Question

I have a table Users which is linked to multiple times like below :

So when I request Name for a Request from Users I get one of the names, I would like both, its the first time I’ve faced this situation and I don’t know how to do it from SQL.

Query could be like :

SELECT Name as Originator, Name as Requestee FROM View ... JOIN ... WHERE Id = 123

Answer 1

It’s simple, you need two users, you join the Users table twice, like:

SELECT ou.Name as Originator, ru.Name as Requestee 
FROM Requests r
  INNER JOIN Users ou ON r.Originator_Id = ou.Id
  INNER JOIN Users ru ON r.Requestee_Id = ru.Id
WHERE r.Id = 123