SQL Querying Multiple Tables: Difference between revisions
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Column | Type id | name | company_id | Column | Type id | name | company_id | ||
-----------+--------- -----------+---------+------------- | -----------+--------- -----------+---------+------------- | ||
id | integer <font color=teal># primary key</font>. 1 | id | integer <font color=teal># primary key</font>. 1 | Alice | 10 | ||
name | text 2 | name | text 2 | Bob | 20 | ||
company_id | integer <font color=teal># foreign key that references company(id)</font> 3 | company_id | integer <font color=teal># foreign key that references company(id)</font> 3 | Charlie | 30 | ||
<b>company</b> | <b>company</b> | ||
Revision as of 20:39, 23 May 2024
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Overview
More than one table can be used in a FROM query clause, and when that happens, it is said that the query performs a join.
Examples
All examples provided in this article are based on three tables (person, address and country), with the following schema:
person Column | Type id | name | company_id -----------+--------- -----------+---------+------------- id | integer # primary key. 1 | Alice | 10 name | text 2 | Bob | 20 company_id | integer # foreign key that references company(id) 3 | Charlie | 30 company Column | Type -----------+--------- id | integer # primary key name | text city_id | integer # foreign key that references city(id) city Column | Type -----------+--------- id | integer # primary key name | text
Join Condition
If more than one table appears in the FROM clause, then the condition used to link the tables must be included as well. This is the ANSI-approved method. of joining multiple tables, and it is the most portable across various database servers.
SELECT person.name, company.name
FROM person
INNER JOIN company ON person.id = company.id
Foreign key