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What are inner join and outer join?

Answer Posted / pandian raman

Inner Join (simple join)

Inner joins return all rows from multiple tables where the
join condition is met.

For example,
SELECT suppliers.supplier_id, suppliers.supplier_name,
orders.order_date FROM suppliers, orders
WHERE suppliers.supplier_id = orders.supplier_id;

This SQL statement would return all rows from the suppliers
and orders tables where there is a matching supplier_id
value in both the suppliers and orders tables.
Outer Join

This type of join returns all rows from one table and only
those rows from a secondary table where the joined fields
are equal (join condition is met).

For example,

select suppliers.supplier_id, suppliers.supplier_name,
orders.order_date from suppliers, orders where
suppliers.supplier_id = orders.supplier_id(+);

This SQL statement would return all rows from the suppliers
table and only those rows from the orders table where the
joined fields are equal.

The (+) after the orders.supplier_id field indicates that,
if a supplier_id value in the suppliers table does not exist
in the orders table, all fields in the orders table will
display as <null> in the result set.

The above SQL statement could also be written as follows:

select suppliers.supplier_id, suppliers.supplier_name,
orders.order_date from suppliers, orders where
orders.supplier_id(+) = suppliers.supplier_id

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