Left Join Returns Values Where I Was Was Expecting Nulls
Nov 16, 2006
I have a query which is returning a different result set when it is run against identical tables in 2 different environments.
The query is like:
Select
F.LicenseeID, IsSpecialLicensee
from FactTable F
left join View_SpecialLicensee SL on F.LicenseeID = SL.LicenseeID
The Create Statement for the view is like
Create View [dbo].[View_SpecialLicensee]
as
Select LicenseeID, LicenseeName, IsSpecialLicensee = 1
from DimensionLicensee
where LicenseeName like '%ibm%'
or LicenseeName like '%cisco%'
or LicenseeName like '%hp%'
In my test environment, I get the query result I expected:
LicenseeID, IsSpecialLicensee
1 , 1 - (where LicenseeName = 'IBM')
2, null - (where LicenseeName = 'Juniper')
3, 1 - (where LicenseeName = 'Cisco')
4, null - (where LicenseeName = 'Microsoft')
5, null - (where LicenseeName = 'Oracle')
6, null - (where LicenseeName = 'Apple')
In my production environment, I get the following query result:
1 , 1 - (where LicenseeName = 'IBM')
2, 1 - (where LicenseeName = 'Juniper')
3, 1 - (where LicenseeName = 'Cisco')
4, 1 - (where LicenseeName = 'Microsoft')
5, 1 - (where LicenseeName = 'Oracle')
6, 1 - (where LicenseeName = 'Apple')
Ideas as to what changed gratefully received.
FYI the production environment which returned the 2nd dataset is SQL2000, I have got the result I expected in both SQL2000 and SQL2005 development environments.
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Feb 5, 2015
Why does this right join return the same results as using a left (or even a full join)?There are 470 records in Account, and there are 1611 records in Contact. But any join returns 793 records.
select Contact.firstname, Contact.lastname, Account.[Account Name]
from Contact
right join Account
on Contact.[Account Name] = Account.[Account Name]
where Contact.[Account Name] = Account.[Account Name]
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Jun 18, 2015
I have a query that based 2 tables. I wrote a query with a left join on the base table but the result set returns multiple rows for each occurrence in the second table because of the left join. I want but to return all records from on table A and only matching records from table B which id but I would wan tit to keep return them vertically as the because it make it difficult to read when put in a spreadsheet. It want it to return the values horizontally so the rows are not increasing for each occurrence on table b.
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Apr 10, 2008
Hi all,
I have run into a problem that I am stuck on. I have 3 tables lets call them a,b, and c. What I want to do is left outer join a with b on a common value, then replace any null values in this result with a default value, and then left outer join table c on the previously joined table (on the columns that I just replaced certain values on).
please help!
Thanks
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Apr 16, 2008
Anyone know why using
SELECT *
FROM a LEFT OUTER JOIN b
ON a.id = b.id
instead of
SELECT *
FROM a LEFT JOIN b
ON a.id = b.id
generates a different execution plan?
My query is more complex, but when I change "LEFT OUTER JOIN" to "LEFT JOIN" I get a different execution plan, which is absolutely baffling me! Especially considering everything I know and was able to research essentially said the "OUTER" is implied in "LEFT JOIN".
Any enlightenment is very appreciated.
Thanks
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Sep 26, 2006
Hello,
I have a SQL database where I am attempting to perform a complicated query that I cannot seem to figure out. I am using SQL Server.
I have 4 tables (TableA, TableB, TableC, and TableD). TableA and TableB are guaranteed to have a relationship.
TableC and TableD are guaranteed to have a relationship.
The trick is, I need to link between TableA and TableC essentially using a LEFT JOIN. I need to retrieve all of the values from TableA regardless and the information from TableC and TableD if there is a link, if there isn't a link, then the values from TableC and TableD need to be empty strings.
Does anyone know how I can do this? I've been trying for the last 5 hours without any luck. I feel I'm close, but there is something I feel I'm overlooking.
Thank you SO much for your help!
