Create an outer join
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Create an outer join
An outer join displays all of the records from one table and any records from related records from another table.
- Create an inner join between the tables. How to create an inner join.
- Double-click the join line between the tables.
- Click = (equal sign) in the Operator list.
- Do one of the following:
To create an outer join that uses all of the records from the table on the left, click option 2 under Join Includes.
To create an outer join that uses all of the records from the table on the right, click option 3 under Join Includes.
Notes
- Retrieve all records from two tables If you want to combine all of the records from two tables, whether or not the records are related, you can create a full outer join.
- Retrieve only the records that two tables don't have in common Instead of retrieving related records, you can retrieve all records that two tables don’t have in common.