SQL RIGHT OUTER JOIN

What is SQL RIGHT OUTER JOIN

The SQL RIGHT OUTER JOIN is a type of outer join to which prefer all the rows of a right table or second table to combine the two tables. It adds all the rows from the second table to the resulted table. If there is no matching value in the two tables, it returns the null value.

In order to use the right join output in SQL, the query result finds all the rows from the second table and includes the matching rows from the left table. One thing you should notice that if there is no match in both the tables it returns a null value.

How to Use RIGHT OUTER JOIN in SQL

If you want to perform the right outer join in SQL, you have to use the two tables and the syntax given below. The second table is the main table from where you have to take all the rows for the matching columns.

Syntax

The above syntax finds all the rows from both tables selected columns in the SQL query. It results out all the matching column rows from both the table and if there is no match for the column value, it returns out null value.

Example of SQL RIGHT OUTER JOIN

Now, let’s create the two tables Purchaser and Seller given below to understand the example of right outer join in SQL server.

Below are the example tables contain one column which has matching rows.

SQL RIGHT OUTER Join Example Using the Select Statement

There are two tables, the first table is Purchaser table and second is the Seller table.

The first table contains the list of the purchasers.
Table 1: Purchaser

Purchaser_ID	Purchaser_Name	Plot_No	Service_Id
1	Sam	12	1001
2	Pill	13	1002
3	Don	14	1003
4	Brock	15	1004

The second table contains the list of sellers.
Table 2: Seller

Id	Seller_Name	Seller_Email
1001	Big Show	[email protected]
1002	Gem	[email protected]
1003	Matt	[email protected]

Now, let’s combine the above two tables using the example given below.

Example

Output

Service_Id	Seller_Name	Purchaser_Name	Plot_No
1001	Big Show	Sam	12
1002	Gem	Pill	13
1003	Matt	Don	14

You must also read.

• SQL INNER JOIN statement
• SQL LEFT JOIN statement

Reference
Join Syntax