MySQL JOIN with IF conditions

Question

I want to get some results via query simillar to:

SELECT 
    * FROM
    users LEFT JOIN
    IF (users.type = \'1\', \'private\',\'company\') AS details ON
          


        

Answer 1

I'm sure this is already resolved, but for people with a similar problem.

You can also try to multiple left joins to get all the data

SELECT *, IF (users.type = 1, p.name, c.name) AS name FROM users
LEFT JOIN private AS p ON (users.type = 1 AND users.id = p.user_id) 
LEFT JOIN company AS c ON (users.type != 1 AND users.id = c.user_id)