Hour 13. Joining Tables in Queries

To this point, all database queries you have executed have extracted data from a single table. During this hour, you learn how to join tables in a query so that data can be retrieved from multiple tables.

The highlights of this hour include

  • An introduction to the table join

  • The different types of joins

  • How and when joins are used

  • Numerous practical examples of table joins

  • The effects of improperly joined tables

  • Renaming tables in a query using an alias

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