MySQL LEFT JOIN ignores AND criteria - mysql

Question

I have a functional LEFT JOIN MySQL query structured like this:
SELECT
COUNT(HTG_ScheduleRequest.ID) AS current_job,
HTG_TechProps.EmpNumber,
HTG_TechProps.EmpFirstName,
HTG_TechProps.EmpLastName,
HTG_TechProps.Veh_Number
FROM HTG_TechProps
LEFT JOIN HTG_ScheduleRequest ON HTG_TechProps.EmpNumber = HTG_ScheduleRequest.SSR
AND (HTG_ScheduleRequest.ScheduleDateCurrent = CURDATE() || HTG_ScheduleRequest.ScheduleDateExact = CURDATE())
AND RecordType = '1'
AND HTG_ScheduleRequest.JobStatus IN (2,5,8,3,4,7)
GROUP BY HTG_TechProps.EmpNumber ORDER BY HTG_TechProps.EmpNumber ASC
I need to add some criteria to the initial SELECT table like this:
HTG_TechProps.EmpStatus='A'
I get a Syntax error when I add a WHERE statement prior to the LEFT JOIN and when I add an AND like this after the LEFT JOIN it is ignored an still returning records that are not equal to A.
LEFT JOIN HTG_ScheduleRequest ON HTG_TechProps.EmpNumber = HTG_ScheduleRequest.SSR
AND HTG_TechProps.EmpStatus='A'

Answer 1

Conditions on the first table in a LEFT JOIN should go in a WHERE clause:
SELECT COUNT(sr.ID) AS current_job,
tp.EmpNumber, tp.EmpFirstName, tp.EmpLastName, tp.Veh_Number
FROM HTG_TechProps tp LEFT JOIN
HTG_ScheduleRequest sr
ON tp.EmpNumber = sr.SSR AND
(sr.ScheduleDateCurrent = CURDATE() OR sr.ScheduleDateExact = CURDATE()
) AND
sr.RecordType = '1' AND -- assume this comes from SR
sr.JobStatus IN (2, 5, 8, 3, 4, 7)
WHERE tp.EmpStatus='A'
GROUP BY tp.EmpNumber -- this is okay assuming that it is unique or (equivalently) a primary key
ORDER BY tp.EmpNumber ASC;
Note that this introduces table aliases so the query is easier to write and to read.

Answer 2

You should Use OR
SELECT
COUNT(HTG_ScheduleRequest.ID) AS current_job,
HTG_TechProps.EmpNumber,
HTG_TechProps.EmpFirstName,
HTG_TechProps.EmpLastName,
HTG_TechProps.Veh_Number
FROM HTG_TechProps
LEFT JOIN HTG_ScheduleRequest ON HTG_TechProps.EmpNumber = HTG_ScheduleRequest.SSR
AND (HTG_ScheduleRequest.ScheduleDateCurrent = CURDATE() OR HTG_ScheduleRequest.ScheduleDateExact = CURDATE())
AND RecordType = '1'
AND HTG_ScheduleRequest.JobStatus IN (2,5,8,3,4,7)
GROUP BY HTG_TechProps.EmpNumber
ORDER BY HTG_TechProps.EmpNumber ASC
and if you want apply where condtion for main table's columns you could use where eg:
SELECT
COUNT(HTG_ScheduleRequest.ID) AS current_job,
HTG_TechProps.EmpNumber,
HTG_TechProps.EmpFirstName,
HTG_TechProps.EmpLastName,
HTG_TechProps.Veh_Number
FROM HTG_TechProps
LEFT JOIN HTG_ScheduleRequest ON HTG_TechProps.EmpNumber = HTG_ScheduleRequest.SSR
AND HTG_ScheduleRequest.JobStatus IN (2,5,8,3,4,7)
WHERE (HTG_ScheduleRequest.ScheduleDateCurrent = CURDATE() OR HTG_ScheduleRequest.ScheduleDateExact = CURDATE())
AND HTG_TechProps.RecordType = '1'
GROUP BY HTG_TechProps.EmpNumber
ORDER BY HTG_TechProps.EmpNumber ASC