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Munchausen
Starting Member
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 Posted - 2005-10-18 : 11:40:05
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| I'm having a problem with a join.Table1 has a record number column, and so does Table2. Not every record number in Table1 exists in Table2, but many do.I'm trying to display all of the records in Table1, with some columns from Table2.I've tried:select t1.recordno, t2.columnamefrom Table1 t1 left outer join Table2 t2on t1.recordno = t2.recordnoUnfortunately, this is only returning rows for records that exist in Table 1 and Table2 (t2.columname is never null), but I want it to display all records from Table1, even if they don't have a corresponding record number in Table2.Any help would be greatly appreciated. |
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blindman
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
2365 Posts |
Posted - 2005-10-18 : 12:03:30
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| Your query is correctly formatted to display all records from Table1, along with any corresponding records from Table2. So something else fishy is going on... |
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r937
Posting Yak Master
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Posted - 2005-10-18 : 12:05:10
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| i bet you also have a WHERE condition on some column in table 2move this condition to the ON clauserudyhttp://r937.com/ |
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Having trouble with a join