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Oct 16, 2004
I have table Products and Orders that has the following columns:
table Products: ProductID, ProductName
table Orders: OrderID, ProductID, OrderDate, Quantity, Price
The Orders table contains orders placed on all the dates. I want to obtain a list of orders for a particular date, if there is no order for a product on the requested date, I want to return null values for the Quantity and Price fields.
I tried the following select statement:
select Products.ProductName, Orders.Quantity, Orders.Price from Products left join Orders on Products.ProductID = Orders.ProductID where Orders.OrderDate = '10/16/2004'
Where, there are a total of three products (A,B,C) in table Products. Product-C has no order on 10/16/2004, but I want it to return :
ProductName / Quantity / Price
Product-A 5 1.89
Product-B 6 2.43
Product-C null null
Obviously, my sql statement won't work becaue the where clause will filter out Product-C.
Could anyone help me figure out how to modify my sql code to get the resultset I want?
Thanks in advance.
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Apr 7, 2008
Is there any difference between left join and left outer join in sql server 2000?please reply with example if any?
Thanks in advance
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May 14, 2008
Hi,
Whats the diference between a left join and a left outer Join
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May 22, 2015
I have two xml source and i need only left restricted data.
how can i perform left restricted join?
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Oct 8, 2015
I was writing a query using both left outer join and inner join. And the query was ....
SELECT
       S.companyname AS supplier, S.country,P.productid, P.productname, P.unitprice,C.categoryname
FROM
       Production.Suppliers AS S LEFT OUTER JOIN
      (Production.Products AS P
        INNER JOIN Production.Categories AS C
[code]....
However ,the result that i got was correct.But when i did the same query using the left outer join in both the cases
i.e..
SELECT
       S.companyname AS supplier, S.country,P.productid, P.productname, P.unitprice,C.categoryname
FROM
       Production.Suppliers AS S LEFT OUTER JOIN
(Production.Products AS P
LEFT OUTER JOIN Production.Categories AS C
ON C.categoryid = P.categoryid)
ON
S.supplierid = P.supplierid
WHERE
S.country = N'Japan';
The result i got was same,i.e
supplier   country   productid   productname   unitprice   categorynameSupplier QOVFD   Japan   9   Product AOZBW   97.00   Meat/PoultrySupplier QOVFD   Japan  10   Product YHXGE   31.00   SeafoodSupplier QOVFD   Japan  74   Product BKAZJ   10.00   ProduceSupplier QWUSF   Japan   13   Product POXFU   6.00   SeafoodSupplier QWUSF   Japan   14   Product PWCJB   23.25   ProduceSupplier QWUSF   Japan   15   Product KSZOI   15.50   CondimentsSupplier XYZ   Japan   NULL   NULL   NULL   NULLSupplier XYZ   Japan   NULL   NULL   NULL   NULL
and this time also i got the same result.My question is that is there any specific reason to use inner join when join the third table and not the left outer join.
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Aug 10, 2007
Scenario:
OLEDB source 1
SELECT ...
,[MANUAL DCD ID] <-- this column set to sort order = 1
...
FROM [dbo].[XLSDCI] ORDER BY [MANUAL DCD ID] ASC
OLEDB source 2
SELECT ...
,[Bo Tkt Num] <-- this column set to sort order = 1
...
FROM ....[dbo].[FFFenics] ORDER BY [Bo Tkt Num] ASC
These two tasks are followed immediately by a MERGE JOIN
All columns in source1 are ticked, all column in source2 are ticked, join key is shown above.
join type is left outer join (source 1 -> source 2)
result of source1 (..dcd column)
...
4-400-8000119
4-400-8000120
4-400-8000121
4-400-8000122 <--row not joining
4-400-8000123
4-400-8000124
...
result of source2 (..tkt num column)
...
4-400-1000118
4-400-1000119
4-400-1000120
4-400-1000121
4-400-1000122 <--row not joining
4-400-1000123
4-400-1000124
4-400-1000125
...
All other rows are joining as expected.
Why is it failing for this one row?
