Re: Quick question re outer joins

  • From: Nuno Souto <dbvision@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 00:06:43 +1000

jo_holvoet@xxxxxxxx apparently said,on my timestamp of 23/07/2004 6:50 PM:

> If the relationship to the new table is 1-N, it could potentially add rows 
> just like a regular join, couldn't it ?

How?
If it finds a corresponding row, it puts its column value in the output.
If it doesn't, it puts a NULL there.  How can that add rows?

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Nuno Souto
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