rendered paste bodymysql> SELECT * -> FROM `test1`;+----+-------+| id | data |+----+-------+| 1 | yes || 2 | no || 3 | maybe |+----+-------+3 rows in set (0.00 sec)mysql> SELECT * -> FROM `test2`;+-------+------------+| fk_id | date |+-------+------------+| 1 | 2007-04-02 || 3 | 2007-04-05 || 3 | 2006-01-21 |+-------+------------+3 rows in set (0.00 sec)mysql> SELECT * -> FROM `test1` -> LEFT JOIN `test2` ON -> WHERE MONTH( date )+----+-------+-------+-----| id | data | fk_id | date+----+-------+-------+-----| 1 | yes | 1 | 2007| 3 | maybe | 3 | 2007+----+-------+-------+-----2 rows in set (0.00 sec)Wanted :+----+-------+-------+-----| id | data | fk_id | date+----+-------+-------+-----| 1 | yes | 1 | 2007| 2 | no | null | null| 3 | maybe | 3 | 2007+----+-------+-------+-----