#案例:查询员工的姓名及其部门名称 SELECT last_name, department_name FROM employees, departments;
查询结果(从上图可以看到:每个员工都与每个部门匹配了一遍,此错误称为 笛卡儿积 的错误):
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# 2889行结果 +-----------+----------------------+ | last_name | department_name | +-----------+----------------------+ | King | Administration | | King | Marketing | | King | Purchasing | | King | Human Resources | | King | Shipping | | King | IT |
分析错误情况:
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SELECT COUNT(employee_id) FROM employees; #输出107行 SELECT COUNT(department_id)FROM departments; #输出27行 SELECT 107*27 FROM dual; # 2889=107*27 ---—>错误由笛卡儿积导致
把上述多表查询中出现的问题称为:笛卡尔积的错误。错误的原因:缺少了多表的连接条件
2) 笛卡尔积(或交叉连接)的理解
笛卡尔乘积是一个数学运算。假设有两个集合 X 和 Y,那么 X 和 Y 的笛卡尔积就是 X 和 Y 的所有可能组合,也就是第一个对象来自于 X,第二个对象来自于 Y 的所有可能。组合的个数即为两个集合中元素个数的乘积数。
#查询员工姓名和所在部门名称 SELECT last_name,department_name FROM employees,departments; SELECT last_name,department_name FROM employees CROSS JOIN departments; SELECT last_name,department_name FROM employees INNER JOIN departments; SELECT last_name,department_name FROM employees JOIN departments;
3) 案例分析与问题解决
笛卡尔积的错误会在下面条件下产生:
省略多个表的连接条件(或关联条件)
连接条件(或关联条件)无效
所有表中的所有行互相连接
为了避免笛卡尔积, 可以在 WHERE 加入有效的连接条件。 加入连接条件后,查询语法:
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SELECT table1.column, table2.column FROM table1, table2 WHERE table1.column1 = table2.column2; #连接条件
在 WHERE子句中写入连接条件。 正确写法:
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#案例:查询员工的姓名及其部门名称 SELECT last_name, department_name FROM employees, departments WHERE employees.department_id = departments.department_id;
在表中有相同列时,在列名之前加上表名前缀。
2. 多表查询分类讲解
分类1:等值连接 vs 非等值连接
等值连接
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SELECT employees.employee_id, employees.last_name, employees.department_id, departments.department_id, departments.location_id FROM employees, departments WHERE employees.department_id = departments.department_id;
拓展1:多个连接条件与 AND 操作符
拓展2:区分重复的列名
多个表中有相同列时,必须在列名之前加上表名前缀。
在不同表中具有相同列名的列可以用 表名 加以区分。
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SELECT employees.last_name, departments.department_name,employees.department_id FROM employees, departments WHERE employees.department_id = departments.department_id;
拓展3:表的别名
使用别名可以简化查询。
列名前使用表名前缀可以提高查询效率。
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SELECT e.employee_id, e.last_name, e.department_id, d.department_id, d.location_id FROM employees e , departments d WHERE e.department_id = d.department_id;
需要注意的是,如果使用了表的别名,在查询字段中、过滤条件中就只能使用别名进行代替,不能使用原有的表名,否则就会报错。 阿里开发规范: 【强制 】对于数据库中表记录的查询和变更,只要涉及多个表,都需要在列名前加表的别名(或表名)进行限定。 说明:对多表进行查询记录、更新记录、删除记录时,如果对操作列没有限定表的别名(或表名),并且操作列在多个表中存在时,就会抛异常。 正例 :select t1.name from table_first as t1 , table_second as t2 where t1.id=t2.id; 反例:在某业务中,由于多表关联查询语句没有加表的别名(或表名)的限制,正常运行两年后,最近在 某个表中增加一个同名字段,在预发布环境做数据库变更后,线上查询语句出现出 1052 异常:Column ‘name’ in field list is ambiguous。
拓展4:连接多个表
总结:连接 n个表,至少需要n-1个连接条件。比如,连接三个表,至少需要两个连接条件。
练习:查询出公司员工的 last_name,department_name, city
非等值连接
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SELECT e.last_name, e.salary, j.grade_level FROM employees e, job_grades j WHERE e.salary BETWEEN j.lowest_sal AND j.highest_sal;
SELECT CONCAT(worker.last_name , ' works for ', manager.last_name) FROM employees worker, employees manager WHERE worker.manager_id = manager.employee_id;
#左外连接 SELECT last_name,department_name FROM employees ,departments WHERE employees.department_id = departments.department_id(+); #右外连接 SELECT last_name,department_name FROM employees ,departments WHERE employees.department_id(+) = departments.department_id;
而且在 SQL92 中,只有左外连接和右外连接,没有满(或全)外连接。
3. SQL99语法实现多表查询
1) 基本语法
使用JOIN…ON子句创建连接的语法结构:
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SELECT table1.column, table2.column,table3.column FROM table1 JOIN table2 ON table1 和 table2 的连接条件 JOIN table3 ON table2 和 table3 的连接条件
它的嵌套逻辑类似我们使用的 FOR 循环:
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for t1 in table1: for t2 in table2: if condition1: for t3 in table3: if condition2: output t1 + t2 + t3
SELECT 字段列表 FROM A表 INNER JOIN B表 ON 关联条件 WHERE 等其他子句;
题目1:
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SELECT e.employee_id, e.last_name, e.department_id, d.department_id, d.location_id FROM employees e JOIN departments d ON (e.department_id = d.department_id);
题目2:
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SELECT employee_id, city, department_name FROM employees e JOIN departments d ON d.department_id = e.department_id JOIN locations l ON d.location_id = l.location_id;
3) 外连接(OUTER JOIN)的实现
① 左外连接(LEFT OUTER JOIN)
语法:
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#实现查询结果是A SELECT 字段列表 FROM A表 LEFT JOIN B表 ON 关联条件 WHERE 等其他子句;
