}
						}
					} else {
						fromClause.Joins = append(fromClause.Joins, clause.Join{
							Expression: clause.NamedExpr{SQL: join.Name, Vars: join.Conds},
						})
					}
				} else {
					fromClause.Joins = append(fromClause.Joins, clause.Join{
						Expression: clause.NamedExpr{SQL: join.Name, Vars: join.Conds},
					})
				}
			}

			db.Statement.AddClause(fromClause)
		} else {

	relation.Type = Many2Many

	var (
		err             error
		joinTableFields []reflect.StructField
		fieldsMap       = map[string]*Field{}
		ownFieldsMap    = map[string]*Field{} // fix self join many2many
		referFieldsMap  = map[string]*Field{}
		joinForeignKeys = toColumns(field.TagSettings["JOINFOREIGNKEY"])
		joinReferences  = toColumns(field.TagSettings["JOINREFERENCES"])
	)

	}
	return
}

// Joins specify Joins conditions
//
//	db.Joins("Account").Find(&user)
//	db.Joins("JOIN emails ON emails.user_id = users.id AND emails.email = ?", "******@****.***").Find(&user)
//	db.Joins("Account", DB.Select("id").Where("user_id = users.id AND name = ?", "someName").Model(&Account{}))
func (db *DB) Joins(query string, args ...interface{}) (tx *DB) {
	return joins(db, clause.LeftJoin, query, args...)
}

				tx.Clauses(clause.Expr{SQL: strings.Replace(joinStmt.SQL.String(), "WHERE ", "", 1), Vars: joinStmt.Vars})
			}
		}

		tx = tx.Session(&Session{QueryFields: true}).Clauses(clause.From{Joins: []clause.Join{{
			Table: clause.Table{Name: association.Relationship.JoinTable.Table},
			ON:    clause.Where{Exprs: queryConds},
		}}})
	} else {
		tx.Clauses(clause.Where{Exprs: queryConds})
	}

	return tx

					Name: "nested-joins-manager-namepet-1",
					Toy: Toy{
						Name: "nested-joins-manager-namepet-toy-1",
					},
				},
			},
			NamedPet: &Pet{Name: "nested-joins-namepet-1", Toy: Toy{Name: "nested-joins-namepet-toy-1"}},
		},
		{
			Name:     "nested-joins-2",
			Manager:  GetUser("nested-joins-manager-2", Config{Company: true, NamedPet: true}),

	value := Value{
		Name: "value",
		Nested: &Nested{
			Join: Join{
				Value: "j1",
				Preload: Preload{
					Value: "p1",
				},
			},
		},
	}

	if err := DB.Create(&value).Error; err != nil {
		t.Errorf("failed to create value, got err: %v", err)
	}

	var find1 Value

	}
	sort.Strings(preloadNames)

	isJoined := func(name string) (joined bool, nestedJoins []string) {
		for _, join := range joins {
			if _, ok := relationships.Relations[join]; ok && name == join {
				joined = true
				continue
			}
			joinNames := strings.SplitN(join, ".", 2)
			if len(joinNames) == 2 {
				if _, ok := relationships.Relations[joinNames[0]]; ok && name == joinNames[0] {
					joined = true

			continue
		}

		if len(joinFields) == 0 || len(joinFields[idx]) == 0 {
			db.AddError(field.Set(db.Statement.Context, reflectValue, values[idx]))
		} else { // joinFields count is larger than 2 when using join
			var isNilPtrValue bool
			var relValue reflect.Value
			// does not contain raw dbname
			nestedJoinSchemas := joinFields[idx][:len(joinFields[idx])-1]
			// current reflect value
			currentReflectValue := reflectValue

	if err := DB.Select("people.*, addresses.*").
		Table("people").
		Joins("inner join person_addresses on people.id = person_addresses.person_id").
		Joins("inner join addresses on person_addresses.address_id = addresses.id").
		Find(&personAddressInfoList).Error; err != nil {
		t.Errorf("Failed to run join query, got error: %v", err)
	}

	personMatched := false
	addressMatched := false

}

// ColumnName convert string to column name
func (ns NamingStrategy) ColumnName(table, column string) string {
	return ns.toDBName(column)
}

// JoinTableName convert string to join table name
func (ns NamingStrategy) JoinTableName(str string) string {
	if !ns.NoLowerCase && strings.ToLower(str) == str {
		return ns.TablePrefix + str
	}

	if ns.SingularTable {