I am sstruggling to make a query to join the corresponding replacing the IDs. I have two tables USERS and CONNECTIONS.
Users:
user_id first_name
--------------------
3 Jim
4 Pam
5 Michael
Connections:
user_id friend_id
--------------------
3 4
4 3
4 5
5 4
In Connections both columns includes the user_id from Users to represent the connection between the people. I need the result like below:
user friend ---------------- Jim Pam Pam Jim Pam Michael Michael Pam
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Answer
Joining Connections table with Users tables give the expected result.
By using U1.user_id = C.user_id to get the user and using U2.user_id = C.friend_id to get the friend values.
SELECT U1.first_name AS user, U2.first_name AS friend FROM Connections C JOIN Users U1 ON U1.user_id = C.user_id JOIN Users U2 ON U2.user_id = C.friend_id
output:
user friend -------------------- Jim Pam Pam Jim Pam Michael Michael Pam