The online store has ordered more products from a supplier because they were running low on stock. This means we have some free time until the shipment arrives.

Let's use this opportunity to learn something new! So far, you've been using the standard JOIN in SQL, but there are other types of joins you can use.

Here are the 4 main types of table joins:

• INNER JOIN: Returns rows with matching values in both tables. This is the same as the standard JOIN you've been using;

• LEFT JOIN: Returns all rows from the left table and the matching rows from the right table. If there are no matches, it returns NULL for the right table;

• RIGHT JOIN: Returns all rows from the right table and the matching rows from the left table. If there are no matches, it returns NULL for the left table;

• FULL JOIN: Returns all rows when there is a match in one of the tables. If there are no matches, it returns NULL for the missing values in the other table.

• LEFT JOIN: Returns all rows from the left table and the matching rows from the right table. If there are no matches, it returns NULL for the right table;

• RIGHT JOIN: Returns all rows from the right table and the matching rows from the left table. If there are no matches, it returns NULL for the left table;

A sintaxe para usar esses tipos de junções é na verdade simples. Em vez do familiar JOIN ou INNER JOIN, basta especificar LEFT JOIN ou qualquer outro tipo de JOIN.

Nesse caso, a sintaxe será assim:

Before we dive into using these joins, let's check out the two tables we'll be working with. They contain details about courses and the students enrolled in them.

courses:

enrollments:

The syntax for using these types of joins is actually simple. Instead of the familiar JOIN or INNER JOIN, just specify LEFT JOIN or any other type of JOIN: