Question

I want to get some results via query simillar to:

SELECT 
    * FROM
    users LEFT JOIN
    IF (users.type = '1', 'private','company') AS details ON
    users.id = details.user_id WHERE
    users.id = 1

Any ideas?

Answer 1

SELECT * FROM users 
LEFT JOIN private AS details ON users.id = details.user_id 
WHERE users.id = 1 AND users.type = 1

UNION

SELECT * FROM users 
LEFT JOIN company AS details ON users.id = details.user_id 
WHERE users.id = 1 AND users.type != 1

I think that is what you are trying to do, isn’t it?

As you have now said that the number of columns differs, you would need to specify the columns, e.g.

SELECT 'private' AS detailType, users.*, col1, col2, col3, '' FROM users 
LEFT JOIN private AS details ON users.id = details.user_id 
WHERE users.id = 1 AND users.type = 1

UNION

SELECT 'company', users.*, col1, '', '', col4  FROM users 
LEFT JOIN company AS details ON users.id = details.user_id 
WHERE users.id = 1 AND users.type != 1

In this example, private has columns col1, col2 and col3, whilst company has col1 and col4, but you want them all.