举例:
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SELECT e.last_name, e.department_id, d.department_name FROM employees e LEFT OUTER JOIN departments d ON (e.department_id = d.department_id) ;
② 右外连接(RIGHT OUTER JOIN)
语法:
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#实现查询结果是B SELECT 字段列表 FROM A表 RIGHT JOIN B表 ON 关联条件 WHERE 等其他子句;
举例:
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SELECT e.last_name, e.department_id, d.department_name FROM employees e LEFT OUTER JOIN departments d ON (e.department_id = d.department_id) ;
# 中图:内连接 A∩B SELECT employee_id,department_name FROM employees e JOIN departments d ON e.`department_id` = d.`department_id`;
# 左上图:左外连接 SELECT employee_id,department_name FROM employees e LEFT JOIN departments d ON e.`department_id` = d.`department_id`;
# 右上图:右外连接 SELECT employee_id,department_name FROM employees e RIGHT JOIN departments d ON e.`department_id` = d.`department_id`;
# 左中图:A - A∩B SELECT employee_id,department_name FROM employees e LEFT JOIN departments d ON e.`department_id` = d.`department_id` WHERE d.`department_id` IS NULL;
# 右中图:B - A∩B SELECT employee_id,department_name FROM employees e RIGHT JOIN departments d ON e.`department_id` = d.`department_id` WHERE e.`department_id` IS NULL;
# 左下图:满外连接 # 方式1:左上图 UNION ALL 右中图 SELECT employee_id,department_name FROM employees e LEFT JOIN departments d ON e.`department_id` = d.`department_id` UNION ALL SELECT employee_id,department_name FROM employees e RIGHT JOIN departments d ON e.`department_id` = d.`department_id` WHERE e.`department_id` IS NULL;
# 方式2:左中图 UNION ALL 右上图 SELECT employee_id,department_name FROM employees e LEFT JOIN departments d ON e.`department_id` = d.`department_id` WHERE d.`department_id` IS NULL UNION ALL SELECT employee_id,department_name FROM employees e RIGHT JOIN departments d ON e.`department_id` = d.`department_id`;
# 右下图:左中图 UNION ALL 右中图 SELECT employee_id,department_name FROM employees e LEFT JOIN departments d ON e.`department_id` = d.`department_id` WHERE d.`department_id` IS NULL UNION ALL SELECT employee_id,department_name FROM employees e RIGHT JOIN departments d ON e.`department_id` = d.`department_id` WHERE e.`department_id` IS NULL;
2) 语法格式小结
左中图
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#实现A - A∩B select 字段列表 from A表 left join B表 on 关联条件 where 从表关联字段 is null and 等其他子句;
右中图
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#实现B - A∩B select 字段列表 from A表 right join B表 on 关联条件 where 从表关联字段 is null and 等其他子句;
左下图
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#实现查询结果是A∪B #用左外的A,union 右外的B select 字段列表 from A表 left join B表 on 关联条件 where 等其他子句 union select 字段列表 from A表 right join B表 on 关联条件 where 等其他子句;
右下图
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#实现A∪B - A∩B 或 (A - A∩B) ∪ (B - A∩B) #使用左外的 (A - A∩B) union 右外的(B - A∩B) select 字段列表 from A表 left join B表 on 关联条件 where 从表关联字段 is null and 等其他子句 union select 字段列表 from A表 right join B表 on 关联条件 where 从表关联字段 is null and 等其他子句
SELECT employee_id,last_name,department_name FROM employees e JOIN departments d ON e.`department_id` = d.`department_id` AND e.`manager_id` = d.`manager_id`;
在 SQL99 中你可以写成:
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SELECT employee_id,last_name,department_name FROM employees e NATURAL JOIN departments d;
2) USING连接
当我们进行连接的时候,SQL99还支持使用 USING 指定数据表里的 同名字段 进行等值连接。但是只能配合JOIN一起使用。比如:
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SELECT employee_id,last_name,department_name FROM employees e JOIN departments d USING (department_id);
你能看出与自然连接 NATURAL JOIN 不同的是,USING 指定了具体的相同的字段名称,你需要在 USING 的括号 () 中填入要指定的同名字段。同时使用 JOIN…USING 可以简化 JOIN ON 的等值连接。它与下 面的 SQL 查询结果是相同的:
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SELECT employee_id,last_name,department_name FROM employees e ,departments d WHERE e.department_id = d.department_id;
7. 小结
表连接的约束条件可以有三种方式:WHERE, ON, USING
WHERE:适用于所有关联查询
ON :只能和JOIN一起使用,只能写关联条件。虽然关联条件可以并到WHERE中和其他条件一起写,但分开写可读性更好。
# 1.查询哪些部门没有员工 # 方式一 SELECT d.department_id FROM departments d LEFT JOIN employees e ON d.`department_id` = e.`department_id` WHERE e.`department_id` IS NULL;
# 方式二 SELECT department_id FROM departments d WHERE NOT EXISTS ( SELECT * FROM employees e WHERE e.`department_id` = d.`department_id` );
# 2.查询哪个城市没有部门 SELECT l.location_id, l.city FROM locations l LEFT JOIN departments d ON l.`location_id` = d.`location_id` WHERE d.`location_id` IS NULL;
# 3.查询部门名为 Sales 或 IT 的员工信息 SELECT e.employee_id, e.last_name, e.department_id FROM employees e JOIN department d ON e.`department_id` = d.`department_id` WHERE d.`department_name` IN ('Sales', 'IT');