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Difference in MySQL JOIN vs LEFT JOIN

I have this cross-database query...

SELECT
            `DM_Server`.`Jobs`.*,
            `DM_Server`.servers.Description AS server,
            digital_inventory.params,
            products.products_id,
            products.products_pdfupload,
            customers.customers_firstname,
            customers.customers_lastname
        FROM `DM_Server`.`Jobs`
        INNER JOIN `DM_Server`.servers ON servers.ServerID = Jobs.Jobs_ServerID
        JOIN `cpod_live`.`digital_inventory` ON digital_inventory.jobname = Jobs.Jobs_Name
        JOIN `cpod_live`.`products` ON products.products_pdfupload = CONCAT(digital_inventory.jobname, ".pdf")
        JOIN `cpod_live`.`customers` ON customers.customers_id = products.cID
        ORDER BY `DM_Server`.`Jobs`.Jobs_StartTime DESC LIMIT 50

it runs fine until I make them LEFT JOINs. I thought that by not specifying a type of join it was assumed to be a LEFT JOIN. Is this not the case?

Solution

  • I thought that by not specifying a type of join it was assumed to be a LEFT JOIN. Is this not the case?

    No, the default join is an INNER JOIN.

    Here is a visual explanation of SQL joins.

    Inner join

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    Left join

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