SQL LEFT JOIN & RIGHT JOIN

The SQL JOIN clause is used whenever we have to select data from 2 or more tables.

To be able to use SQL JOIN clause to extract data from 2 (or more) tables, we need a relationship between certain columns in these tables

                                                                    Left Join

The LEFT JOIN keyword returns all rows from the left table (table_name1), even if there are
 no matches in the right table (table_name2).

Syntax :

SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name1
LEFT JOIN table_name2
ON table_name1.column_name=table_name2.column_name

The Pur table

OrderNo	custname	city
1	Siva	Srivilliputtur
2	Bala	Sivakasi
3	Kanna	Madurai

The PurDet table

sno	OrderNo	qty	rate
1	2	50	70
2	2	30	56
3	1	100	200
4	3	30	30
5	1	60	80

Example 

SELECT Pur.OrderNo as PurOrdNo,Pur.custname, Pur.City,PurDet.Orderno as PurDetOrdNo

FROM Pur

LEFT JOIN PurDet

ON Pur.Orderno=PurDet.OrderNo

ORDER BY Pur.CustName

PurOrdNo	custname	city	PurDetOrdNo
2	Bala	Sivakasi	2
2	Bala	Sivakasi	2
3	Kanna	Madurai	NULL
1	Siva	Srivilliputtur	1

                                           Right Join

The RIGHT JOIN keyword returns all the rows from the right table (table_name2), even if there are

 no matches in the left table (table_name1).

Syntax 

SELECT column_name(s)

FROM table_name1
RIGHT JOIN table_name2
ON table_name1.column_name=table_name2.column_name

Example

SELECT Pur.OrderNo as PurOrdNo,Pur.custname, Pur.City,PurDet.Orderno as PurDetOrdNo

FROM Pur

RIGHT JOIN Pur

ON Pur.Orderno=PurDet.OrderNo

ORDER BY Pur.CustName

PurOrdNo	custname	city	PurDetOrdNo
NULL	NULL	NULL	5
NULL	NULL	NULL	4
2	Bala	Sivakasi	2
2	Bala	Sivakasi	2
1	Siva	Srivilliputtur	1