Question

node

id title content type
47 test  foobar  1

type

id name
1  blog

output

id title content type
47 test  foobar  blog

using the following query doesn’t seem to be working…

 SELECT a.id, a.title, a.content, a.type
        FROM node a
        WHERE a.id = '. $id .'
        JOIN type b
        ON 
            a.type = b.id

how should I write this query to get the output I want?

Answer 1

You are almost there. You only need to place the WHERE condition last

    SELECT a.id, a.title, a.content, a.type
    FROM   node a
           JOIN type b ON a.type = b.id
    WHERE  a.id = '. $id .'

One remark and a personal preference, but I’d like to explicitly indicate the JOIN type to remove any doubts for people maintaining the code.

    SELECT a.id, a.title, a.content, a.type
    FROM   node a
           INNER JOIN type b ON a.type = b.id
    WHERE  a.id = '. $id .'