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

While you can use aliased left joins, in this case you could also use a combination of grouping and conditional expressions:

select t.ticket_id,
       max(case when a.attr_type=1 then a.attr_val end) attr_val1,
       max(case when a.attr_type=2 then a.attr_val end) attr_val2,
       max(case when a.attr_type=3 then a.attr_val end) attr_val3
from ticket t
left join attr a on t.ticket_id = a.ticket_id
group by t.ticket_id

Answer 2

You need to use multiple LEFT JOINs:

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 attr a1 ON ticket.ticket_id=a1.ticket_id AND a1.attr_type=1
    LEFT JOIN attr a2 ON ticket.ticket_id=a2.ticket_id AND a2.attr_type=2
    LEFT JOIN attr a3 ON ticket.ticket_id=a3.ticket_id AND a3.attr_type=3

Here is an example: SQL Fiddle.

Answer 3

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