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    Outer Joins

    Copyright © 2007, Oracle. All rights reserved.


    Outer Joins

    What Will I Learn?


    In this lesson, you will learn to:

    • Create and execute a SELECT statement to


    access data from more than one table using
    an outer join

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    Outer Joins

    Why Learn It?


    The joins you've studied so far returned rows that
    either had a matching value in both tables or a
    value that in one table was between two values in a
    different table. Those rows that didn't satisfy these
    conditions were just left out. Sometimes, however,
    you want all the data from one of the tables even if
    there is no matching data in the other table. If you
    wanted to know all the girls or boys who attended a
    dance, would simply counting the couples dancing
    work? In Oracle SQL, the missing data can be
    returned using an outer join.

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    Outer Joins

    Tell Me / Show Me
    An outer join is used to see rows that have a corresponding value
    in another table plus those rows in one of the tables that have no
    matching value in the other table. To indicate which table may
    have missing data use, a plus sign (+) after the table's column
    name in the WHERE clause of the query.
    Note that an outer join cannot use the IN operator or be linked to
    another condition by the OR operator.

    EMPLOYEE_ID LAST_NAME DEPT_ID DEPT_ID DEPARTMENT_NAME


    100 King 90 90 Executive
    101 Kochhar 90 110 Accounting
    102 De Haan 90 190 Contracting
    178 Grant 210 Human Resources

    DEPARTMENT_ID LAST_NAME
    20 Hartstein
    20 Fay
    110 Higgins
    110 Gietz
    Grant

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    Outer Joins

    Tell Me / Show Me
    The query below uses the EMPLOYEE_ID LAST_NAME DEPT_ID DEPT_ID DEPARTMENT_NAME
    plus sign to indicate the table 100
    101
    King
    Kochhar
    90
    90
    90
    110
    Executive
    Accounting
    whose column is missing 102 De Haan 90 190 Contracting
    data. The variations of the 178 Grant 210 Human Resources
    outer join are shown.

    SELECT table1.column,
    table2.column
    FROM table1, table
    DEPARTMENT_ID LAST_NAME
    *** 20 Hartstein
    WHERE table1.column(+) = 20 Fay
    table2.column; 110 Higgins
    110 Gietz
    *** Grant
    WHERE table1.column =
    table2.column(+); SELECT d.department_id, e.last_name
    *** FROM employees e, departments d
    WHERE e.department_id = d.department_id (+);
    NEVER table1.column(+) =
    table2.column(+);

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    Outer Joins

    Summary
    In this lesson you have learned to:

    • Create and execute a SELECT statement to


    access data from more than one table using
    an outer join
    • Build positive associations between learning
    and work

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    Outer Joins

    Summary
    Practice Guide

    The link for the lesson practice guide can be


    found in the course outline.

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