I'm trying to create what I think is a relatively basic report for an online store, using MySQL 5.1.45
The store can receive payment in multiple currencies.
I have created some sample tables with data and am trying to generate a straightforward tabular result set grouped by date and currency so that I can graph these figures.
I want to see each currency that is available per date, with a 0 in the result if there were no sales in that currency for that day.
If I can get that to work I want to do the same but also grouped by product id. 
In the sample data I have provided there are only 3 currencies and 2 product ids, but in practice there can be any number of each. 
I can correctly group by date, but then when I add a grouping by currency my query does not return what I want.
I based my work off this article.
My reporting query, grouped only by date:
SELECT calendar.datefield AS date,
   IFNULL(SUM(orders.order_value),0) AS total_value
FROM orders 
RIGHT JOIN calendar ON (DATE(orders.order_date) = calendar.datefield)
WHERE (calendar.datefield BETWEEN (SELECT MIN(DATE(order_date)) FROM orders) AND  (SELECT MAX(DATE(order_date)) FROM orders))
GROUP BY date
Now grouped by date and currency:
SELECT calendar.datefield AS date, orders.currency_id,
   IFNULL(SUM(orders.order_value),0) AS total_value
FROM orders 
RIGHT JOIN calendar ON (DATE(orders.order_date) = calendar.datefield)
WHERE (calendar.datefield BETWEEN (SELECT MIN(DATE(order_date)) FROM orders) AND (SELECT MAX(DATE(order_date)) FROM orders))
GROUP BY date, orders.currency_id
The results I am getting (grouped by date and currency):
+------------+-------------+-------------+
| date       | currency_id | total_value |
+------------+-------------+-------------+
| 2009-08-15 |           3 |       81.94 |
| 2009-08-15 |          45 |       25.00 |
| 2009-08-15 |          49 |      122.60 |
| 2009-08-16 |        NULL |        0.00 |
| 2009-08-17 |          45 |       25.00 |
| 2009-08-17 |          49 |      122.60 |
| 2009-08-18 |           3 |       81.94 |
| 2009-08-18 |          49 |      245.20 |
+------------+-------------+-------------+
The results I want:
+------------+-------------+-------------+
| date       | currency_id | total_value |
+------------+-------------+-------------+
| 2009-08-15 |           3 |       81.94 |
| 2009-08-15 |          45 |       25.00 |
| 2009-08-15 |          49 |      122.60 |
| 2009-08-16 |           3 |        0.00 |
| 2009-08-16 |          45 |        0.00 |
| 2009-08-16 |          49 |        0.00 |
| 2009-08-17 |           3 |        0.00 |
| 2009-08-17 |          45 |       25.00 |
| 2009-08-17 |          49 |      122.60 |
| 2009-08-18 |           3 |       81.94 |
| 2009-08-18 |          45 |        0.00 |
| 2009-08-18 |          49 |      245.20 |
+------------+-------------+-------------+
The schema and data I am using in my tests:
CREATE TABLE orders
(
  id INT PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT,
  order_date DATETIME,
  order_id INT,
  product_id INT,
  currency_id INT,
  order_value DECIMAL(9,2),
  customer_id INT
);
INSERT INTO orders (order_date, order_id, product_id, currency_id, order_value, customer_id)
  VALUES
  ('2009-08-15 10:20:20', '123', '1', '45', '12.50', '322'),
  ('2009-08-15 12:30:20', '124', '1', '49', '122.60', '400'),
  ('2009-08-15 13:41:20', '125', '1', '3', '40.97', '324'),  
  ('2009-08-15 10:20:20', '126', '2', '45', '12.50', '345'),
  ('2009-08-15 13:41:20', '131', '2', '3', '40.97', '756'),
  ('2009-08-17 10:20:20', '3234', '1', '45', '12.50', '1322'),
  ('2009-08-17 10:20:20', '4642', '2', '45', '12.50', '1345'),
  ('2009-08-17 12:30:20', '23', '2', '49', '122.60', '3142'),
  ('2009-08-18 12:30:20', '2131', '1', '49', '122.60', '4700'),
  ('2009-08-18 13:41:20', '4568', '1', '3', '40.97', '3274'),  
  ('2009-08-18 12:30:20', '956', '2', '49', '122.60', '3542'),
  ('2009-08-18 13:41:20', '443', '2', '3', '40.97', '7556');
CREATE TABLE currency
  (
    id INT PRIMARY KEY,
    name VARCHAR(255)
  );
INSERT INTO currency (id, name)
  VALUES
  (3, 'Euro'),
  (45, 'US Dollar'),
  (49, 'CA Dollar');
CREATE TABLE calendar (datefield DATE);
  DELIMITER |
  CREATE PROCEDURE fill_calendar(start_date DATE, end_date DATE)
  BEGIN
    DECLARE crt_date DATE;
    SET crt_date=start_date;
    WHILE crt_date < end_date DO
      INSERT INTO calendar VALUES(crt_date);
      SET crt_date = ADDDATE(crt_date, INTERVAL 1 DAY);
    END WHILE;
  END |
  DELIMITER ;
CALL fill_calendar('2008-01-01', '2011-12-31');