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Software ==>	SQL (203 exercises)
Topic ==>	Basic joins (12 exercises)
Level ==>	Average difficulty
Subject ==>	SQL training

Create an inner join in a query, then change it to an outer join to show categories having no events

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Before you can do this exercise, you'll need to download and unzip this file . Once you've done this:

Go into SQL Server Management Studio;
Open the SQL file you've just unzipped (you can press CTRL + O to do this); then
Execute this script.

This will generate the database that you'll need to use in order to do this exercise (note that the database and script are only to be used for exercises published on this website, and may not be reused or distributed in any form without the prior written permission of Wise Owl).

Create a query which uses an inner join to link the categories table to the events table (they share a column/field called CategoryId):

The first few of the 459 events in reverse date order. We weren't sure of the correct category for the first one.

Change the inner join to an outer join, so that you show for each category its events - even when there aren't any:

If you scroll down to the bottom of your query, you'll see you now have a couple of extra rows, making 461 in total.

Add a WHERE clause to show only those categories which don't have any corresponding events:

It seems unlikely they'll be any events for the first category, but you never know ...

Save this query as Empty categories, then close it down.

You can unzip this file to see the answers to this exercise, although please remember this is for your personal use only.

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