SQL Joins: A Guide and Examples

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[@aiasaiascon3894]

most intriguing was the use of WHERE clause to write a JOIN, and most of the useful was the LEFT vs RIGHT (that are the same but with different positions of the tables related). Thanks.

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[@thanzeeljalaldeen]

can we do joins without foreignkey?

[@DatabaseStar]

Yes, you can. As long as the fields in both tables represent the same thing, you can do a join and there does not have to be a foreign key created.

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[@parko1965]

So correct me if I'm wrong these two tables break referential integrity rules, but joins still possible?

[@DatabaseStar]

What about these tables breaks referential integrity rules? In general, you can still join tables if they break rules like that, as long as the data being joined is the same (e.g. both IDs or names or values represent the same thing)

[@parko1965]

@@DatabaseStar So I can create a record in a child table not related to to a parent table record.

[@DatabaseStar]

Yes, that's right, you can. If you leave the foreign key empty the row will still be inserted. You could put a Not Null constraint on it to prevent that though.

[@codewithtae6637]

You advised against using the USE keyword because it might break your query if your field name changes. Wont this still be the case if you use the ON keyword to specify field names?

[@DatabaseStar]

Good question! Yes, if the actual field being joined on is changed in either table (such as renamed from id to person_id), then the join will break whether you have USING or ON keyords. If the field names are different, then USING won't work. It would have to be changed to an ON keyword.

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[@RDL-yw5wy]

Thank you sorry I didn't find a link of the video that contains join three tables or more

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[@spyrex3988]

can we really join without foreign key -- primary key relation?

[@DatabaseStar]

Yeah, you can. You would usually join between PK and FK, but you don't need to have those constraints to make the join work. If both columns represent the same thing then you can join. You can actually join on two columns that have two different sets of data, but your results will not be meaningul.