How to apply outer join on 2 tables using an intermediate table?

Question

table1 | id | value
--------------------
          1 | john
          2 | frank
          3 | patel
          4 | jim

table2 | id | value
--------------------
          6 | steve
          7 | tim
          8 | sunny
          9 | bhaskar

merged | tabid1 | tabid2
------------------------------
         3      | 7
         4      | 8

output needed:

    output  | tabid1 | tabval1 | tabid2 | tabval2
              1      | john    | NULL   | NULL
              2      | frank   | NULL   | NULL
              3      | patel   | 7      | tim
              4      | jim     | 8      | sunny
              NULL   | NULL    | 6      | steve
              NULL   | NULL    | 9      | bhaskar

I tried:

SELECT * 
FROM table1
LEFT JOIN merged m1 ON table1.id = m1.tabid1, merged m2
RIGHT JOIN table2 ON table2.id = m2.tabid2

But its giving 16 rows instead of required 6

Answer 1

select table1.id,table1.value,table2.id,table2.value 
     from table1 left join merged on table1.id=merged.tabid1 
            left join table2 on merged.tabid2=table2.id 
union 
select table1.id,table1.value,table2.id,table2.value 
     from table2 left join merged on table2.id=merged.tabid2
     left join table1 on merged.tabid1=table1.id ;

or with right join:

SELECT * FROM 
    table1 LEFT JOIN merged on table1.id=merged.tabid1 
           LEFT JOIN table2 ON merged.tabid2=table2.id  
UNION 
SELECT * FROM 
    table1 RIGHT JOIN merged on table1.id=merged.tabid1 
           RIGHT JOIN table2 ON merged.tabid2=table2.id WHERE table1.id IS NULL;