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Aug 9, 2013
Why would I use a left join instead of a inner join when the columns entered within the SELECT command determine what is displayed from the query results?
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Aug 17, 2007
Hi guys,
I'll appreciate any help with the following problem:
I need to retrieve data from 3 tables. 2 master tables and 1 transaction table.
1. Master table TBLOC contain 2 records :
rcd 1. S01
rcd 2. S02
2. Master table TBCODE contain 5 records:
rcd 1. C1
rcd 2. C2
rcd 3. C3
rcd 4. C4
rcd 5. C5
3. Transaction table TBITEM contain 4 records which link to 2 master table:
rcd 1. S01, C1, CAR
rcd 2. S01, C4, TOY
rcd 3. S01, C5, KEY
rcd 4. S02, C2, CAR
I use Left Join & Right Join to retrieve result below (using non-ASNI method) but it doesn't work.
Right Join method:
SELECT C.LOC, B.CODE, A.ITEM FROM TBITEM A RIGHT JOIN TBCODE B ON A.CODE = B.CODE
RIGHT JOIN TBLOC C ON A.LOC = C.LOC
GROUP BY C.LOC, B.CODE, A.ITEM ORDER BY C.LOC, B.CODE
When I use Non-ASNI method it work:
SELECT C.LOC, B.CODE, A.ITEM FROM TBITEM A, TBCODE B, TBLOC C
WHERE A.CODE =* B.CODE AND A.LOC =* C.LOC
GROUP BY C.LOC, B.CODE, A.ITEM ORDER BY C.LOC, B.CODE
Result:
LOC CODE ITEM
-----------------------------
S01 C1 NULL
S01 C2 NULL
S01 C3 CAR
S01 C4 TOY
S01 C5 KEY
S02 C1 NULL
S02 C2 CAR
S02 C3 NULL
S02 C4 NULL
S02 C5 NULL
Please Help.
Thanks.
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Jan 25, 2015
-- Why is the left table in a LEFT JOIN limited by the where clause on the right table?eg
DECLARE @LeftTable TABLE (LeftID INT NOT NULL IDENTITY(1, 1), LeftValue INT NULL)
INSERT @LeftTable (LeftValue)
VALUES (111)
INSERT @LeftTable (LeftValue)
VALUES (222)
[code]....
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Dec 11, 1998
I am getting VERY poor performance on a join even though I have indexes. Instead of using the indexes, SQL Server does a table scan on one of the tables in the join. After I force the index in the query, I can see why. The index doesn't give any better results than a table scan. I suspect it may be because the table has a huge number of rows with null values for one column of a two-column key used in the join. However, the same tables use the indexes and give good performance when queried independently. It seems the problem is specific to join processing. I notice that the index I created appears to have pages referencing the null rows. I know that Oracle disregards nulls when creating indexes, but does SQL Server not do so? Is there any way to create a better index? And if I can't solve the join problem, any suggestions about workarounds?
The details:
-I have TABLE A with columns X, Y, and Z. In TABLE A there are 380,000 rows, and X and Y yield a unique key. The index is on X and Y. This table has 240,000 rows where X is null but there is a non-null value for Y.
-I have TABLE B (60,000 rows) with columns X,Y, and Q, where X,Y, and Q yield the unique key and have an index.
-Here is my query:
SELECT A.Z
FROM A, B
WHERE B.Q=1
AND B.X = A.X AND B.Y = A.Y
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Jan 31, 2015
I have a small doubt regarding cross join and NULL values,
Table A has four rows (1,2,3,NULL)..Table B has 4 rows(1,2,3,NULL)..if i cross join table A and B..
