What is left outer join and right outer join

praneethgokul · New User Joined: 06 May 2005 Posts: 20 Location: Bangalore

hi all,

what is left outer join and right outer join?

please give me one example also

how to convert to vsam records to db2 table?

vicky10001 · Active User Joined: 13 Jul 2005 Posts: 136

db2 => select tab1.*, childname from tab1 full outer join tab2 on
tab1.empno = tab2.empno
db2 => select tab1.*, childname from tab1 left outer join tab2 on
tab1.empno = tab2.empno
db2 => select tab1.*, childname from tab1 right outer join tab2 on
tab1.empno = tab2.empno

D:\PROGRA~1\SQLLIB\BIN>db2 select * from tab1

EMPNO NAME
----------- --------------------
1 a
2 b
3 c
4 d
5 e

5 record(s) selected.

D:\PROGRA~1\SQLLIB\BIN>db2 select * from tab2

EMPNO CHILDNAME
----------- --------------------
1 a
3 c
4 d
7 x

4 record(s) selected.

D:\PROGRA~1\SQLLIB\BIN>db2 select tab1.*, childname from tab1 left outer
join tab2 on tab1.empno = tab2.empn
o

EMPNO NAME CHILDNAME
----------- -------------------- --------------------
1 a a
2 b -
3 c c
4 d d
5 e -

5 record(s) selected.

D:\PROGRA~1\SQLLIB\BIN>db2 select tab1.*, childname from tab1 right outer
join tab2 on tab1.empno = tab2.emp
no

EMPNO NAME CHILDNAME
----------- -------------------- --------------------
1 a a
3 c c
4 d d
- - x

4 record(s) selected.

D:\PROGRA~1\SQLLIB\BIN>db2 select tab1.*, childname from tab1 full outer
join tab2 on tab1.empno = tab2.empn
o

EMPNO NAME CHILDNAME
----------- -------------------- --------------------
1 a a
3 c c
4 d d
- - x
2 b -
5 e
-