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What is a self join? Explain it with an example?

Answer Posted / anuj barthwal

A self join applies on one table only

Example:

emp_id emp_name emp_manager_id

1 Anuj NULL

2 Sunny 1

3 Suraj 1

4 Narban 2


if we want to get the name of the managers

select e1.emp_name 'manager',e2.emp_name 'employee'
from employees e1 join employees e2
on e1.emp_id=e2.emp_manager_id

manager employee

Anuj Sunny

Anuj Suraj

Sunny Narban


Self join means joining the single table to itself

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