drop table if exists t1,t2; create table t1 ( c_id int(11) not null default '0', org_id int(11) default null, unique key contacts$c_id (c_id), key contacts$org_id (org_id) ) engine=innodb; insert into t1 values (2,null),(120,null),(141,null),(218,7), (128,1), (151,2),(234,2),(236,2),(243,2),(255,2),(259,2),(232,3),(235,3),(238,3), (246,3),(253,3),(269,3),(285,3),(291,3),(293,3),(131,4),(230,4),(231,4); create table t2 ( slai_id int(11) not null default '0', owner_tbl int(11) default null, owner_id int(11) default null, sla_id int(11) default null, inc_web int(11) default null, inc_email int(11) default null, inc_chat int(11) default null, inc_csr int(11) default null, inc_total int(11) default null, time_billed int(11) default null, activedate timestamp null default null, expiredate timestamp null default null, state int(11) default null, sla_set int(11) default null, unique key t2$slai_id (slai_id), key t2$owner_id (owner_id), key t2$sla_id (sla_id) ) engine=innodb; insert into t2(slai_id, owner_tbl, owner_id, sla_id) values (1,3,1,1), (3,3,10,2), (4,3,3,6), (5,3,2,5), (6,3,8,3), (7,3,9,7), (8,3,6,8), (9,3,4,9), (10,3,5,10), (11,3,11,11), (12,3,7,12); flush tables; select si.slai_id from t1 c join t2 si on ((si.owner_tbl = 3 and si.owner_id = c.org_id) or ( si.owner_tbl = 2 and si.owner_id = c.c_id)) where c.c_id = 218 and expiredate is null; slai_id 12 select * from t1 where org_id is null; c_id org_id 2 NULL 120 NULL 141 NULL select si.slai_id from t1 c join t2 si on ((si.owner_tbl = 3 and si.owner_id = c.org_id) or ( si.owner_tbl = 2 and si.owner_id = c.c_id)) where c.c_id = 218 and expiredate is null; slai_id 12 drop table t1, t2;