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Databases

Posted by renhe
renhe
10,282 Points

Loans, books and patrons

I was wondering if there is a better way to write this query than the way I have it below?

SELECT title, first_name, last_name, loaned_on, return_by, returned_on FROM patrons 
LEFT OUTER JOIN loans ON loans.patron_id = patrons.id  
LEFT OUTER JOIN books ON books.id = loans.book_id ORDER BY return_by DESC;

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points

That looks like a pretty standard 3-table outer join.

Without knowing the query criteria or the table structure, I don't see anything obvious that I would do differently.