Amit_Wadhwa@Dell.com wrote:
>
> Basically I want a raw dump of data
> - Should have all the shipments regardless of whether they have any
> material items entered or not
> - Should have all Material Items for Every Shipment regardless of
> whether it was issued or not.
>
> I know I need an outer join (Do I Not?), but am confused as to how to
> implement it.
> Because this seems to be a requirement of a reversed outer join (??)
SELECT s.*, m.*, i.*
FROM shipments s
LEFT JOIN materials m
ON s.www = m.xxx
LEFT JOIN issued i
ON m.yyy = i.zzz
WHERE s.whatever = something
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