SQL Join Queries: Retrieving Data From Two Tables
To retrieve data from two tables, you can use a join query. The specific steps are as follows:
- Identify the two tables that need to be queried, assuming they are Table A and Table B.
- Choose the appropriate type of join, such as inner join, left join, or right join.
- Based on the method of connection, the connection conditions are typically the common fields between two tables.
- Construct a query statement, use the SELECT statement to select the desired fields to query, and use the JOIN keyword to connect the two tables together, specifying the join condition in the ON clause.
- Execute the query statement to retrieve the result set from the joined tables.
For example, if you want to query a field that is common to both table A and table B, you can use the following SQL statement to perform the query:
SELECT A.field1, B.field2
FROM tableA A
JOIN tableB B ON A.common_field = B.common_field;
In this case, tableA and tableB refer to the table names of Table A and Table B respectively, with field1 and field2 as the fields to query and common_field as the common field between the two tables. After executing the query statement above, a result set containing fields A.field1 and B.field2 will be returned, which is the data after joining Table A and Table B.