MySQL: How do I join same table multiple times?

Question

I have two tables ticket and attr. Table ticket has ticked_id field and several other fields. Table attr has

Answer 1

You use table aliases

eg:

Select 
    ticket.ticket_id,  
    a1.attr_val as attr_val1,
    a2.attr_val as attr_val2,
    a3.attr_val as attr_val3
from ticket
    left join (select * from attr where attr_type=1) a1 on ticket.ticket_id=a1.ticket_id
    left join (select * from attr where attr_type=2) a2 on ticket.ticket_id=a2.ticket_id
    left join (select * from attr where attr_type=3) a3 on ticket.ticket_id=a3.ticket_id