SQL Joins
SQL JOIN
A SQL Join statement is used to combine data or rows from two or more tables based on a common field between them. Different types of Joins are:
INNER JOIN
LEFT JOIN
RIGHT JOIN
FULL JOIN
Consider the two tables below:
Student

StudentCourse

INNER JOIN: The INNER JOIN keyword selects all rows from both the tables as long as the condition satisfies. This keyword will create the result-set by combining all rows from both the tables where the condition satisfies i.e value of the common field will be same. Syntax:
SELECT table1.column1,table1.column2,table2.column1,.... FROM table1 INNER JOIN table2 ON table1.matching_column = table2.matching_column; table1: First table. table2: Second table matching_column: Column common to both the tables.
Note: We can also write JOIN instead of INNER JOIN. JOIN is same as INNER JOIN.
Example Queries(INNER JOIN)
LEFT JOIN: This join returns all the rows of the table on the left side of the join and matching rows for the table on the right side of join. The rows for which there is no matching row on right side, the result-set will contain null. LEFT JOIN is also known as LEFT OUTER JOIN.Syntax:
SELECT table1.column1,table1.column2,table2.column1,.... FROM table1 LEFT JOIN table2 ON table1.matching_column = table2.matching_column; table1: First table. table2: Second table matching_column: Column common to both the tables.
Note: We can also use LEFT OUTER JOIN instead of LEFT JOIN, both are same.
Example Queries(LEFT JOIN):
SELECT Student.NAME,StudentCourse.COURSE_ID FROM Student LEFT JOIN StudentCourse ON StudentCourse.ROLL_NO = Student.ROLL_NO;
RIGHT JOIN: RIGHT JOIN is similar to LEFT JOIN. This join returns all the rows of the table on the right side of the join and matching rows for the table on the left side of join. The rows for which there is no matching row on left side, the result-set will contain null. RIGHT JOIN is also known as RIGHT OUTER JOIN.Syntax:
SELECT table1.column1,table1.column2,table2.column1,.... FROM table1 RIGHT JOIN table2 ON table1.matching_column = table2.matching_column; table1: First table. table2: Second table matching_column: Column common to both the tables.
Note: We can also use RIGHT OUTER JOIN instead of RIGHT JOIN, both are same.
Example Queries(RIGHT JOIN):
SELECT Student.NAME,StudentCourse.COURSE_ID FROM Student RIGHT JOIN StudentCourse ON StudentCourse.ROLL_NO = Student.ROLL_NO;
FULL JOIN: FULL JOIN creates the result-set by combining result of both LEFT JOIN and RIGHT JOIN. The result-set will contain all the rows from both the tables. The rows for which there is no matching, the result-set will contain NULL values.Syntax:
SELECT table1.column1,table1.column2,table2.column1,.... FROM table1 FULL JOIN table2 ON table1.matching_column = table2.matching_column; table1: First table. table2: Second table matching_column: Column common to both the tables.
Example Queries(FULL JOIN):
SELECT Student.NAME,StudentCourse.COURSE_ID FROM Student FULL JOIN StudentCourse ON StudentCourse.ROLL_NO = Student.ROLL_NO;
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