LEFT and RIGHT

JOINs
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Maham Faisal Khan

Senior Content Developer, Data Science
INNER JOIN diagram
Diagram for an INNER JOIN ON the id field

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LEFT JOIN initial diagram
LEFT JOIN will return all records in the left table, and those records in the right table that match
on the joining field provided

Diagram for a LEFT JOIN ON the id field

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LEFT JOIN diagram
Diagram for a LEFT JOIN ON the id field

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LEFT JOIN syntax
SELECT p1.country, prime_minister, president
FROM prime_ministers AS p1
LEFT JOIN presidents AS p2
USING(country);

Note. LEFT JOIN can also be written as LEFT OUTER JOIN .

| country | prime_minister | president |

|----------------|-------------------|------------------------- |
| Egypt | Mostafa Madbouly | Abdel Fattah el-Sisi |
| Portugal | Luís Montenegro | Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa |
| Pakistan | Shehbaz Sharif | Asif Ali Zardari |
| United Kingdom | Keir Starmer | null |
| India | Narendra Modi | Droupadi Murmu |
| Australia | Anthony Albanese | null |
...

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RIGHT JOIN
Diagram for a RIGHT JOIN ON the id field

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RIGHT JOIN syntax
SELECT *
FROM left_table
RIGHT JOIN right_table
ON left_table.id = right_table.id;

Note. RIGHT JOIN can also be written as RIGHT OUTER JOIN .

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RIGHT JOIN with presidents and prime ministers
SELECT p1.country, prime_minister, president
FROM prime_ministers AS p1
RIGHT JOIN presidents AS p2
USING(country);

| country | prime_minister | president |

|---------------- |------------------ |------------------------- |
| Egypt | Mostafa Madbouly | Abdel Fattah el-Sisi |
| Portugal | Luís Montenegro | Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa |
| USA | null | Joe Biden |
| Uruguay | null | Luis Lacalle Pou |
| Pakistan | Shehbaz Sharif | Asif Ali Zardari |
| Chile | null | Gabriel Boric |
| India | Narendra Modi | Droupadi Murmu |

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LEFT JOIN or RIGHT JOIN?
RIGHT JOIN is less commonly used than LEFT JOIN

Any RIGHT JOIN can be re-written as a LEFT JOIN

LEFT JOIN feels more intuitive to users when typing from left to right

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 FULL JOINs
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Maham Faisal Khan

Senior Content Developer, DataCamp
FULL JOIN initial diagram
A FULL JOIN combines a LEFT JOIN and a RIGHT JOIN

Diagram for a FULL JOIN ON the id field

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FULL JOIN diagram

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FULL JOIN syntax
SELECT left_table.id AS L_id,
right_table.id AS R_id,
left_table.val AS L_val,
right_table.val AS R_val
FROM left_table
FULL JOIN right_table
USING (id);

Note. The keyword FULL OUTER JOIN can also be used.

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FULL JOIN example using leaders database
SELECT p1.country AS country, prime_minister, president

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FULL JOIN example using leaders database
SELECT p1.country AS country, prime_minister, president

FROM prime_ministers AS p1

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FULL JOIN example using leaders database
SELECT p1.country AS country, prime_minister, president
FROM prime_ministers AS p1
FULL JOIN presidents AS p2

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FULL JOIN example using leaders database
SELECT p1.country AS country, prime_minister, president
FROM prime_ministers AS p1
FULL JOIN presidents AS p2
ON p1.country = p2.country
LIMIT 10;

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FULL JOIN example using leaders database
| country | prime_minister | president |
|---------------- |------------------ |------------------------- |
| Egypt | Mostafa Madbouly | Abdel Fattah el-Sisi |
| Portugal | Luís Montenegro | Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa |
| Pakistan | Shehbaz Sharif | Asif Ali Zardari |
| United Kingdom | Keir Starmer | null |
| USA | null | Joe Biden |
| Uruguay | null | Luis Lacalle Pou |
| Chile | null | Gabriel Boric |
| India | Narendra Modi | Droupadi Murmu |
| Norway | Jonas Gahr Støre | null |
| Brunei | Hassanal Bolkiah | null |

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 Crossing into CROSS
JOIN
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Maham Faisal Khan

Senior Content Developer, DataCamp
CROSS JOIN diagram
CROSS JOIN creates all possible combinations of two tables.

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CROSS JOIN syntax
SELECT id1, id2
FROM table1
CROSS JOIN table2;

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Pairing prime ministers with presidents
SELECT prime_minister, president
FROM prime_ministers AS p1
CROSS JOIN presidents AS p2
WHERE p1.continent IN ('Asia')
AND p2.continent IN ('South America');

|-------------------- |------------------------- |
| prime_minister | president |
|-------------------- |------------------------- |
| Shehbaz Sharif | Luis Lacalle Pou |
| Narendra Modi | Luis Lacalle Pou |
| Hassanal Bolkiah | Luis Lacalle Pou |
| Haitham bin Tarik | Luis Lacalle Pou |
| Shehbaz Sharif | Gabriel Boric |
| Narendra Modi | Gabriel Boric |
| Hassanal Bolkiah | Gabriel Boric |
| Haitham bin Tarik | Gabriel Boric |
|-------------------- |------------------------- |

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 Self joins
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Maham Faisal Khan

Senior Content Developer, DataCamp
Self joins
Self joins are tables joined with themselves
They can be used to compare parts of the same table
The prime_ministers table from the world leaders database

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Prime minister, meet prime minister
SELECT
p1.country AS country1,
p2.country AS country2,
p1.continent
FROM prime_ministers AS p1
INNER JOIN prime_ministers AS p2
ON p1.continent = p2.continent
LIMIT 10;

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Prime minister, meet prime minister
| country1 | country2 | continent |
|------------|------------ |--------------- |
| Egypt | Egypt | Africa |
| Portugal | Spain | Europe |
| Portugal | Norway | Europe |
| Portugal | Portugal | Europe |
| Vietnam | Oman | Asia |
| Vietnam | Brunei | Asia |
| Vietnam | India | Asia |
| Vietnam | Vietnam | Asia |
| Haiti | Haiti | North America |
| India | Oman | Asia |
| India | Brunei | Asia |

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Prime minister, meet prime minister
SELECT
p1.country AS country1,
p2.country AS country2,
p1.continent
FROM prime_ministers AS p1
INNER JOIN prime_ministers AS p2
ON p1.continent = p2.continent
AND p1.country <> p2.country;

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The self joined prime ministers table
|------------ |------------|------------- |
| country1 | country2 | continent |
|------------ |------------|------------- |
| Portugal | Spain | Europe |
| Portugal | Norway | Europe |
| Vietnam | Oman | Asia |
| Vietnam | Brunei | Asia |
| Vietnam | India | Asia |
| India | Oman | Asia |
| India | Brunei | Asia |
| India | Vietnam | Asia |
| Norway | Spain | Europe |
| Norway | Portugal | Europe |
|------------ |------------|------------- |

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