Question : MySQL IFNULL() selection

When i select data from two tables where a value exists in a columns in both tables i can just use the IFNULL method to select the value.

IFNULL( u.id, m.user_id ) AS user_id     <--- This works

but when the value only exists in one of the tables i can't.

IFNULL( m.usergroup_id ) AS usergroup_id      <---- This doesn't work

usergroup_id <---- This works but NULL is returned
m.usergroup_id <---- This works but NULL is returned

How should i select the usergroup id when it only exists in one of the tables?

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SELECT u.name, u.username, u.email, IFNULL( u.id, m.user_id ) AS user_id IFNULL( m.usergroup_id ) AS usergroup_id <--- This line doesn't work FROM table1 AS u LEFT JOIN table2 AS m ON u.id = m.user_id

Answer : MySQL IFNULL() selection

The following is my solution:
1- Create a custom TreeItemRenderer as follows:

RadioButtonTreeItemRenderer.as
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package
{
      import flash.events.Event;
      
      import mx.controls.RadioButton;
      import mx.controls.RadioButtonGroup;
      import mx.controls.treeClasses.*;

      public class RadioButtonTreeItemRenderer extends TreeItemRenderer
      {
            public var RadioBtn:RadioButton;
            public var RadioBtnGR:RadioButtonGroup
        public var itemXml:XML;

            public function RadioButtonTreeItemRenderer()
            {
                  super();
                  mouseEnabled = false;
            }


            override public function set data(value:Object):void{
            if(value != null){
                super.data = value;
               
                this.itemXml = XML(value);
                if(this.itemXml.@checked == true ){
                    this.RadioBtn.selected = true;
                }else{
                    this.RadioBtn.selected = false;
                }
            }
        }
        override protected function createChildren():void{
            super.createChildren();
            RadioBtn = new RadioButton();
            RadioBtnGR = new  RadioButtonGroup();
           
           RadioBtn.group = RadioBtnGR;
           addChild(RadioBtn);
        }
        override protected function updateDisplayList(unscaledWidth:Number, unscaledHeight:Number):void{
            super.updateDisplayList(unscaledWidth,unscaledHeight);
            if(super.data){
                var tld:TreeListData = TreeListData(super.listData);

                if(tld.hasChildren){
                    this.RadioBtn.visible = false;
                }else{
                    this.RadioBtn.visible = true;
                }
                if(RadioBtn.visible){
                    this.RadioBtn.x = super.label.x
                    super.label.x = this.RadioBtn.x + 17;
                    this.RadioBtn.y = super.label.y+8;
                }
            }
        }
      
      
}
}

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2- application code is :
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" backgroundColor="#FFFFFF">

      <mx:XML format="e4x" id="myData">
            <root>

                  <item id="item1" label="List A">
                        <part id="part1" label="part1" checked = "true"  parentid="item1"/>
                        <part id="part2" label="part2" checked = "false" parentid="item1"/>

                  </item>

                  <item id="item2" label="List B">
                        <part id="part1" label="part1" checked = "false" parentid="item2"/>
                        <part id="part2" label="part2" checked = "false" parentid="item2"/>
                        <part id="part3" label="part3" checked = "true"  parentid="item2"/>
                        <part id="part4" label="part4" checked = "false" parentid="item2"/>
                        <part id="part5" label="part5" checked = "false" parentid="item2"/>
                  </item>

                  <item id="item3" label="Item c">
                        <part id="part1" label="part1" checked = "false" parentid="item3"/>
                        <part id="part2" label="part2" checked = "true" parentid="item3"/>
                  </item>  

            </root>
      </mx:XML>

      <mx:Script>
            <![CDATA[
                  import mx.collections.ArrayCollection;
                  import mx.rpc.events.ResultEvent;
                  import mx.controls.Alert;


                  private function TreeClickHandler(event:Event):void
                  {
                        var selectedXmlList:XMLList;
                        var itemObject:Object = event.currentTarget.selectedItem;

                        if (!myTree.dataDescriptor.isBranch(itemObject)) {
                              selectedXmlList = myData.item.part.(@parentid == itemObject.@parentid);
                              processSelection(selectedXmlList,itemObject.@id);
                        }

                  }

                  private function processSelection(list:XMLList,Objid:String):void {
                        var item:XML;
                        for each(item in list) {
                              if (item.@id!=Objid)
                              {
                                    item.@checked = false;
                              }else
                              {
                                    item.@checked = true;
                              }
                        }
                  }

            ]]>
      </mx:Script>


      <mx:Panel width="75%" height="75%">
            <mx:Tree
                         id="myTree"  
                         itemClick="TreeClickHandler(event)"      
                         itemRenderer="RadioButtonTreeItemRenderer"
                         showRoot="false"
                         width="100%"  
                         height="100%"
                         labelField="@label"                                            
                         folderClosedIcon="{null}"
                         folderOpenIcon="{null}"
                         defaultLeafIcon="{null}"
                         dataProvider="{myData}"
                         openItems="{myData..item}">
            </mx:Tree>

      </mx:Panel>

</mx:Application>