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Joins: A Visual Explanation of SQL Joins

The document explains different types of SQL joins including inner joins, full outer joins, left outer joins, and cross joins. It uses tables and Venn diagrams to visually demonstrate how each join combines records from two tables based on matching fields.

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Joins: A Visual Explanation of SQL Joins

The document explains different types of SQL joins including inner joins, full outer joins, left outer joins, and cross joins. It uses tables and Venn diagrams to visually demonstrate how each join combines records from two tables based on matching fields.

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Joins

AVisualExplanationofSQLJoins
Assumewehavethefollowingtwotables.TableAisontheleft,andTableBisontheright. We'llpopulatethemwithfourrecordseach.

Let'sjointhesetablesbythenamefieldinafewdifferentwaysandseeifwecangeta conceptualmatchtothoseniftyVenndiagrams.

InnerjoinproducesonlythesetofrecordsthatmatchinbothTableAandTableB.

FullouterjoinproducesthesetofallrecordsinTableAandTableB,withmatchingrecords frombothsideswhereavailable.Ifthereisnomatch,themissingsidewillcontainnull.

LeftouterjoinproducesacompletesetofrecordsfromTableA,withthematchingrecords (whereavailable)inTableB.Ifthereisnomatch,therightsidewillcontainnull.

ToproducethesetofrecordsonlyinTableA,butnotinTableB,weperformthesameleftouter join,thenexcludetherecordswedon'twantfromtherightsideviaawhereclause.

ToproducethesetofrecordsuniquetoTableAandTableB,weperformthesamefullouter join,thenexcludetherecordswedon'twantfrombothsidesviaawhereclause.

There'salsoacartesianproductorcrossjoin,whichasfarasIcantell,can'tbeexpressedas aVenndiagram:

Thisjoins"everythingtoeverything",resultingin4x4=16rows,farmorethanwehadinthe originalsets.Ifyoudothemath,youcanseewhythisisaverydangerousjointorunagainst largetables.

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