An SQL join clause combines records from two or more tables or views.

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Select multiple columns in subquery

I am having trouble selecting all cloumns in a sub query and can't seem to get no where with joining for replacement. http://sqlfiddle.com/#!2/2481e/1 The link is to the schema with my current ...
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Is there a standard way to replace codes with values from a lookup table for reporting or analytics?

Suppose I have a "main" table that was probably heavily normalized and consists largely of columns that merely contain codes that are lookups into other tables (they are probably foreign keys but feel ...
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Retrieving data from inner join using LIMIT and OFFSET

These are my two tables: table1 qid[PK] |gid[PK] |abcd | xyz | date ---------------+---------+---------+------+------------ 00001 | qwe | 54 | a | 1994-11-29 00002 ...
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Subqueries run very fast individually, but when joined are very slow

ypercube solved the problem. Subqueries were totally unnecessary, and the whole thing works with plain joins. It is still strange that MySQL's optimizer could not make use of my original query, ...
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Group By on column from joined table

its about the following query. EXPLAIN SELECT phrase, infinitiv FROM `dict_verbs_all` `t` INNER JOIN `dict_verbs_all_language` `verbsGerman_c` ON (`t`.`id`=`verbsGerman_c`.`verb_id`) INNER JOIN ...
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Tuning query to remove joins for reporting

This is the query I was sent. There is currently no data in the system as I was converting this query from teradata to SQL server. SELECT user_id FROM user_table LEFT OUTER JOIN ( SELECT user_id , ...
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mysql join by 2 ways - how it works? - which gives performance difference

I had 2 different ways to query the content which showed performance difference when executed.. The 1st way is EXPLAIN select SOME_COLUMNS from ( select * from A where CONDITION ) p ...
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Counting results for cross join

How I can get count results with cross join? Example cross join: SELECT t1.firstname, t2.lastname FROM table1 t1 CROSS JOIN table1 t2
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How do I join two tables on two different instances of DB2?

There are two instances of DB2 running on the same machine. One has a table aliased to the a table in the other one. Is there a way to do this in DB2 or does it have to be done via an external tool? ...
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NEWID() In Joined Virtual Table Causes Unintended Cross Apply Behavior

My actual work query was an inner join, but this simple example with cross join seems to nearly always reproduce the problem. SELECT * FROM ( SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT 2 ) AA ( A ) CROSS JOIN ...
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Slow query with straight_join for small result

I have a performance-problem with a query in my application and I don’t understand the behavior of mysql. The query consists of different joins, especially the join to the mentioncache-table. If the ...
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Join tables on a partial string match

input: I have a table containing (any number of) user-supplied strings: ╔═══════╗ ║ Value ║ ╠═══════╣ ║ To ║ ║ An ║ ╚═══════╝ And a table of user details: ╔════════╦══════════╗ ║ UserID ║ ...
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Joining 4 tables and 2 counts

I have four tables. UserMaster ---------- UserKey - PK UserName UserID - UNIQUE UserLogTransaction ------------------ UserID - FK:UserMaster.UserID LoginTime LogoutTime CallCenter ---------- ...
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SQL Server: join two tables with “valid-to” dates

I have two tables like so: T1_Key, T1_Data, T1_ValidUntil 1 A 2000-01-01 1 B 2000-06-30 2 C 2005-05-31 3 D 2004-12-31 3 E ...
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USING construct in JOIN clause can introduce optimization barriers in certain cases?

It was brought to my attention that the USING construct (instead of ON) in the FROM clause of SELECT queries might introduce optimization barriers in certain cases. I mean this key word: SELECT * ...
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JOIN 2 tables, and query data from them 3 times

Basically I have 2 tables: post_meta and posts. post_meta has a post_id, key and value: post_id key value 6343 make Chevy 6343 model Volt 6794 make Chevy 6794 model ...
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Complex SQL Query

I'm trying to formulate a single query to return a nice list of a host's interfaces and the interfaces attributes from the Cacti MySQL DB. Here are the tables I am referencing: host_snmp_cache: ...
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Which update is faster using join or sequential?

My this question is in sequence of my previous question I asked. I could write two solutions using Stored Procedure instead of trigger or nested-query . Both use a helper function ...
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Update ranking on table

I have two tables: mysql> desc rank ; +----------------+-------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | ...
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inner join on PK with extra criteria slow despite indices?

Given the two tables below I am struggling to understand: why is the third query slow even though first two queries are fast what exactly is EXPLAIN saying can I do anything to significantly speed ...
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Optimizing query using view on EAV structure

An application is writing into a database that follows an EAV structure, similar to this: CREATE TABLE item ( id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, description TEXT ); CREATE TABLE item_attr ( item ...
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SQL ANSI JOIN precedence

I have a query that looks like this: SELECT * FROM TBLA A LEFT JOIN TBLB B ON A.Col1 = B.Col2 RIGHT JOIN TBLC C ON B.Col3 = C.Col4 JOIN TBLD D ON C.Col5 = D.Col6 In which order ...
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Many-to-Too-Many Relationship

I'm working on a book database. And among others, I have the following two tables (a bit simplified for the question): tblBook: ID, Title tblPerson: ID, Name Note that the tblPerson table contains ...
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Right Full Outer Join Query

I came across 1 query which is Select * from R Natural Outer Join S Where R=(A,B) has tuples {(1,2),(1,2),(3,4)} and S=(B,C) has tuples {(2,5),(2,5),(4,6),(7,10)}. To implement this I created 2 ...
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Full Outer Join in MS Access

