Make Categorical Links Page 2.3

$linkcats = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT DISTINCT $wpdb->terms.term_id AS cat_id, name AS cat_name FROM $wpdb->terms INNER JOIN $wpdb->term_taxonomy ON $wpdb->terms.term_id = $wpdb->term_taxonomy.term_id AND $wpdb->term_taxonomy.taxonomy = 'link_category'");