Thanks ! It's exactlly what I wanted.
I got the same result a few seconds ago using EMS MySQL Manager but I
didn't understand how. Your example is much better !
What is the difference between a LEFT JOIN and a LEFT OUTER JOIN ?
And of course you're right for the data type ;
Thanks again
A
mysql> create table users(
-> usrID smallint unsigned auto_increment,
-> usrZip char(5),
-> primary key(usrID));
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> create table cities(
-> ctyZip char(5) not null,
-> ctyName varchar(30) not null,
-> primary key(ctyZip));
Query OK,
Thanks for your answer. It's quite logical indeed...
I'm new to SQL !
Does it mean that I can't query on several tables at once if some keys have
a NULL value or is there another way ?
What I want is one line for my peopleId 2, built with informations from
several tables... Or in other words I
Michael
do the first join
people.zip = city.zip
yo get 2 rows from people 1 and 3
notice there is no peopleid 2 from first join so correct answer is to retun
null
Rick
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