Question

SELECT * 
  FROM traffic,alexat,bindx,blink 
 WHERE traffic.web = alexat.web 
   AND traffic.web = bindx.web 
   AND traffic.web = blink.web 
   AND traffic.web="mysql_real_escape_string($web)"

When I search say google.com and if one or any table hasn’t got any data related to google.com then the whole result returns empty. but if all table got data about google.com then it returns without any problem. how can I solve this issue? I want get result even if only one table has got data..

Answer 1

You need to use LEFT OUTER JOIN.

Something like this:

SELECT * 
  FROM traffic LEFT OUTER JOIN alexat USING (web)
  LEFT OUTER JOIN bindx USING (web)
  LEFT OUTER JOIN blink USING (web) 
 WHERE traffic.web="mysql_real_escape_string($web)"