How many rows will be there in result
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Mar 29, 2006
I want to join 2 tables by a unique ID field, but the ID field also hasmultiple NULLS which I do not want to ignore and I fear they will causeduplication.Using TableA and TableB below i will demonstrate the problem.TableATableA.ID Field1 Field21 Paul 1Null John 12 John 1TableBTableB.ID Field3 Field41 25 1Null 32 1Null 23 12 26 1The Table I want isTableA.ID TableB.ID Field1 Field2 Field3 Field41 1 Paul 1 25 12 2 John 1 26 1Null Null John 1 Null NullNull Null Null Null 32 1Null Null Null Null 26 1I think a select distcinct statement with a full outer join may do whatI want, but I'm not certain so want to check.Regards,Ciarán
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Jun 22, 2008
Hi Guys,
I have a resulset in this manner.
id----- amt
----------- -----------
1----- NULL
2----- 20
3----- 20
4----- 20
8----- NULL
9----- 30
10----- 120
11----- 110
21----- NULL
22----- 110
Furthermore I would like to sum the minimum amt & maximum amt between two Null values.So ideally the output should be
minid maxid amt
2----- 4----- 40
9----- 11----- 140
21---- NULL----- 110
Thanks for any help.
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Apr 22, 2014
I have a table named item that looks like this:
PartNumberDescriptionI.DateCreated
1A1XXX ALPHA1 1/1/2014
2A2XXX ALPHA2 1/5/2014
3A3XXX ALPHA3 1/12/2014
1B1XXX BRAVO1 1/22/2014
2B2XXX BRAVO2 1/28/2014
3B3XXX BRAVO3 2/2/2014
And a second table named orders that looks like this:
OrderNoPartNumberQtyO.DateCreated
1CHXX1 1A1XXX 2 1/8/2014
1CHXX2 2A2XXX 3 1/8/2014
1CHXX3 2A2XXX 1 1/20/2014
2CHXX1 1B1XXX 4 2/10/2014
2CHXX2 2B2XXX 2 2/10/2014
2CHXX3 2B2XXX 1 2/22/2014
I need to pull all records from the Item table and then I need to populate the most recent OrderNo and O.DateCreated. I got this far but if there is a part in the item table that does not have an order against it, I do not get a value and my goal is to see any parts that have not been ordered in the last year. Something like this:
SELECT I.PartNumber, I.Description, I.DateCreated
FROM item I
CROSS APPLY (SELECT TOP 1 O.OrderNo, O.DateCreated
FROM Orders O
WHERE O.PartNumber = I.PartNumber ORDER BY O.DateCreated DESC) O
PartNumberOrderNoO.DateCreated
1A1XXX 1CHXX1 1/8/2014
2A2XXX 1CHXX3 1/20/2014
3A3XXX NULL NULL
1B1XXX 2CHXX1 2/10/2014
2B2XXX 2CHXX3 2/22/2014
3B3XXX NULL NULL
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Jan 26, 2007
I'm trying to join 2 tables. I thought I was getting the correct results but it turns out I'm not.
My Query:
SELECT IVINVA, IVORDN, IVCSLN, IVRESR, IVCITM, CONVERT(varchar(12),CAST(IVIAMT as money),1) AS ExtPrice, CONVERT(varchar(12),CAST(IVPIVC as money),1) AS DistPrice, IVCSUM, IVQYCS, IVDESC, OIRESR, OIDPCT, CONVERT(varchar(12),CAST(IVPIVC - (OIDPCT / 100 * IVPIVC) as money),1) AS NetPrice FROM INVDET1_TBL LEFT JOIN ORDDIS_TBL ON ORDDIS_TBL.OIORDN = INVDET1_TBL.IVORDN AND ORDDIS_TBL.OIRESR = INVDET1_TBL.IVRESR WHERE IVORDN = '0859919' AND IVINVA = '00324024'
Basically, my problem lies in the seonc condition of the LEFT JOIN. I needed to set the two tables equal my item number, because in some situations I need that logic to get the correct result. It most other cases, that item column in the ORDDIS_TBL is NULL, thus giving me the wrong results. In that case, I would want the JOIN to only be ORDDIS_TBL.OIORDN = INVDET1_TBL.IVORDN, and not include the second part. Is there a way I can condition this with an If statement, If ORDDIS_TBL.OIRESR is Null then do this join, if not, then do this? I'm confused how to get the proper result here.
