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SELECT `b`.* FROM `v2206_banners_categories` `bc` LEFT JOIN `v2206_banners` `b` ON `bc`.`banner_id` = `b`.`id` WHERE `status` = 'active' AND `position` = 'left' AND (`bc`.`category_id` = '3' OR `b`.`recursive` = '1' AND `bc`.`category_id` IN('0')) ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 0, 1