Question

I am trying to pull 2 different sets of data off of 1 table. I am not quite sure how to approach this though. This is the current table set up (that pertinent).

+----+-----------+----------+------+------------+--------+--------+
| id | recipient | given_by | time | expiration | points | reason |
+----+-----------+----------+------+------------+--------+--------+
|  1 |   72      |     1    | time |    time    |   2    |  test  |
|  3 |   15      |     4    | time |    time    |   5    |  test  |
+----+-----------+----------+------+------------+--------+--------+

+----+----------+
| id | username |
+----+----------+
| 1  |   admin  |
| 4  |   user4  |
...
| 15 |  user15  |
...
| 72 |  user72  |
+----+----------+

I was able to get the recipient to match up to a name by using this query:

SELECT 
   usr.username, usr.id,  sl.recipient, sl.given_by, 
   sl.time, sl.experation, sl.points, sl.reason
FROM 
    DD_users AS usr
LEFT JOIN
    DD_schittlist AS sl
ON (sl.recipient = usr.id)       
GROUP BY
        usr.id
ORDER BY 
        sl.points DESC,
        usr.username

That will match up recipient 72 to user72 but I also want to make given by 1 to show admin and given_by 4 to show as user4.

Answer 1

You need to join twice against the DD_users table, once for id as you already have, and another for given_by. Each gets its own alias, which must be used in the SELECT list to disambiguate them (usr, given)

  SELECT 
    /* The original username you already had */
    usr.username, 
    usr.id,  
    sl.recipient, 
    sl.given_by, 
    /* The given_by username from the given alias table */
    /* Be sure to alias this column here as well to differentiate them in the client */
    given.username AS given_by_username,
    sl.time, 
    sl.experation, 
    sl.points, 
    sl.reason
  FROM 
    DD_users AS usr
    /* First join you already had between id and recipient */
    LEFT JOIN DD_schittlist AS sl ON (sl.recipient = usr.id)       
    /* A second LEFT JOIN between DD_shittlist and DD_users as given */
    /* (LEFT JOIN permits nulls in DD_shittlist.given_by) */
    LEFT JOIN DD_users AS given ON sl.given_by = given.id
  GROUP BY
    usr.id
  ORDER BY 
    sl.points DESC,
    usr.username