Question

I have this kind of mysql db (table name/fields)

tbl_users: id, title, approved

tbl_photos: id, user_id, title, filename

I have one row in users, and three photos (all with user_id = the id of the user)

doing this:

select 
tbl_users.*, 
tbl_photos.filename 

from tbl_users 

left join tbl_photos on tbl_photos.user_id = tbl_users.id 

where tbl_users = '1' order by rand() 

(table query simplified a little bit)

doing that sql query returns three rows . I only want one row (ie i want the user row, plus any random photo that has the user_id of that user id)

i’ve tried all joins – left right inner but they always return 3 rows

Answer 1

Your code should be like the following

select 
tbl_users.*, 
tbl_photos.filename 

from tbl_users 

left join tbl_photos on tbl_photos.user_id = tbl_users.id 

where tbl_users = approved order by rand() LIMIT 1

The LIMIT keyword will restrict the query for returning only 1 row.

A simple list of my-sql command examples can be found here
http://itswadesh.wordpress.com/2011/04/12/mysql-commands/