Question

My Google-Fu is weak on this one, so mayhaps you all can help.

If you want to select multiple columns, you can do…

SELECT 'something' as userName, 'fooBar' as typicalSaying

And you’d get:

+----------------+-----------------+
|    userName    |   typicalSaying |
+----------------+-----------------+
|   something    |    fooBar       |
+----------------+-----------------+

However, how do I do the above with rows?

EG:

SELECT someLine, effy.text from table
LEFT JOIN (SELECT 'a' as text UNION 'b' UNION 'c') as effy 

EDIT:
To get a result like..

+----------------+--------------+
|    someLine    |   effy.text  |
+----------------+--------------+
|   entryA       |    a         |
|   entryA       |    b         |
|   entryA       |    c         |
+----------------+--------------+

Answer 1

You were almost there:

SELECT someLine, effy.text
FROM table
LEFT JOIN (
  SELECT 'a' as text
  UNION ALL
  SELECT 'b'
  UNION ALL
  SELECT 'c'
) as effy