Question

Well after my first question here I came the below code which is correct and tested:

SELECT DISTINCT
id, title, description, expires,
creator_id,executer_id,
oc_opentask.priority_id,
oc_opentask.status_id, priority_name, status_name,
oc_user1.username AS executer_username,
oc_user2.username AS creator_username
FROM oc_opentask
INNER JOIN oc_opentask_priority 
ON oc_opentask.priority_id=oc_opentask_priority.priority_id
INNER JOIN oc_opentask_status 
ON oc_opentask.status_id=oc_opentask_status.status_id
INNER JOIN oc_user AS oc_user1 
ON oc_opentask.executer_id=oc_user1.user_id
INNER JOIN oc_user AS oc_user2 
ON oc_opentask.creator_id=oc_user2.user_id

My next question is: I want to access those executer_username and creator_username with a WHERE attribute to compare it with a value, so what I am trying which is poping mystake is:

SELECT DISTINCT
id, title, description, expires,
creator_id,executer_id,
oc_opentask.priority_id,
oc_opentask.status_id, priority_name, status_name,
oc_user1.username AS executer_username,
oc_user2.username AS creator_username
FROM oc_opentask
INNER JOIN oc_opentask_priority 
ON oc_opentask.priority_id=oc_opentask_priority.priority_id
INNER JOIN oc_opentask_status 
ON oc_opentask.status_id=oc_opentask_status.status_id
INNER JOIN oc_user AS oc_user1 
ON oc_opentask.executer_id=oc_user1.user_id
INNER JOIN oc_user AS oc_user2 
ON oc_opentask.creator_id=oc_user2.user_id
WHERE oc_opentask.creator_username='bill' 

bill does exists in db, but my command to access that value is not correct, can any1 help me on this? Thanks

Answer 1

You are using wrong table to get the creator name in the where clause. Use oc_user2 table to get the user name(creator name). Also I am just thinking still there may be a case related issue and hence advice to use LOWER function before comparison and as below:

    SELECT DISTINCT
       id, title, description, expires,
       creator_id,executer_id,
       oc_opentask.priority_id,
       oc_opentask.status_id, priority_name, status_name,
       oc_user1.username AS executer_username,
       oc_user2.username AS creator_username
    FROM oc_opentask
    INNER JOIN oc_opentask_priority 
       ON oc_opentask.priority_id=oc_opentask_priority.priority_id
    INNER JOIN oc_opentask_status 
       ON oc_opentask.status_id=oc_opentask_status.status_id
    INNER JOIN oc_user AS oc_user1 
       ON oc_opentask.executer_id=oc_user1.user_id
    INNER JOIN oc_user AS oc_user2 
       ON oc_opentask.creator_id=oc_user2.user_id
    WHERE LOWER(oc_user2.username)=LOWER('bill')

I just user LOWER on right side to make it case independent for any valid name irrespective of the case.