Two LEFT JOIN : Left Join « Join « SQL / MySQL

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Two LEFT JOIN

  
/*
mysql> SELECT ArticleTitle, Copyright, AuthorFirstName, AuthorMiddleName, AuthorLastName
    -> FROM Articles AS b LEFT JOIN AuthorArticle AS ab ON b.ArticleID=ab.ArticleID
    ->    LEFT JOIN Authors AS a ON ab.AuthID=a.AuthID
    -> ORDER BY ArticleTitle;
+-------------------+-----------+-----------------+------------------+----------------+
| ArticleTitle      | Copyright | AuthorFirstName | AuthorMiddleName | AuthorLastName |
+-------------------+-----------+-----------------+------------------+----------------+
| AI                |      1993 | Annie           | NULL             | Peng           |
| Buy a paper       |      1932 | James           | NULL             | Elk            |
| Buy a paper       |      1932 | Mary            | G.               | Lee            |
| Conferences       |      1996 | Nelson          | NULL             | Yin            |
| How write a paper |      1934 | Tom             | M                | Ride           |
| Information       |      1992 | Annie           | NULL             | Peng           |
| Journal           |      1980 | Jack            | K                | Ken            |
| Publish a paper   |      1919 | NULL            | NULL             | NULL           |
| Sell a paper      |      1966 | Henry           | S.               | Thompson       |
+-------------------+-----------+-----------------+------------------+----------------+
9 rows in set (0.01 sec)


*/

Drop table Articles;
Drop table Authors;
Drop table AuthorArticle;



CREATE TABLE Articles (
   ArticleID SMALLINT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
   ArticleTitle VARCHAR(60) NOT NULL,
   Copyright YEAR NOT NULL
)
ENGINE=INNODB;


INSERT INTO Articles VALUES (12786, 'How write a paper', 1934),
                            (13331, 'Publish a paper', 1919),
                            (14356, 'Sell a paper', 1966),
                            (15729, 'Buy a paper', 1932),
                            (16284, 'Conferences', 1996),
                            (17695, 'Journal', 1980),
                            (19264, 'Information', 1992),
                            (19354, 'AI', 1993);


CREATE TABLE Authors (
   AuthID SMALLINT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
   AuthorFirstName VARCHAR(20),
   AuthorMiddleName VARCHAR(20),
   AuthorLastName VARCHAR(20)
)
ENGINE=INNODB;


INSERT INTO Authors VALUES (1006, 'Henry', 'S.', 'Thompson'),
                           (1007, 'Jason', 'Carol', 'Oak'),
                           (1008, 'James', NULL, 'Elk'),
                           (1009, 'Tom', 'M', 'Ride'),
                           (1010, 'Jack', 'K', 'Ken'),
                           (1011, 'Mary', 'G.', 'Lee'),
                           (1012, 'Annie', NULL, 'Peng'),
                           (1013, 'Alan', NULL, 'Wang'),
                           (1014, 'Nelson', NULL, 'Yin');


CREATE TABLE AuthorArticle (
   AuthID SMALLINT NOT NULL,
   ArticleID SMALLINT NOT NULL,
   PRIMARY KEY (AuthID, ArticleID),
   FOREIGN KEY (AuthID) REFERENCES Authors (AuthID),
   FOREIGN KEY (ArticleID) REFERENCES Articles (ArticleID)
)
ENGINE=INNODB;


INSERT INTO AuthorArticle VALUES (1006, 14356), 
                              (1008, 15729), 
                              (1009, 12786), 
                              (1010, 17695),
                              (1011, 15729), 
                              (1012, 19264), 
                              (1012, 19354), 
                              (1014, 16284);
  
SELECT ArticleTitle, Copyright, AuthorFirstName, AuthorMiddleName, AuthorLastName
FROM Articles AS b LEFT JOIN AuthorArticle AS ab ON b.ArticleID=ab.ArticleID
   LEFT JOIN Authors AS a ON ab.AuthID=a.AuthID
ORDER BY ArticleTitle;



           
         
    
  

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