Question

I have a sample data

game(id, name)
      1 | Avatar
      2 | Angry Bids
brand(id, parent_id, name)
      1 | 0 | Apple
      2 | 0 | Samsung
      3 | 1 | Iphone 4
      4 | 2 | Galaxy Tab
game_brand(game_id, brand_id)
              1   | 4
              2   | 3

And query:

SELECT game.name, 
       game_brand.brand_id, 
       (SELECT brand.parent_id 
        FROM   brand AS brand 
        WHERE  brand.brand_id = game_brand.brand_id) AS brand_father_id 
FROM   game AS game 
       LEFT JOIN game_brand AS game_brand 
              ON game_brand.game_id = game.id 
WHERE  game.id = 2 

AND result:

name       | brand_id |    brand_father_id
Angry Bids |    3     |       1

How to get the values from brand_id, brand_father_id, eg:

game       | brand    | brand parent
Angry Bids | Iphone 4 | Apple 

Answer 1

SELECT game.name, child.name AS brand_name, parent.name AS brand_father_name
FROM game_brand INNER JOIN game ON game_brand.game_id = game.id
INNER JOIN brand AS child ON game_brand.brand_id = child.id
INNER JOIN brand AS parent ON child.parent_id = parent.id
WHERE game.id = 2

UPDATED

SELECT game.name, child.name AS brand_name, (SELECT name FROM brand AS parent WHERE child.parent_id = parent.id) AS brand_father_name
FROM game_brand INNER JOIN game ON game_brand.game_id = game.id
INNER JOIN brand AS child ON game_brand.brand_id = child.id
WHERE game.id = 2

UPDATED AGAIN

AND YET AGAIN just now noticed that the OP wanted not just the fathers name, but also the child one’s (and not their ids also), so updated them both…