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?

1:
2:
3:
4:



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
_________
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;
}
}
}


}
}

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>