LibreOffice Base SQL: JOINing Tables

Today, I will continue the discussion of SQL queries with queries that involve more than one table. The SQL in this post is based on the “TeamMembers” database. For instructions on setting up the database in LibreOffice and a short description of the database and tables, see the post at http://wp.me/pvwht-a4.

JOIN: The Table Linking Keyword

If you need to gather data from two tables, you might think you would need to run multiple SELECT commands, but you would have a difficult time linking or JOINing the two tables together.

The JOIN keyword allows us to do just that. With it we can tell the database how the two tables are related. Continue reading