MYSQL: How to JOIN two tables on the same query referencing the same table twice

Question

I have two tables. I\'m trying to JOIN the sample two tables below with table 1 referencing Table 2 twice. For example if I look at Table 1: Group 2 and Members 7, it should loo

Answer 1

Join with Table 2 twice on different columns.

SELECT t1.*, t2.name AS group_name, t3.name AS member_name
FROM Table1 AS t1
JOIN Table2 AS t2 ON t1.group = t2.id
JOIN Table2 AS t3 ON t1.members = t3.id

Answer 2

SELECT
  Table_1.*,
  g.Name,
  m.Name
FROM
  Table_1
  INNER JOIN Table_2 AS g ON Table_1.Group=g.ID
  INNER JOIN Table_2 AS m ON Table_1.Group=m.ID
WHERE
  Table_1.Group=2
  AND Table_1.Member=7

Answer 3

Hard to tell exactly what you need from that description but aliasing the tables may be what you need. It works like this:

SELECT t1.x, t2_1.y, t2_2.z
FROM table1 AS t1
JOIN table2 AS t2_1 ON t1.whatever = t2_1.whatever
JOIN table2 AS t2_2 ON t1.whatever = t2_2.whatever
...