Select all results from table1 as well table2 in mysql where both table has one common id

Question

I have 2 tables.

table1 structure

id | status_type | status_content | 
1  | image       | abc            |       
2  | text           | def            |        
3  | video       | ghi            |       

table2 stucture

|file_id | status_id | file_name |
 | 1      |   1       | image.png |
 | 2      |   3       | video.mp4 |

and I want all results from both tables. eg

id | status_type | status_content | file_id | file_name |
1  | image         | abc            |  1      | image.png |
2  | text        | def            |   blank      |   blank        |
3  | video       | ghi            |  3      | video.mp4 |      

Answer 1

You can use:

SELECT table1.id,table1.status_type, table1.status_content,
     table2.status_id,table2.file_name,
     FROM table2
     INNER JOIN table2
     ON table1.id=table2.file_id ;

A join can help you.