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Jul 7, 2005
I need to make a left join from the freezefile f, to sped s, instead of having f.studentid = s.id in the where clause. Any help??
select f.studentid, f.studentname, f.sex, fs.mealstatus, s.except, s.lre, r.description, g.testid, g.scale_la, g.scale_ma, t.test_name, t.year
from freezefile f, fsapps fs, sped s, regtb_exception r, gqe_scores g, test_info t
where
f.type = 'ADM'
and
s.except = r.code
and
t.test_name = 'ISTEP'
and
t.year = 2004
and
g.testid = t.testid
and
f.studentid = fs.id
and
f.studentid = s.id
and
f.studentid = g.studentid
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Aug 2, 2004
i'm shure it's some smal stiupid mistake bat I can't find it, PLZ help.
1)
select komorka from #plantemp
--result
komorka
09
10
I-P
II-P
III-P
SI/1
SI/2
SI/3
2)
select komorka,ustalenia from analiza_1 a where a.koniec between '20040701'and '20040731'
komorka ustalenia
SI/1788138.9300
SI/246638.4900
SI/216218.4000
08.0000
3)
select p.komorka,isnull(sum(ustalenia),0)
from #plantemp p left join analiza_1 a on p.komorka=a.komorka
where a.koniec between '20040701'and '20040731'
group by p.komorka
komorka ustalenia (sum)
08.0000
SI/1788138.9300
SI/262856.8900
I need all rows from table 1 bat right and left join gives me the same results, WHY
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Jan 9, 2007
There are two tables:
tblIndices:
IndexID, Name
1index1
2index2
3index3
.
.
.
tblBasketConstituents
ID, ParentIndexID, ChildIndexID, Weight
121 20
223 80
313 50
412 50
As you can see the ParentIndexID and ChildIndexID fields refer to tblIndices.IndexID
I would like a stored procedure as follows:
show all index names and show the wights for the indexID you passed.
This is what I have so far and it is not correct yet. Not sure what the syntax should be.
alter PROCEDURE [dbo].[uspBasketIndices_Get]
@IndexIDint
AS
select
i.IndexID,
i.[Name],
bc.Weight
from
tblIndices as i left join tblBasketConstituents as bc on i.IndexID = bc.ParentIndexID
and i.IndexID = @IndexID
order by
i.[Name]
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Feb 26, 2004
Any one know any facts and figures about maximum Left Joins allowed (or recommended) in one query?
I am running a MS SQL 2000 my database is full of relational data and most of my foreign keys (INT data type) are a Clustered Indexed, Usually I will only be pulling one record from collection of about a dozen tables, but the Database is expected to grow fast and become big.
Right now I have a Stored Proc that has eight(8) LEFT JOINs in it. My worry is that this query will kill me as the database approaches 50,000 records.
Lito
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Mar 6, 2007
Hi all. My query works fine, it generates reports but not my expected result.
select d.fullname, p.nickname, p.birthdate, p.birthplace,
p.gender, p.civilstatus, p.religion, p.nationality, p. weight, p.height,
p.haircolor, p.eyecolor, p.complexion, p.bodybuilt, p.picture, p.dialectspoken,
d.mobilephone, d.prprovince,[Age] = dbo.F_AGE_IN_YEARS( birthdate, getdate() ),
c.name, c.address, c.telno, c.email, c.occupation, ed.year1, ed.year2, ed.degree, sch.schname
from hremployees as e
inner join psdatacenter as d on e.empdcno = d.dcno
inner join pspersonaldata as p on e.empdcno = p.dcno
left join hrappempcharrefs as c on e.empdcno = c.empdcno
left join hrappempeducs as ed on e.empdcno = ed.empdcno
left join hrsetschools as sch on ed.schoolcode = sch.schcode
the above query gives a 77 records
if i ran "select * from hremployees" generates 60 records
i think the error is in the left joining.
hrappempcharrefs, hrappempeducs and hrsetschools must be left joined to hremployees.
thanks
-Ron-
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Nov 16, 2007
I have a table containing a VARCHAR(9) NOT NULL column. Every record in the column will have alength of 9 if a record exists.
