How to select a single record in a left join

Question

I need to select a specific model from the Models table using its key ModelID. I also need to add a blurb of content from the Model_Content table. The Models_Content table, howe

Answer 1

Sean's answer is the best specific solution but just to add another "generalised" solution

SELECT M.ModelID,
       M.Model,
       C.Content
FROM   Models M
       OUTER APPLY (SELECT TOP 1 *
                    FROM   Models_Content C
                    WHERE  M.ModelID = C.ModelID
                    ORDER  BY C.ContentID ASC) C
WHERE  M.ModelID = 5