SELECT l.me_id AS me, l.you_id AS you, a.l AS left, a.aspect, a.r AS right, l.id AS link_id, c.comment, concat(m.first_name, ' ', m.surname) AS me_name, concat(y.first_name, ' ', y.surname) AS you_name FROM aspects a, links_aspects la, links l, syn_comments c JOIN users m ON l.me = m.id JOIN users y on l.you = y.id WHERE (a.r = 'Venus' AND a.l = 'Venus') AND a.type = 'synastry' AND la.aspect_id = a.id AND la.id = c.links_aspects_id AND la.link_id = l.id;
I have a query which successfully retrieves id values "me" and "you" when 2 planetary values are supplied:
SELECT l.me_id AS me, l.you_id AS you, a.l AS left, a.aspect, a.r AS right, l.id AS link_id, c.comment FROM aspects a, links_aspects la, links l, syn_comments c WHERE (a.r = 'Venus' AND a.l = 'Venus') AND a.type = 'synastry' AND la.aspect_id = a.id AND la.id = c.links_aspects_id AND la.link_id = l.id
me | you | left | aspect | right | link_id | comment -----+-----+-------+--------+-------+---------+--------------------------- 365 | 371 | Venus | cnj | Venus | 49 | Garry/Dom Venus/Venus syn (1 row)
..... however, l.me_id and l.you_id are foreign keys referencing a users table from which I would like to retrieve concat(u.first_name, ' ', u.surname) AS name for l.me_id and l.you_id. It seems simple but I can't think of a JOIN which will do the trick.
gvim
Join to user table twice, once for you once for me?