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An Example of a Left Outer Join 2
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SQL>
SQL> -- create demo table
SQL> create table Employee(
2 EMPNO NUMBER(3),
3 ENAME VARCHAR2(15 BYTE),
4 HIREDATE DATE,
5 ORIG_SALARY NUMBER(6),
6 CURR_SALARY NUMBER(6),
7 REGION VARCHAR2(1 BYTE)
8 )
9 /
Table created.
SQL>
SQL> create table job (
2 EMPNO NUMBER(3),
3 jobtitle VARCHAR2(20 BYTE)
4 )
5 /
Table created.
SQL>
SQL> insert into job (EMPNO, Jobtitle) values (1,'Tester');
1 row created.
SQL> insert into job (EMPNO, Jobtitle) values (2,'Accountant');
1 row created.
SQL> insert into job (EMPNO, Jobtitle) values (3,'Developer');
1 row created.
SQL> insert into job (EMPNO, Jobtitle) values (4,'COder');
1 row created.
SQL> insert into job (EMPNO, Jobtitle) values (5,'Director');
1 row created.
SQL> insert into job (EMPNO, Jobtitle) values (6,'Mediator');
1 row created.
SQL> insert into job (EMPNO, Jobtitle) values (7,'Proffessor');
1 row created.
SQL> insert into job (EMPNO, Jobtitle) values (8,'Programmer');
1 row created.
SQL> insert into job (EMPNO, Jobtitle) values (9,'Developer');
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> -- prepare data
SQL> insert into Employee(EMPNO, EName, HIREDATE, ORIG_SALARY, CURR_SALARY, REGION)
2 values (1, 'Jason', to_date('19960725','YYYYMMDD'), 1234, 8767, 'E')
3 /
1 row created.
SQL> insert into Employee(EMPNO, EName, HIREDATE, ORIG_SALARY, CURR_SALARY, REGION)
2 values (2, 'John', to_date('19970715','YYYYMMDD'), 2341, 3456, 'W')
3 /
1 row created.
SQL> insert into Employee(EMPNO, EName, HIREDATE, ORIG_SALARY, CURR_SALARY, REGION)
2 values (3, 'Joe', to_date('19860125','YYYYMMDD'), 4321, 5654, 'E')
3 /
1 row created.
SQL> insert into Employee(EMPNO, EName, HIREDATE, ORIG_SALARY, CURR_SALARY, REGION)
2 values (9, 'Jack', to_date('20010829','YYYYMMDD'), 7896, 1232, 'E')
3 /
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> -- display data in the table
SQL> select * from Employee
2 /
EMPNO ENAME HIREDATE ORIG_SALARY CURR_SALARY R
---------- --------------- --------- ----------- ----------- -
1 Jason 25-JUL-96 1234 8767 E
2 John 15-JUL-97 2341 3456 W
3 Joe 25-JAN-86 4321 5654 E
9 Jack 29-AUG-01 7896 1232 E
SQL> select * from job
2 /
EMPNO JOBTITLE
---------- --------------------
1 Tester
2 Accountant
3 Developer
4 COder
5 Director
6 Mediator
7 Proffessor
8 Programmer
9 Developer
9 rows selected.
SQL>
SQL> SELECT e.ename, j.jobtitle FROM employee e, job j WHERE e.empno = j.empno (+);
ENAME JOBTITLE
--------------- --------------------
Jason Tester
John Accountant
Joe Developer
Jack Developer
SQL>
SQL> -- clean the table
SQL> drop table Employee
2 /
Table dropped.
SQL> drop table job
2 /
Table dropped.
SQL>
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