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MySQL Multiple Joins in one query?

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Can we use two joins in single query?

Multiple joins can be described as a query containing joins of the same or different types used more than once, thus giving them the ability to combine multiple tables.

Can you do 3 joins in SQL?

It is possible to use multiple join statements together to join more than one table at the same time. To do that you add a second INNER JOIN statement and a second ON statement to indicate the third table and the second relationship.

How can I merge two join queries in SQL?

Use the UNION ALL clause to join data from columns in two or more tables. In our example, we join data from the employee and customer tables. On the left of the UNION ALL keyword, put the first SELECT statement to get data from the first table (in our example, the table employee ).

Can you inner join 3 tables?

The most common way of joining three tables goes something like this: SELECT * FROM Table1 INNER JOIN Table2 ON Condition INNER JOIN Table3 ON Condition; This uses an inner join, but you can specify your desired join type as with any other join. You can also combine join types if required (example below).


You can simply add another join like this:

SELECT dashboard_data.headline, dashboard_data.message, dashboard_messages.image_id, images.filename
FROM dashboard_data 
    INNER JOIN dashboard_messages 
        ON dashboard_message_id = dashboard_messages.id
    INNER JOIN images
        ON dashboard_messages.image_id = images.image_id 

However be aware that, because it is an INNER JOIN, if you have a message without an image, the entire row will be skipped. If this is a possibility, you may want to do a LEFT OUTER JOIN which will return all your dashboard messages and an image_filename only if one exists (otherwise you'll get a null)

SELECT dashboard_data.headline, dashboard_data.message, dashboard_messages.image_id, images.filename
FROM dashboard_data 
    INNER JOIN dashboard_messages 
        ON dashboard_message_id = dashboard_messages.id
    LEFT OUTER JOIN images
        ON dashboard_messages.image_id = images.image_id 

Just add another join:

SELECT dashboard_data.headline,
       dashboard_data.message,
       dashboard_messages.image_id,
       images.filename 
FROM dashboard_data 
    INNER JOIN dashboard_messages
            ON dashboard_message_id = dashboard_messages.id 
    INNER JOIN images
            ON dashboard_messages.image_id = images.image_id

I shared my experience of using two LEFT JOINS in a single SQL query.

I have 3 tables:

Table 1) Patient consists columns PatientID, PatientName

Table 2) Appointment consists columns AppointmentID, AppointmentDateTime, PatientID, DoctorID

Table 3) Doctor consists columns DoctorID, DoctorName


Query:

SELECT Patient.patientname, AppointmentDateTime, Doctor.doctorname

FROM Appointment 

LEFT JOIN Doctor ON Appointment.doctorid = Doctor.doctorId  //have doctorId column common

LEFT JOIN Patient ON Appointment.PatientId = Patient.PatientId      //have patientid column common

WHERE Doctor.Doctorname LIKE 'varun%' // setting doctor name by using LIKE

AND Appointment.AppointmentDateTime BETWEEN '1/16/2001' AND '9/9/2014' //comparison b/w dates 

ORDER BY AppointmentDateTime ASC;  // getting data as ascending order

I wrote the solution to get date format like "mm/dd/yy" (under my name "VARUN TEJ REDDY")


Multi joins in SQL work by progressively creating derived tables one after the other. See this link explaining the process:

https://www.interfacett.com/blogs/multiple-joins-work-just-like-single-joins/