mysql> SELECT * FROM users; +------+------+ | id | name | +------+------+ | 1 | 0 | +------+------+ mysql> SELECT * FROM permissions; +--------+----------------+ | userID | permissionName | +--------+----------------+ | 1 | perm1 | | NULL | perm2 | +--------+----------------+ mysql> SELECT * FROM users RIGHT JOIN permissions ON users.id = permissions.userID WHERE users.id = 1; +------+------+--------+----------------+ | id | name | userID | permissionName | +------+------+--------+----------------+ | 1 | 0 | 1 | perm1 | +------+------+--------+----------------+