how to select distinct rows from two tables linked with foreign key

Question

I want to show images from database.I have two tables gallery_photos

gallery_category

I want to show any photos_filename with category_name. photo_category is the foreign key of category_id

mysql query i wrote

SELECT distinct a.category_name
       ,b.photo_filename 
FROM gallery_category a  
inner join gallery_photos b  on (a.category_id=b.photo_category)

please help me to do that...

i want to select exactly like this

albums/1456226111.jpg interior
albums/1456226239.jpg graphics
albums/1456226339.jpg random
albums/1456226478.jpg goods

Answer 1

you can grouping it by group by

SELECT a.category_name,b.photo_filename 
FROM gallery_category a  JOIN gallery_photos b  
ON a.category_id=b.photo_category 
GROUP BY a.category_name

Answer 2

Use Left join to keep all the rows in the left table.

SELECT 
  b.photo_filename, 
  a.category_name 
FROM 
  gallery_category a  LEFT join gallery_photos b  ON (a.category_id=b.photo_category)

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