Antw: Problem with joins

Jean-Marc Libs wrote:
>...
>I have also tried:
>select source_name,data_value from source,data where data_source_id=source_id union select source_name,source_id,NULL from source,data

>This is a bit better, in the sense that I get back all I need, but there
>are too many lines: when there is data, I get the line with the data value
>and also with NULL.
>...

You are on the right way. Change your querry to

select source_name,data_value
from source,data
where data_source_id=source_id
union
select source_name,source_id
from source
WHERE source_id NOT IN (SELECT source_id FROM data);

and you will get your expected result.

BTW this simulates an outer join.

Gerhard