I have two staff lists: List A: StaffID Supervisor ==================== 0001234 NULL 0001235 0001234 0001237 0001234 0001239 0001237 and List B: StaffID Supervisor ...
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Multi-Table Join to Single Destination

I am having a serious performance issue with join together four tables and placing the results (in a certain permutation) into one destination table. I am using MSSQL 2008 and good ole T-SQL. To ...
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Select rows with repeat data within certain timeframe

As a follow-up question to my previous question on difficult row categorisation, I have another problem which I'm sure will be easily solvable. After this I plan on reading a good book or two on ...
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Count consecutive null rows from a joined table

I have the following tables: members: ---------------------------------------------- | member_id | member_name | member_join_date | ---------------------------------------------- events: ...
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Efficiency for contact-contact relationships schema

I'm migrating data from a schema where people and organisations are separate tables to one where people and organisations are all treated as contacts (they share a lot in common). Currently, the ...
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Alternative query to this (avoid DISTINCT)

Note: I work with MSSQL 2008, but I guess it's valid for many others DB engines I have this table "Users": UserID User CountryID 1 user 1 1 2 user 2 2 3 user 3 3 4 user ...
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Unable to add records to query in Access 2007

I've found this excellent resource that covers why a query might be read-only. I have a query that is not read only, yet I'm unable to add new records to it. There are three tables. Let's call them ...
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Should I use left join to do my job in this scenario?

What I want to do is to find out the items which appeared more than once in this table: mysql> desc tables; +-----------------+---------------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ | Field ...
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Joining two tables on multiple criteria

I have two tables products and positions. products: id BIGINT PRIMARY KEY, product VARCHAR(100), criterium1 VARCHAR(100), criterium2 VARCHAR(100) positions: id BIGINT PRIMARY KEY, position ...
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CROSS JOIN with temp table and CASE statement

I'm trying to CROSS JOIN a table with a view. Here is my code: SELECT * FROM ( SELECT * , CASE TypeId WHEN 1 THEN InGs828S WHEN ...
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SQL Server does not optimize parallel merge join on two equivalently partitioned tables

Apologies in advance for the very detailed question. I have included queries to generate a full data set for reproducing the problem, and I am running SQL Server 2012 on a 32-core machine. However, ...
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Querying multiple tables

I am working on a query from our ticketing system, and I am having problems figuring out the best way to join these tables together. I have the following tables/fields: SR_service: stores ticket ...
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Long JOINS Returns No result all tables have one to many relationship with a particular table [closed]

I have a Table Enterpries with Primary Key 'RCNO'. All other tables have a one to many relationship with Enterprise via it's RCNO column. I make a Join of all the tables and i get nothing. Below is ...
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In DB2, how can I disable NLJOIN?

I want to indicate to the optimizer, via SET or optimization profiles, that NLJOIN shouldn't be used at all when optimizing a query. I've been looking for this for a while without any success. I ...
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Does 'Cities' deserve a separate table?

I have the following Customers table: customer_id - int company_name - nvarchar street - nvarchar city - nvarchar comments - nvarchar The app will only be used in part of one small country ...
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Build a three table join with a recusive table in the middle?

I have three relevent tables: Parts, PartGroup, and MarkupGroup. Parts is simple. PartID artificial primary key Part part number PartGroupID Foreign key sample data: 1 ...
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how to fetch different data on compare rows of two tables

I have two tables in my database, one is user_app table in which user info are stored, table are as: +--------------+--------------+------+-----+-------------------+-----------------------------+ | ...
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INNER JOIN making COUNT(*) slow

I have a very simple query: SELECT COUNT(*) FROM messages INNER JOIN users ON messages.user_id = users.user_id With the join it takes 1146 ms and without it takes 220 ms (220 ms still seems slow to ...
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Mysql Join to get multiple row value from

I am new to my Mysql and need help regarding join I have a table called employee and this table contain some foreign key value like phone, address, sex. Table phone and address have 4 rows in it, I ...
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Slow performance of MySQL Join Query

I have inherited a site (running Coldfusion8 and MySQL 5.0.88) with a product search using multiple criteria. I'm struggling with optimizing the search, especially a pricelist check, which makes the ...
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Is adding rows better then adding columns in case their value is not consistent?

In my project I have a table of customers, each customer has his own special price for each product, It's a small business and there are currently about 5 products. The manager says there might be ...
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LIMIT a query Postgresql

im doing this query and it gives me multiple hits because of each assetid may contain many vb.title, how can i limit the result to only show 1 hit for each assetid? 'select DISTINCT v.id, ...
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How can I select the latest record having one state where no later records exist with any other state?

I want to select the last record (by datetime) having a given state where no later records exist with any other state for each given "widget". widget state timestamp ------ ----- ...
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MySQL: Very slow query, not using index, no joins involved

I am running what I think is a very simple query: SELECT SQL_NO_CACHE m.mbr_nbr FROM tran.member m WHERE m.cardnbr = 000099999930 The table member is a poorly written one, with 133 columns and ...
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Help with a complicated MySQL Query inserting data using select from 2 tables

I am stuck with a case and unable to get the desired result from my query.. I have to insert into a table some records based on multiple records from 2 different tables.. Tables: Target: ...
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Table orders regarding Nested loop join in DB2

First I would like to cite the existing post Table order in Join Query so the author is saying that the table order really doesn't make things(result, access plan)different. I have doubt on this ...