# Querying user\_custom\_fields

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/querying-user-custom-fields/120418
**Category:** Data & reporting
**Tags:** sql-query, user-custom-fields
**Created:** [June 15, 2019, 12:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/querying-user-custom-fields/120418 "2019-06-15T00:29:40Z")
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### Author: ![simon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/simon/32/339122_2.png) [@simon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2019, 4:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/querying-user-custom-fields/120418/2 "2019-06-15T04:12:24Z")

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You could try using WITH queries to define temporary tables for your user custom fields. As an example, I have User Fields for phone number and address. I know that the phone number field is `user_field_1` in my database and address is `user_field_2`. Here’s a query that will return the user’s email address, phone number, and street address, with one row for each user:

```sql
WITH user_field_1 AS (
SELECT ucf.value,
ucf.user_id
FROM user_custom_fields ucf
WHERE ucf.name = 'user_field_1'
),
user_field_2 AS (
SELECT ucf.value,
ucf.user_id
FROM user_custom_fields ucf
WHERE ucf.name = 'user_field_2'
)

SELECT
u.id AS user_id,
ue.email,
uf1.value AS phone_number,
uf2.value AS address
FROM users u
LEFT JOIN user_field_1 uf1
ON uf1.user_id = u.id
LEFT JOIN user_field_2 uf2
ON uf2.user_id = u.id
JOIN user_emails ue
ON ue.user_id = u.id

```

The easiest way I know of to find the `name` value of your user fields is to view the json of your user fields page (`/admin/customize/user_fields.json`). You’ll see the `id` for each field in the json data. A field with the `id` of 1 creates a `user_custom_field` with the name `user_field_1`. A field with the `id` of 2 creates a `user_custom_field` with the name `user_field_2`.

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