I have tables like:
'profile_values'
userID | fid     | value  
-------+---------+-------
1      | 3       | 
[email protected]
1      | 45      | 203-234-2345
3      | 3       | 
[email protected]
1      | 45      | 123-456-7890
And:
'users'
userID | name       
-------+-------
1      | joe      
2      | jane     
3      | jake    
I want to join them and have one row with two of the values like:
'profile_values'
userID | name  | email          | phone
-------+-------+----------------+--------------
1      | joe   | 
[email protected]  | 203-234-2345
2      | jane  | 
[email protected] | 123-456-7890
I have solved it but it feels clumsy and I want to know if there is a better way to do it. Meaning solutions that are either more readable or faster(optimized) or simply best-practice.
Current solution: multiple tables selected, many conditional statements:
SELECT u.userID AS memberid,
       u.name AS first_name, 
       pv1.value AS fname,
       pv2.value as lname
FROM  users AS u,
      profile_values AS pv1, 
      profile_values AS pv2,
WHERE u.userID = pv1.userID
  AND pv1.fid = 3
  AND u.userID = pv2.userID
  AND pv2.fid = 45;
Thanks for the help!