如何让 SQL INNER JOIN 接受空结果

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【中文标题】如何让 SQL INNER JOIN 接受空结果【英文标题】:How to have SQL INNER JOIN accept null results 【发布时间】:2011-11-27 03:58:49 【问题描述】:

我有以下疑问:

SELECT TOP 25 CLIENT_ID_MD5, COUNT(CLIENT_ID_MD5) TOTAL 
FROM dbo.amazonlogs 
GROUP BY CLIENT_ID_MD5 
ORDER BY COUNT(*) DESC;

返回:

283fe255cbc25c804eb0c05f84ee5d52    864458
879100cf8aa8b993a8c53f0137a3a176    126122
06c181de7f35ee039fec84579e82883d    88719
69ffb6c6fd5f52de0d5535ce56286671    68863
703441aa63c0ac1f39fe9e4a4cc8239a    47434
3fd023e7b2047e78c6742e2fc5b66fce    45350
a8b72ca65ba2440e8e4028a832ec2160    39524
...

我想使用此查询返回的 MD5 检索相应的客户端名称 (FIRM),因此一行可能如下所示:

879100cf8aa8b993a8c53f0137a3a176    126122    Burger King

所以我做了这个查询:

SELECT a.CLIENT_ID_MD5, COUNT(a.CLIENT_ID_MD5) TOTAL, c.FIRM 
FROM dbo.amazonlogs a 
  INNER JOIN dbo.customers c 
    ON c.CLIENT_ID_MD5 = a.CLIENT_ID_MD5
GROUP BY a.CLIENT_ID_MD5, c.FIRM 
ORDER BY COUNT(*) DESC;

这会返回类似:

879100cf8aa8b993a8c53f0137a3a176    126122    Burger King
06c181de7f35ee039fec84579e82883d    88719     McDonalds
703441aa63c0ac1f39fe9e4a4cc8239a    47434     Wendy's
3fd023e7b2047e78c6742e2fc5b66fce    45350     Tim Horton's

这可行,但如果给定的 MD5 没有对应的 FIRM,我需要为 c.FIRM 返回一个空值。例如:

879100cf8aa8b993a8c53f0137a3a176    126122    Burger King
06c181de7f35ee039fec84579e82883d    88719     McDonalds
69ffb6c6fd5f52de0d5535ce56286671    68863
703441aa63c0ac1f39fe9e4a4cc8239a    47434     Wendy's
3fd023e7b2047e78c6742e2fc5b66fce    45350     Tim Horton's

即使没有对应的c.FIRM,我应该如何修改查询以仍然返回一行?

【问题讨论】:

漆黑一片。你很可能会被格鲁鱼吃掉。 【参考方案1】:

INNER JOIN 替换为LEFT JOIN

【讨论】:

LEFT JOIN 即使在您要加入的其他表中没有匹配项时也会返回行。 INNER JOIN 不会,它只返回其他表中匹配的行【参考方案2】:

使用LEFT JOIN 而不是INNER JOIN

【讨论】:

【参考方案3】:

您应该进行 LEFT OUTER 联接,而不是进行 INNER 联接:

SELECT 
    a.CLIENT_ID_MD5, 
    COUNT(a.CLIENT_ID_MD5) TOTAL, 
    ISNULL(c.FIRM,'') 
FROM 
    dbo.amazonlogs a LEFT OUTER JOIN 
    dbo.customers c ON c.CLIENT_ID_MD5 = a.CLIENT_ID_MD5
GROUP BY 
    a.CLIENT_ID_MD5, 
    c.FIRM 
ORDER BY COUNT(0) DESC

http://www.w3schools.com/sql/sql_join.asp

【讨论】:

您的查询中有错字 - LEFT OURER JOIN【参考方案4】:

内连接不包括 NULL;你想要一个 LEFT OUTER 加入。

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【参考方案5】:
SELECT a.CLIENT_ID_MD5, COUNT(a.CLIENT_ID_MD5) TOTAL, IsNull(c.FIRM, 'Unknown') as Firm
FROM dbo.amazonlogs a 
    LEFT JOIN dbo.customers c ON c.CLIENT_ID_MD5 = a.CLIENT_ID_MD5 
GROUP BY a.CLIENT_ID_MD5, c.FIRM ORDER BY COUNT(*) DESC; 

当客户表中的记录不存在时,这将为您提供“未知”值。如果您想使用实际的空值,您显然可以删除该部分并返回 c.FIRM。

【讨论】:

【参考方案6】:

将您的 INNER JOIN 更改为 OUTER JOIN...

SELECT a.CLIENT_ID_MD5, COUNT(a.CLIENT_ID_MD5) TOTAL, c.FIRM
FROM dbo.amazonlogs a
LEFT OUTER JOIN dbo.customers c
  ON c.CLIENT_ID_MD5 = a.CLIENT_ID_MD5
GROUP BY a.CLIENT_ID_MD5, c.FIRM
ORDER BY COUNT(*) DESC;

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【参考方案7】:
WITH amazonlogs_Tallies
     AS
     (
      SELECT a.CLIENT_ID_MD5, COUNT(a.CLIENT_ID_MD5) TOTAL 
        FROM dbo.amazonlogs a 
       GROUP 
          BY a.CLIENT_ID_MD5 
     ), 
     amazonlogs_Tallies_Firms
     AS
     (
      SELECT a.CLIENT_ID_MD5, a.TOTAL, c.FIRM 
        FROM amazonlogs_Tallies a 
             INNER JOIN dbo.customers c 
                ON c.CLIENT_ID_MD5 = a.CLIENT_ID_MD5
     )
SELECT CLIENT_ID_MD5, TOTAL, FIRM
  FROM amazonlogs_Tallies_Firms
UNION 
SELECT CLIENT_ID_MD5, TOTAL, 'NOT_KNOWN'
  FROM amazonlogs_Tallies
EXCEPT
SELECT CLIENT_ID_MD5, TOTAL, 'NOT_KNOWN'
  FROM amazonlogs_Tallies_Firms;

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