Inner Join table with respect to a maximum value

Question

I'm trying to write a MySQL query where I pull a seller's info and her most popular product. This is determined by the product with the most page views, i.e. MAX(page_views).

The query below though is just pulling a random product and not the one with the most page views.

"SELECT 
     seller.id, seller.language, seller.shop_name,seller.story, 
     seller.eng_story, product.id, product.image_thumb, product.title, 
     product.eng_title, product.price, MAX(product.page_views) 
  FROM seller 
     INNER JOIN product ON seller.id=product.seller_id 
  WHERE seller.handpicked='y' AND seller.shop_active='y' 
  GROUP BY seller.id 
  ORDER BY product.page_views
  LIMIT 0,5"

Or better said, page_views is in fact the correct number, but how do I get the other product fields (id, image, title, etc.) to be with respect to the product with the most page views.

TABLE DATA:

SELLER:

id | language | shop_Name | story     | eng_story   | handpicked | active
1  |   1      | mitienda  | hola mundo| Hello world | Y          | Y
2  |   1      | sisenor   | bonita    | beautiful   | N          | Y
3  |   2      | new_world | mi vida   | my life     | Y          | Y

PRODUCTS:

id | seller_id | image_thumb | title    | eng_title | price | page Views
1  |  1        | /images/..  | sombrero | hat       | $5    | 10
2  |  1        | /images/..  | bufanda  | scarf     | $25   | 30
3  |  2        | /images/..  | arte     | art       | $15   | 15
4  |  3        | /images/..  | joyeria  | jewlery   | $10   | 1
5  |  2        | /images/..  | canasta  | basket    | $21   | 13
6  |  3        | /images/..  | ropa     | clothes   | $13   | 6

Expected Result (condensed):

seller.id | shop_name | product.id | pageviews | title    | price
  1       |  miteinda |     2      |    30     |  bufanda | $25
  3       |  newworld |     6      |     6     |  ropa    | $13

The result should list out sellers information who have been handpicked and their most popular product by pageviews The sellers are ordered by pageviews with a limit of 5 sellers total.

Can you provide DDL for tables, sample data, desired output? — peterm, Mar 14 '13 at 05:59

score 21 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 14 '13 at 06:30

SELECT  a.ID SellerID,
        a.Shop_Name,
        b.ID ProductID,
        b.pageViews,
        b.title,
        b.Price
FROM    seller a
        INNER JOIN Products b
            ON a.id = b.seller_ID
        INNER JOIN
        (
            SELECT  seller_ID, MAX(pageViews) max_view
            FROM    products
            GROUP   BY seller_ID
        ) c ON  b.seller_ID = c.seller_ID AND
                b.pageViews = c.max_View
WHERE   a.handpicked = 'Y' AND a.active = 'Y'

SQLFiddle Demo

OUTPUT

╔══════════╦═══════════╦═══════════╦═══════════╦═════════╦═══════╗
║ SELLERID ║ SHOP_NAME ║ PRODUCTID ║ PAGEVIEWS ║  TITLE  ║ PRICE ║
╠══════════╬═══════════╬═══════════╬═══════════╬═════════╬═══════╣
║        1 ║ mitienda  ║         2 ║        30 ║ bufanda ║ $25   ║
║        3 ║ new_world ║         6 ║         6 ║ ropa    ║ $13   ║
╚══════════╩═══════════╩═══════════╩═══════════╩═════════╩═══════╝

Inner Join table with respect to a maximum value

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