按组限制而不忽略重复项?

您可以先选择并限制子查询中的组,然后将其连接回表以获得最终结果。

SELECT DISTINCT a2.series, c2.title
FROM catalog_items AS a2
JOIN catalog_franchises AS c2 ON a2.manufacturer_id = c2.franchise_id
JOIN catalog_franchises AS e2 ON a2.game_id = e2.franchise_id
WHERE e2.franchise_id = 6
    AND a2.valid = TRUE
    AND c2.valid = TRUE
    AND e2.valid = TRUE
ORDER BY  c2.title, a2.series
LIMIT 3

只需将其添加到原始查询的位置:

AND (a.series, c.title) IN (query above)

注意:是的,is本身几乎会导致重复原始查询;但这往往是这些类型的查询最终需要的。

修改原始查询以获取前3个组:

SELECT DISTINCT c.title, a.series
FROM      catalog_items AS a
JOIN      catalog_franchises AS c ON a.manufacturer_id = c.franchise_id
JOIN      catalog_franchises AS e ON a.game_id = e.franchise_id
WHERE     e.franchise_id = 6
          AND a.valid = TRUE
          AND c.valid = TRUE
          AND e.valid = TRUE
ORDER BY  c.title, a.series
LIMIT 3

将其用作FROM子句(派生表)中的子查询,将结果限制为3组:

SELECT    a.item_id,
          a.title,
          a.series,
          c.title AS manufacturer_title
FROM      catalog_items AS a
JOIN      catalog_franchises AS c ON a.manufacturer_id = c.franchise_id
JOIN      catalog_franchises AS e ON a.game_id = e.franchise_id
-- begin injected code 
JOIN (
    SELECT DISTINCT c.title, a.series
    FROM      catalog_items AS a
    JOIN      catalog_franchises AS c ON a.manufacturer_id = c.franchise_id
    JOIN      catalog_franchises AS e ON a.game_id = e.franchise_id
    WHERE     e.franchise_id = 6
              AND a.valid = TRUE
              AND c.valid = TRUE
              AND e.valid = TRUE
    ORDER BY  c.title, a.series
    LIMIT 3
) x ON a.series = x.series AND c.title = x.title
-- end injected code 
WHERE     e.franchise_id = 6
          AND a.valid = TRUE
          AND c.valid = TRUE
          AND e.valid = TRUE
ORDER BY  c.title, a.series, a.title

这与Uueerdo建议的基本相同,但使用联接而不是 WHERE .. IN .. 条件

在一列中获得结果会有帮助吗?如果是,您可以使用 group_concat() :

SELECT GROUP_CONCAT(a.item_id) as items,
       a.series, c.title AS manufacturer_title
FROM catalog_items a JOIN
     catalog_franchises c
     ON a.manufacturer_id = c.franchise_id JOIN
     catalog_franchises e
     ON a.game_id = e.franchise_id
WHERE e.franchise_id = 6 AND
      a.valid = TRUE AND
      c.valid = TRUE AND
      e.valid = TRUE
GROUP BY a.series, c.title
ORDER BY c.title, a.series;

虽然可以在单独的行中获得结果,但这比MySQL(v8之前)中的结果更难。如果满足您的需要,这是一个相对简单的解决方案。

编辑:

获取所需内容的一种方法是使用变量:

SELECT ist.*
FROM (SELECT ist.*,
             (@rn := if(@st = concat_ws(':', a.series, manufacturer_title), @rn,
                        if(@st := concat_ws(':', a.series, manufacturer_title), @rn + 1, @rn + 1)
                       )
             ) as rn
      FROM (SELECT a.item_id, a.series, c.title AS manufacturer_title
            FROM catalog_items a JOIN
                 catalog_franchises c
                 ON a.manufacturer_id = c.franchise_id JOIN
                 catalog_franchises e
                 ON a.game_id = e.franchise_id
            WHERE e.franchise_id = 6 AND
                  a.valid = TRUE AND
                  c.valid = TRUE AND
                  e.valid = TRUE
            ORDER BY c.title, a.series
           ) ist CROSS JOIN
           (SELECT @rn := 0, @st := '') params
      ) ist
WHERE rn <= 3;