Orders does not have a product_id column. Let me see if I can explain this again, more better :-)

We have orders and order items, so for every orders, there are 1 or more order items, pretty basic. This SQL gets me almost what I want:

SELECT p.id, oi.prod_name, sum(oi.quantity) as qty FROM products as p INNER JOIN order_items as oi ON (p.id = oi.product_id) INNER JOIN orders as o ON (o.id = oi.order_id) WHERE o.status NOT IN ('cancelled', 'pending', 'ghost') AND (o.created BETWEEN "2006-02-23 00:00:00" AND "2006-02-23 23:59:59") GROUP BY oi.product_id

However, there are mysql> select count(*) from products; +----------+ | count(*) | +----------+ | 109 | +----------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec)

So, 109 products in the products database, the first SQL above, will give me back a row for every order item that meets those criteria, however, it does not list products that were not ordered.

If I changed the first SQL to a date 10 years ago, I would get 0 rows, I want 109 where the sum() is all 0.

Basically, my client is wanting to see what products are selling, and which ones are not, in a certain date range, and I need to add in the status to limit it to only certain orders.

Running these three SQL's does what I want, with a temp table, but I find the solution kinda strange, and know it can be done in one go:

CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE prod_report SELECT p.id, oi.prod_name, sum(oi.quantity) as qty FROM products as p INNER JOIN order_items as oi ON (p.id = oi.product_id) INNER JOIN orders as o ON (o.id = oi.order_id) WHERE o.status NOT IN ('cancelled', 'pending', 'ghost') AND (o.created BETWEEN "2006-02-23 00:00:00" AND "2006-02-23 23:59:59") GROUP BY oi.product_id

INSERT INTO prod_report (SELECT id, prod_name, 0 FROM products)

SELECT * FROM prod_report GROUP BY id ORDER BY prod_name