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SQL Joins

The SQL JOIN Clause

The JOIN

clause is used to combine rows from two or more tables, based on a related column between them. Here are the different types of JOINs in SQL: (INNER) JOIN : Returns only rows that have matching values in both tables LEFT (OUTER) JOIN : Returns all rows from the left table, and only the matched rows from the right table RIGHT (OUTER) JOIN : Returns all rows from the right table, and only the matched rows from the left table FULL (OUTER) JOIN : Returns all rows when there is a match in either the left or right table Look at an order in "Orders" table:

OrderID

CustomerID

OrderDate

10308

Formula

1996 - 09 - 18
Then, look at a customer in the "Customers" table:

CustomerID

CustomerName

ContactName

Country

Ana Trujillo Emparedados y helados

Ana Trujillo

Mexico

Here we see that the "CustomerID" column in the "Orders" table refers to the "CustomerID" in the "Customers" table. The relationship between the two tables above is the "CustomerID" column. Then, we can create the following SQL statement (that contains an

Inner Join

), that selects records that have matching values in both tables:

Example

SELECT Orders.OrderID, Customers.CustomerName, Orders.OrderDate

FROM Orders

INNER JOIN Customers ON Orders.CustomerID=Customers.CustomerID;

and it will produce something like this:

OrderID

CustomerName

OrderDate

10308

Ana Trujillo Emparedados y helados

Formula

1996 - 09 - 18

10365 Antonio Moreno Taquería

Formula

1996 - 11 - 27

10383

Around the Horn

Formula

1996 - 11 - 15

10355

Around the Horn

Formula

1996 - 12 - 16

10278 Berglunds snabbköp

Formula

1996 - 12 - 16

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