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Ben
Ben

Reputation: 62464

Difference in MySQL JOIN vs LEFT JOIN

I have this cross-database query...

SELECT
            `DM_Server`.`Jobs`.*,
            `DM_Server`.servers.Description AS server,
            digital_inventory.params,
            products.products_id,
            products.products_pdfupload,
            customers.customers_firstname,
            customers.customers_lastname
        FROM `DM_Server`.`Jobs`
        INNER JOIN `DM_Server`.servers ON servers.ServerID = Jobs.Jobs_ServerID
        JOIN `cpod_live`.`digital_inventory` ON digital_inventory.jobname = Jobs.Jobs_Name
        JOIN `cpod_live`.`products` ON products.products_pdfupload = CONCAT(digital_inventory.jobname, ".pdf")
        JOIN `cpod_live`.`customers` ON customers.customers_id = products.cID
        ORDER BY `DM_Server`.`Jobs`.Jobs_StartTime DESC LIMIT 50

it runs fine until I make them LEFT JOINs. I thought that by not specifying a type of join it was assumed to be a LEFT JOIN. Is this not the case?

Upvotes: 82

Views: 107077

Answers (4)

Java
Java

Reputation: 2489

If you just mentioned JOIN in query by default it will be considered as a INNER JOIN.

Left join:Left join will take all the elements from Left table and only matching records from the Right table as Follows. example: 

SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name1 #(Left table)
LEFT JOIN table_name2 #(Right table)
ON table_name1.column_name=table_name2.column_name

Hope this helps.

Upvotes: 9

Mark Byers
Mark Byers

Reputation: 839064

I thought that by not specifying a type of join it was assumed to be a LEFT JOIN. Is this not the case?

No, the default join is an INNER JOIN.

Here is a visual explanation of SQL joins.

Inner join

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Left join

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Upvotes: 202

user254875486
user254875486

Reputation: 11240

No. When a type isn't specified, an INNER JOIN is used. To read up on differences; wikipedia

Upvotes: 14

Flash
Flash

Reputation: 16753

I believe the default is INNER JOIN if you just specify JOIN.

Upvotes: 11

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