RE: getting from one table listing from another

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At 6:12 PM -0500 8/18/07, Jay Blanchard wrote:
[snip]
I know this is kinda crazy but I need it :P
I have one table that lists name's
and I have another table that has the name's and points
I want to know how to list the name's of the first table by the points
of the second table
[/snip]

Not crazy, pretty standard from a database point of view;

SELECT a.name, b.points
FROM table a LEFT OUTER JOIN table b
ON(a.name = b.name)

This only works if the name in table a matches a name in table b.

Then why use a JOIN? It's my understanding that JOINs are used to included unmatched rows -- am I wrong?

Wouldn't this be simpler?

SELECT a.name, b.points
FROM table_name a, table_name_points b
WHERE a.name = b.name

Besides, all that JOIN stuff makes my head hurt.

Cheers,

tedd
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