seq DAY AS orderdate
  FROM (
        SELECT CURDATE() - INTERVAL 1 MONTH AS mintime,
               CURDATE() AS maxtime
          FROM obs
       ) AS minmax
  JOIN seq_0_to_999999 AS seq ON seq.seq < TIMESTAMPDIFF(DAY,mintime,maxtime)

, .

SELECT IFNULL(orders.Norders,0) AS Norders, /* show zero instead of null*/
       DATE_FORMAT(alldates.orderdate, "%M %e") as sdate 
  FROM (
        SELECT mintime + INTERVAL seq.seq DAY AS orderdate
          FROM (
                SELECT CURDATE() - INTERVAL 1 MONTH AS mintime,
                       CURDATE() AS maxtime
                  FROM obs
               ) AS minmax
          JOIN seq_0_to_999999 AS seq 
                        ON seq.seq < TIMESTAMPDIFF(DAY,mintime,maxtime)
       ) AS alldates
  LEFT JOIN (
    SELECT COUNT(*) as Norders, DATE(date) AS orderdate
      FROM ORDERS 
    WHERE date <= NOW() 
      AND date >= NOW() - INTERVAL 1 MONTH 
    GROUP BY DAY(date) 
       ) AS orders ON alldates.orderdate = orders.orderdate
ORDER BY alldates.orderdate ASC

, LEFT JOIN, , ORDERS .

seq_0_to_999999? .

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS seq_0_to_9;
CREATE TABLE seq_0_to_9 AS
   SELECT 0 AS seq UNION SELECT 1 UNION SELECT 2 UNION SELECT 3 UNION SELECT 4
    UNION SELECT 5 UNION SELECT 6 UNION SELECT 7 UNION SELECT 8 UNION SELECT 9;

DROP VIEW IF EXISTS seq_0_to_999;
CREATE VIEW seq_0_to_999 AS (
SELECT (a.seq + 10 * (b.seq + 10 * c.seq)) AS seq
  FROM seq_0_to_9 a
  JOIN seq_0_to_9 b
  JOIN seq_0_to_9 c
);

DROP VIEW IF EXISTS seq_0_to_999999;
CREATE VIEW seq_0_to_999999 AS (
SELECT (a.seq + (1000 * b.seq)) AS seq
  FROM seq_0_to_999 a
  JOIN seq_0_to_999 b
);

http://www.plumislandmedia.net/mysql/filling-missing-data-sequences-cardinal-integers/

MariaDB 10+, .

Answer 3

First create a calendar table

SELECT coalesce(COUNT(O.*),0) as Norders, DATE_FORMAT(C.date, "%M %e") as sdate 
FROM Calendar C 
  LEFT JOIN ORDERS O ON C.date=O.date
WHERE O.date <= NOW() AND O.date >= NOW() - INTERVAL 1 MONTH 
GROUP BY DAY(date) 
ORDER BY date ASC;