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MySQL query with multiple joins on 7 tables

Hello,

I need help with a query involving 7 tables. I've attached a visual schema that I hope will help.
What I want to do is select all of the documents and display their associated data in each table.

1. Show all the fields in all the records in docs
2. Match docs.doc_cat->category.cat_id to show the cat_name field in category
3. Match docs.doc_origin->origin.origin_id to show the origin field in origin
4. Match docs.doc_id=mapchapters.doc_id AND chapters.chapter_id=mapchapters.chapid to show the chapter field in the chapters table
5. Match docs.doc_id=mapcriteria.doc_id AND criteria.criteria_id=map_criteria.criteria_id to show the criteria field in the criteria table

I was doing fine joning the origin, docs, and category tables,

but when it came to steps 4 and 5 I hit a wall.

each document has 1 category and 1 origin but many criteria and many chapters
document->chapters=many:many
document->criteria=many:many

I hope that I have provided all of the information needed to answer this query, but if not please let me know and I will get back to you right away.
Thanks,
Audg

SELECT * FROM docs AS d1,
LEFT JOIN category AS c1 ON d1.doc_cat=c1.cat_id 
LEFT JOIN origin AS o1 ON d1.doc_origin=o1.origin_id

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Awesome! It worked! Thanks. I kept thinking I had to define docs with different aliases since I was joining it to multiple tables. Also, is the AS optional? i.e. you have
Join mapchapters mc
but
Join origin AS 01

Daniel Wilson

Yes, I'm pretty sure AS is optional. I know it is in MS SQL Server ...