Mysql Left Join Null Result

Question

I have this query

SELECT articles.*, 
       users.username AS `user` 
 FROM `articles` 
LEFT JOIN `users` ON articles.user_id = users.id 
 ORDER BY articles         


        

Answer 1

You can use the IFNULL function:

SELECT articles.*, IFNULL(users.username, 'User Not Found') AS `user`
FROM `articles` LEFT JOIN `users` ON articles.user_id = users.id
ORDER BY articles.timestamp