Because you screwed syntax order… Multi join works like this: select u.user_name,u.user_emailid,u.user_mobno, q.que1_name,q.qa1,q.que2_name,q.qa2,q.que3_name,q.qa3,q.que4_name,q.qa4,q.que5_name,q.qa5,q. que6a_name,q.qa6a,q.que6b_name,q.qa6b,q.que7_name,q.qa7, r1.ref_name,r1.ref_email,r1.ref_mobno, q.que1_name,q.qa1,q.que2_name,q.qa2,q.que3_name,q.qa3,q.que4_name,q.qa4,q.que5_name,q.qa5,q. que6a_name,q.qa6a,q.que6b_name,q.qa6b,q.que7_name,q.qa7, r2.ref_name,r2.ref_email,r2.ref_mobno, q.que1_name,q.qa1,q.que2_name,q.qa2,q.que3_name,q.qa3,q.que4_name,q.qa4,q.que5_name,q.qa5,q. que6a_name,q.qa6a,q.que6b_name,q.qa6b,q.que7_name,q.qa7, r3.ref_name,r3.ref_email,r3.ref_mobno, q.que1_name,q.qa1,q.que2_name,q.qa2,q.que3_name,q.qa3,q.que4_name,q.qa4,q.que5_name,q.qa5,q. que6a_name,q.qa6a,q.que6b_name,q.qa6b,q.que7_name,q.qa7 from question q LEFT JOIN user u USING(user_id) LEFT JOIN reference_1 r1 USING(ref_id_1) LEFT JOIN reference_2 r2 USING(ref_id_2) LEFT JOIN reference_3 r3 USING(ref_id_3) WHERE q.flag = 1 Where must be at the … Read more