SQL INNER JOIN
SQL INNER JOIN Keyword
The INNER JOIN keyword returns rows when there is at least one match in the table.
SQL INNER JOIN syntax
SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table1
INNER JOIN table2
ON table1.column_name=table2.column_name;
FROM table1
INNER JOIN table2
ON table1.column_name=table2.column_name;
Or:
SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table1
JOIN table2
ON table1.column_name=table2.column_name ;
FROM table1
JOIN table2
ON table1.column_name=table2.column_name ;
Note: INNER JOIN is the same as JOIN.
Demo Database
In this tutorial we will use the php sample database.
The following is the data selected from the "Websites" table:
+----+--------------+--- ------------------------+------+---------+
| id | name | url --------+-------+---------+
| 1 | Google | https://www.google.cm/ | 1 | USA |
| 2 | Taobao | https://www.taobao.com/ | 13 | CN |
| 3 | php Chinese website | http://www.php.cn/ | 4689 | CN |
| 4 | Weibo | http://weibo.com/ | 20 | CN |
| 5 | Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/ | 3 | USA |
| 7 | stackoverflow | http://stackoverflow.com/ | 0 | IND |
+----+---------------+----------- ----------------+------+---------+
| id | name | url --------+-------+---------+
| 1 | Google | https://www.google.cm/ | 1 | USA |
| 2 | Taobao | https://www.taobao.com/ | 13 | CN |
| 3 | php Chinese website | http://www.php.cn/ | 4689 | CN |
| 4 | Weibo | http://weibo.com/ | 20 | CN |
| 5 | Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/ | 3 | USA |
| 7 | stackoverflow | http://stackoverflow.com/ | 0 | IND |
+----+---------------+----------- ----------------+------+---------+
The following is the data of the "access_log" website access record table:
mysql> SELECT * FROM access_log;
+-----+--------- +-------+------------+
| aid | site_id | count | date |
+-----+------ ---+-------+------------+
| 1 | 1 | 45 | 2016-05-10 |
| 2 | 3 | 100 | 2016-05-13 |
| 3 | 1 | 230 | 2016-05-14 |
| 4 | 2 | 10 | 2016-05-14 |
| 5 | 5 | 205 | 2016 -05-14 |
| 6 | 4 | 13 | 2016-05-15 |
| 7 | 3 | 220 | 2016-05-15 |
| 8 | 5 | 545 | 201 6-05 -16 |
| 9 | 3 | 201 | 2016-05-17 |
+-----+----------+------+--- ---------+
9 rows in set (0.00 sec)
+-----+--------- +-------+------------+
| aid | site_id | count | date |
+-----+------ ---+-------+------------+
| 1 | 1 | 45 | 2016-05-10 |
| 2 | 3 | 100 | 2016-05-13 |
| 3 | 1 | 230 | 2016-05-14 |
| 4 | 2 | 10 | 2016-05-14 |
| 5 | 5 | 205 | 2016 -05-14 |
| 6 | 4 | 13 | 2016-05-15 |
| 7 | 3 | 220 | 2016-05-15 |
| 8 | 5 | 545 | 201 6-05 -16 |
| 9 | 3 | 201 | 2016-05-17 |
+-----+----------+------+--- ---------+
9 rows in set (0.00 sec)
SQL INNER JOIN Example
The following SQL statement will return all Website access record:
Example
SELECT Websites.name, access_log.count, access_log.date
FROM Websites
INNER JOIN access_log
ON Websites.id=access_log.site_id
ORDER BY access_log.count;
FROM Websites
INNER JOIN access_log
ON Websites.id=access_log.site_id
ORDER BY access_log.count;
The output result of executing the above SQL is as follows:
Note: INNER JOIN keyword is in the table Return rows if there is at least one match. Rows in the "Websites" table are not listed if they do not have a match in the "access_log".
