Get result from different tables - join - sqlite

Question

I have following tables in my DB
CREATE TABLE [author_details] (
[_id] INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT NOT NULL,
[name] TEXT NOT NULL,
[surname] TEXT NOT NULL,
[middle_name] TEXT NULL
);
CREATE TABLE [authors] (
[_id] INTEGER NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
[book_id] INTEGER NOT NULL,
[author_id] INTEGER NOT NULL
);
CREATE TABLE [books] (
[_id] INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT NOT NULL,
[title] TEXT NOT NULL,
[publisher_id] INTEGER NOT NULL,
[isbn] VARCHAR(10) UNIQUE NULL,
[ean] VARCHAR(13) UNIQUE NULL,
[pages] INTEGER DEFAULT '0' NULL,
[year] INTEGER NOT NULL,
[edition] TEXT NULL
);
CREATE TABLE [publishers] (
[_id] INTEGER NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
[name] TEXT NOT NULL
);
I want a list of all books with details, I've used following query:
SELECT b.title,b.isbn,b.ean,b.year,b.pages,b.edition,
CASE
WHEN ad.middle_name IS NULL
THEN ad.name||" "||ad.surname
ELSE ad.name||" "||ad.middle_name||" "||ad.surname
END AS author, p.name
FROM books AS b, authors AS a, author_details AS ad, publishers AS p
INNER JOIN authors, author_details, publishers ON b._id=a.book_id AND ad._id=a.author_id AND b.publisher_id=p._id
GROUP BY b._id
It returns All books but only one author for books with multiple authors. How to write the query to get all authors per book?

Answer 1

To get the values from all records in a group, you have to use the group_concat function:
SELECT b.title,b.isbn,b.ean,b.year,b.pages,b.edition,
group_concat(CASE
...
END) AS author, p.name
FROM ...
Additionally, you need to use the correct join syntax.
In your query, you are joining every table twice, which results in lots up duplicate records.
There are two equivalent syntaxes for joins.
Either use a plain list of tables, and WHERE:
...
FROM books AS b,
authors AS a,
author_details AS ad,
publishers AS p
WHERE b._id = a.book_id
AND a.author_id = ad._id
AND b.publisher_id = p._id
...
or use the JOIN operator for each join, with a join condition for each join:
...
FROM books AS b
JOIN authors AS a ON b._id = a.book_id
JOIN author_details AS ad ON a.author_id = ad._id
JOIN publishers AS p ON b.publisher_id = p._id
...

Answer 2

Try to use group_concat():
SELECT b.title,b.isbn,b.ean,b.year,b.pages,b.edition,
GROUP_CONCAT(CASE
WHEN ad.middle_name IS NULL
THEN ad.name||" "||ad.surname
ELSE ad.name||" "||ad.middle_name||" "||ad.surname
END) AS author,
p.name
FROM
.........