Sql join, 2 tables, same fields
- by Lobuno
I have 2 tables. To simplify:
Table 1, users:
userId int,
userName nvarchar(50)
Table 2 , messages:
msgId int,
msgFrom int,
msgTo int...
msg1 and msg2, both contain userId. Now I want to get all messages, but instead of the msgFrom I want the user name. I know what to do here:
select tabMessages.*, tabUsers.userName as Sender from tabMessages inner join tabUsers on msgFrom=userId where msgId = @someParameter;
Everything works fine and dandy. The same to get the user name instead of msgTo. Now the problem is, how do I do to get BOTH fields in the same call? I want to get the table as
msgId, msgFrom, msgTo, Sender, Recipient. I have tried as:
select tabMessages.*, tabUsers.userName as Sender, tabUsers.userName as Recipient from tabMessages inner join tabUsers on msgFrom=userId and msgTo=userId where msgId = @someParameter;
but that doesn't work. I'm using Ms sql2000 by the way.
