Re: Return LEFT JOINed tables when one has no matching column

In article <4A425379.90907@alteeve.com>,
Madison Kelly <linux@alteeve.com> writes:

> SELECT
>     a.tbl1_name,
>     b.tbl2_date,
>     c.tbl3_value AS some_value
> FROM
>     table_1 a
> LEFT JOIN
>     table_2 b ON (a.tbl1_id=b.tbl2_tbl1_id)
> LEFT JOIN
>     table_3 c ON (a.tbl1_id=c.tbl3_tbl1_id)
> WHERE
>     c.tbl3_variable='some_variable'
> AND
>     a.tbl1_id=123;

>   I want the data from table_1 and table_2 to return and table_3 to
> return NULL when there is no matching
> c.tbl3_variable='some_variable'. Is this possible?

Move "c.tbl3_variable='some_variable'" from WHERE to c's ON clause.