Return only one row from the right-most table for every row in the left-most table

Use:

  SELECT u.id,
         u.name,
         MIN(t.spent) AS spent
    FROM USERS u
    JOIN TRANSACTIONS t ON t.uid = u.id
GROUP BY u.id, u.name

Mind that this will only return users who have at least one TRANSACTIONS record. If you want to see users who don’t have supporting records as well as those who do – use:

   SELECT u.id,
          u.name,
          COALESCE(MIN(t.spent), 0) AS spent
     FROM USERS u
LEFT JOIN TRANSACTIONS t ON t.uid = u.id
 GROUP BY u.id, u.name