Can't Join This Query

I really need some help. I'm going nuts. I been trying to get this to work all morning and i cant get it it work. the simple version is I am trying to join these two sql queries and make them one.


Code:


SELECT news. * , CONCAT( users.user_fname, " ", users.user_lname ) AS org_author
FROM news
LEFT JOIN users ON news.news_author = users.user_id
WHERE news_id =41

SELECT CONCAT('users.user_fname', 'users.user_lname') *AS edit FROM users WHERE users.user_id=54



my previous attempts are

trouble with query.

I have a news table which has the ID of the original author and a column for the author who last edits the news article. both columns store the id of the author.

now when I'm editing the article I want to get the name of the author from the users table.

I have done a left join to get the first author (original author) but I'm having a real hard time trying to get the name of the author who last edited the record.

they both need to lookup the user_fname and user_lname fields from the users table.

my current sql is below


Code:

SELECT news.*, CONCAT(users.user_fname, " ",users.user_lname) AS org_author FROM news LEFT JOIN users ON news.news_author=users.user_id WHERE news_id=41



which gives me

Code:

news_id *news_subject *news_article *news_author *news_date *news_edited *edit_author *org_author *
41InterclubBunbury IC club has asked us all to attend a inter...771090247547109041836254Adam Green



Now how do i adapt it to get the name of the author to last edit the article? do I do a sub query another left join ???
every way I try doesn't work.

this is what I'm currently trying to get it with.


Code:


SELECT news. * , CONCAT( users.user_fname, " ", users.user_lname ) AS org_author
FROM news
LEFT JOIN users ON news.news_author = users.user_id
LEFT JOIN (

SELECT CONCAT( users.user_fname, " ", users.user_lname ) AS edit_author
FROM news
WHERE news.edit_author = users.user_id
)
WHERE news_id =41




Heres a different approach that I thought would work


Code:


SELECT news. * , CONCAT( users.user_fname, " ", users.user_lname ) AS org_author
FROM news
LEFT JOIN users ON news.news_author = users.user_id
LEFT JOIN (

SELECT concat( users.user_fname, users.user_lname ) AS edit
FROM users
WHERE users.user_id =54
) AS edit
WHERE news_id =41



but no i get this error

Code:


MySQL said:

#1064 - You have an error in your SQL syntax near '(
SELECT concat( users.user_fname, users.user_lname ) *AS edit
FROM users
WHERE' at line 4



I also tried


Code:


SELECT news.*, CONCAT(users.user_fname, " ",users.user_lname) AS org_author, *(SELECT concat(users.user_fname, users.user_lname) AS edit from users where users.user_id=54) AS edit FROM news LEFT JOIN users ON news.news_author=users.user_id
WHERE news_id=41



but got this error

Code:


MySQL said:

#1064 - You have an error in your SQL syntax near 'SELECT concat( users.user_fname, users.user_lname ) *AS edit
FROM users
WHERE us' at line 2



can anyone help me with this query its been driving me up the wall all morning.