WHEN I run the following query on the table
SELECT Column_A
FROM Table1
WHERE Column_A <> ''
I get no records returned. However, I know that when I run a query
SELECT DATALENGTH(Column_A)
FROM table1
WHERE DATALENGTH(Column_A) <> 9
I have used Datalength instead of LEN because LEN does not return the length of a space character.
I get records amny records. When I copy an individual record from the column, it shows that a space character is in the record.
Does anyone know whay this is happening?
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Dec 2, 2007
Hi Guys,
I started working with linq and vb9.0 but i have a small problem i could feagure how to solve in c# but not in vb
I wanted to make left join or right join on vb 9.0 and linq is it possible or this is only c# feature ?
Waiting to hear from u guys,
Thanks
Softy
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Jan 7, 2002
Hello!
I need to write a query using left outer join and I'm having trouble with it.
I have 2 tables:customer and cust_info.
I want to pull all records from customer table and cust_info table even if there is no related data in cust_info table.
But I need one condition in this query:only records from customer table where cus_type in ("A","B","C").
I don't need all other types ("D","E").
So my query looks like this:
select customer.cus_name,customer.cus_address,customer.cu s_type,cus_info.status
from customer
left outer join cus_info ON customer.sxdat_pk = cus_info.sxdat_pk
and cus_type in ("A","B","C")
AND cus_info.cus_table = 'CUSTOMER'
The result should be like this:
cus_name cus_address cus_type status
Amoco 457 bent A new
Bingo 47 lone oak C NULL
Sears 1020 Magic dr. B exist
But my query pulls records for customers with type "D" and "E" that I'm trying to exclude from result.
Please help.
Thanks,
lena
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Apr 18, 2008
Hello everybody!!!
I have to left join 2 tables. The first consists of columns:id, description, descr_num.
The second table: id, descr_num, value.
I need to extract description from table1 where descr_num is in the range , say, 1-10.
LEFT JOIN
extract value from table2 ,descr_num should be in the same range. in table2 some values from (1,10) and desc_num could be not present.
BUT i want this left join to be limited as i said.
Is there any solution to this prob. without creating temp tables. Or actually can i do such a join?
Thank you
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Jul 18, 2006
Now I have a table with the table design as following :
table cst_EmpProfile
intEmpId nvcEmpName nvcEmpAddress intEmployeeType bitActiv
1 Peter Null Null true
2 Juli 1, xxxx 2 true
3 Sam Null Null False
table cst_EmpType
intEmpType nvcEmployeeType
1 Free Enginner
2 Manager
3 Operator
To join the table but MUST follow the condition as bitActiv = TRUE:
select emp.nvcEmpName, emp.nvcEmpAddress, ety. nvcEmployeeType from cst_EmpProfile emp left join cst_EmpType on emp.intEmployeeTypee = ety.intEmpType and emp.bitActiv = 1.
But, the sql statement doesnt output the my expected result.
Because the data row return must be 1st and 2nd row as it bitActiv = true.
So, how's I going achieve what i want. tq.
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Jan 10, 2007
Hi, I'm getting the error Syntax error (missing operator) in query expression 'dbPWork.id = dbPWorkWord.work_id LEFT JOIN words ON dbPWorkWord.word_id = words.id'." on the query below. Everything looks in place to me. Do you see anything that shouldn't work?
Query:
Code:
Code:
SELECT DISTINCT dbPWork.id, description_e as description, w_id , dateStart, dateEnd FROM dbPWork
LEFT JOIN dbPWorkW ON dbWork.id = dbPWorkW.work_id
LEFT JOIN words ON dbPWorkW.word_id = words.id
Everything works fine until I add the second LEFT JOIN statement. Any ideas? I'm stumped.
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Sep 22, 2005
I have a left join that doesn't suit my request.
select * from A
left join B
on A.x=B.x
The problem is that for a specific record in A we can find 1 or more entries in B. What I want is to return only the 1st entry found on B.
thx
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