TSQL JOIN TYPES

Created by Steve Stedman

SELECT * SELECT *
FROM Table1; FROM Table1 t1
Table1 Table2 Table1 Table2
INNER JOIN Table2 t2
SELECT * ON t1.fk = t2.id;
FROM Table2;
SELECT from two tables INNER JOIN

SELECT * SELECT *
FROM Table1 t1 FROM Table1 t1
Table1 Table2 Table1 Table2
LEFT OUTER JOIN Table2 t2 RIGHT OUTER JOIN Table2 t2
ON t1.fk = t2.id; ON t1.fk = t2.id;
LEFT OUTER JOIN RIGHT OUTER JOIN

SELECT * SELECT *
FROM Table1 t1 FROM Table1 t1
WHERE EXISTS (SELECT 1 Table1 Table2 WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1
Table1 Table1
FROM Table2 t2 FROM Table2 t2

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WHERE t1.fk = t2.id

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WHERE t1.fk = t2.id
);
);
SEMI JOIN ANTI SEMI JOIN

SELECT * SELECT *
FROM Table1 t1 FROM Table1 t1
Table1 Table2 LEFT OUTER JOIN Table2 t2 Table1 Table2 RIGHT OUTER JOIN Table2 t2
ON t1.fk = t2.id ON t1.fk = t2.id
WHERE t2.id is null; WHERE t1.fk is null;
LEFT OUTER JOIN with exclusion RIGHT OUTER JOIN with exclusion
– replacement for a NOT IN – replacement for a NOT IN

SELECT * SELECT *
FROM Table1 t1 FROM Table1 t1
Table1 Table2 Table1 Table2
FULL OUTER JOIN Table2 t2 CROSS JOIN Table2 t2;
ON t1.fk = t2.id;
FULL OUTER JOIN CROSS JOIN, the Cartesian product

Created By Steve Stedman

SELECT * SELECT *
FROM Table1 t1 FROM Table1 t1
Table1 Table2 FULL OUTER JOIN Table2 t2 Table1 Table2
ON t1.fk = t2.id
INNER JOIN Table2 t2
WHERE t1.fk IS NULL ON t1.fk >= t2.id;

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OR t2.id IS NULL;
FULL OUTER JOIN with exclusion NON-EQUI INNER JOIN

Correlated SELECT * Correlated SELECT *

Sub-query FROM Table1 t1 Sub-query FROM Table1 t1
Table1 or Table Table1 or Table
Valued CROSS APPLY Valued OUTER APPLY
Function [dbo].[someTVF](t1.fk) Function [dbo].[someTVF](t1.fk)
AS t; AS t;
CROSS APPLY OUTER APPLY

SELECT * SELECT *
Table3 Table3
FROM Table1 t1 FROM Table1 t1
FULL OUTER JOIN Table2 t2 INNER JOIN Table2 t2
Table1 Table2 ON t1.fk = t2.id Table1 Table1 ON t1.fk = t2.id
FULL OUTER JOIN Table3 t3 INNER JOIN Table3 t3
ON t1.fk_table3 = t3.id; ON t1.fk_table3 = t3.id;
Two FULL OUTER JOINS Two INNER JOINs

SELECT * SELECT *
Table3 Table3
FROM Table1 t1 FROM Table1 t1
LEFT OUTER JOIN Table2 t2 INNER JOIN Table2 t2
ON t1.fk = t2.id Table1 Table2
ON t1.fk = t2.id
Table1 Table2
LEFT OUTER JOIN Table3 t3 LEFT OUTER JOIN Table3 t3
ON t1.fk_table3 = t3.id; ON t1.fk_table3 = t3.id;
Two LEFT OUTER JOINS INNER JOIN and a LEFT OUTER JOIN