Re: Using Joins

From: Mark D Powell <Mark.Powell_at_eds.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 06:39:25 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <da6d9c43-2bb2-43de-a60d-a6306a36cad5_at_u10g2000vbd.googlegroups.com>



On May 31, 5:55 am, shweta.kapar..._at_googlemail.com wrote:
> On May 31, 9:40 am, Maxim Demenko <mdeme..._at_gmail.com> wrote:
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> > shweta.kapar..._at_googlemail.com schrieb:
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> > > All,
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> > > I have tables a and b as follows,
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> > > SQL> select * from a
> > >   2  /
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> > >          X Y
> > > ---------- ------------------------------
> > >          1 A1
> > >          2 A2
> > >          3 A3
> > >          4 A4
> > >            A99
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> > > SQL> select * from b;
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> > >          X Y
> > > ---------- ------------------------------
> > >          3 B3
> > >          4 B4
> > >          5 B5
> > >          6 B6
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> > > Query1:
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> > > SQL> select a.x,count(b.x) from a , b where a.x = b.x(+) and a.x is
> > > not null group by a.x order by
> > > a.x;
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> > >          X COUNT(B.X)
> > > ---------- ----------
> > >          1          0
> > >          2          0
> > >          3          1
> > >          4          1
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> > > Query2:
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> > > SQL> select a.x,count(b.x) from a LEFT OUTER JOIN b ON a.x = b.x and
> > > a.x is not null group by a.x
> > > order by a.x;
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> > >          X COUNT(B.X)
> > > ---------- ----------
> > >          1          0
> > >          2          0
> > >          3          1
> > >          4          1
> > >                     0
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> > > Question :
> > > Since keyword (+)  can be avoided if we use the ANSI equivalent
> > > keyword LEFT OUTER JOIN then why
> > > there is a difference in the output    using  using (+) ( query1) and
> > > using  LEFT OUTER JOIN (query2) ?
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> > > Regards
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> > Have a look athttp://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2002/10/01/whatsinacondition....
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> > Best regards
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> > Maxim
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> > --
> > Why make things difficult, when it is possible to make them cryptic
> > and totally illogical, with just a little bit more effort?
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> > Aksel Peter Jørgensen- Hide quoted text -
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> Thanks Maxim.- Hide quoted text -
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Yes, the second link is definitely a good to be reminded of.

  • Mark D Powell --
Received on Mon Jun 01 2009 - 08:39:25 CDT

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