MySQL Left Outer Join

Joins are very interesting topic in mysql.In my 4 years exp. i feel that every body knows about joins (experts and freshers) but freshers use joins very few.This may be because of their low thinking capability in starting or may be they find joins more typical then their local logic.Maximum beginners try to put their own logic rather then joins.

Today we will talk about left outer join .Not very common join but very effective join.
Suppose you have 2 tables. First “table1″ with 2 fields ‘id’ and ‘name.’ . Second “table2″ with 2 fields ‘id’ and ’salary’.In table1 “id” is primary key and in table2 field “id” is foreign key.

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