Question

I have this join:

select first_name, last_name, photo_path, private_messages, mid_thumb, 
bio_blurb, user_email 
from users 
left join member_photo on users.user_id = member_photo.photo_member_id 
left join user_email_options on users.user_id = user_email_options.email_user_id 
where user_id = 2

For some reason, it gives two rows instead of 1 row that I expected with the users information. Is there anything obvious that I am missing? I have done a bunch of left joins before and never seem to have encountered this. Why would I get 2 items in the result set?

Here is what happens on the page for example:

http://www.comehike.com/community/hiker_public_profile.php?community_member_id=2

See – two records.

Answer 1

Sounds like member_photo or user_email_options has more than one row corresponding to user_id 2