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SQL Left Join

The document discusses SQL LEFT JOIN, which returns all rows from the left table, even if there are no matches in the right table. It provides the syntax for a LEFT JOIN statement, which uses the LEFT JOIN keyword followed by the table names and an ON clause to specify the join condition. An example demonstrates a LEFT JOIN between a Persons table and Orders table to list all persons and their orders, returning all person rows along with any matching order numbers.

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SQL Left Join

The document discusses SQL LEFT JOIN, which returns all rows from the left table, even if there are no matches in the right table. It provides the syntax for a LEFT JOIN statement, which uses the LEFT JOIN keyword followed by the table names and an ON clause to specify the join condition. An example demonstrates a LEFT JOIN between a Persons table and Orders table to list all persons and their orders, returning all person rows along with any matching order numbers.

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MYSQL LEFT JOIN

SQL LEFT JOIN Keyword


The LEFT JOIN keyword returns all rows from the left table (table_name1), even if there are no matches in the right table (table_name2).

SQL LEFT JOIN Syntax


SELECT column_name(s) FROM table_name1 LEFT JOIN table_name2 ON table_name1.column_name=table_name2.column_name PS: In some databases LEFT JOIN is called LEFT OUTER JOIN.

SQL LEFT JOIN Example


The "Persons" table: P_Id LastName FirstName Address City 1 Hansen Ola Timoteivn 10 Sandnes 2 Svendson Tove Borgvn 23 Sandnes 3 Pettersen Kari Storgt 20 Stavanger The "Orders" table: O_Id 1 2 3 4 5 OrderNo 77895 44678 22456 24562 34764 P_Id 3 3 1 1 15

Now we want to list all the persons and their orders - if any, from the tables above. We use the following SELECT statement:

SELECT Persons.LastName, Persons.FirstName, Orders.OrderNo FROM Persons LEFT JOIN Orders ON Persons.P_Id=Orders.P_Id ORDER BY Persons.LastName The result-set will look like this: LastName FirstName OrderNo Hansen Ola 22456 Hansen Ola 24562 Pettersen Kari 77895 Pettersen Kari 44678 Svendson Tove The LEFT JOIN keyword returns all the rows from the left table (Persons), even if there are no matches in the right table (Orders).

Taken from: w3school.com (*all credit)

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