Mysql join from multiple tables

Question

I have 3 tables

friends
posts
members

friends
========
id, to, from (user_id\'s), status

there are 3 status\'s -1 = denied, 0 = no response/new, 1 = accept         


        

Answer 1

Try this :

    SELECT p.text,m.f_name,m.l_name FROM posts p 
    LEFT OUTER JOIN members m ON p.user_id=m.member_id
    where p.user_id in(select id from friends);

OR

   SELECT p.text,m.f_name,m.l_name FROM posts p 
   LEFT OUTER JOIN members m ON p.user_id=m.member_id
   INNER JOIN friends f on p.user_id=f.id