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Databases

Jonatan Spahn
Jonatan Spahn
6,362 Points
Posted by Jonatan Spahn
Jonatan Spahn
6,362 Points

Multiple Inner Joins

I'm trying to get the following information from a database: Order #, CustomerName, ProductName, and Quantity.

I've been able to get make inner joins to get the Order # and CustomerName or ProductName and Quantity but I'm having trouble getting them all to show up. Here is my code

SELECT OrderID, CustomerName, ProductName, Quantity FROM OrderDetails
INNER JOIN Orders ON OrderDetails.OrderID = Orders.OrderID
INNER JOIN Customers ON Orders.CustomerID = Customers.CustomerID
INNER JOIN Products ON OrderDetails.ProductID = Products.ProductID;

Here is the link to the database I'm using.

https://www.w3schools.com/sql/trysql.asp?filename=trysql_select_all

Thank you!

Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
16,600 Points

You need to either alias your table names (and their subsequent fields) or be explicit in the field names in the select statement since more than one field has orderID in it:

SELECT Orders.OrderID, CustomerName, ProductName, Quantity 
FROM OrderDetails
INNER JOIN Orders ON OrderDetails.OrderID = Orders.OrderID
INNER JOIN Customers ON Orders.CustomerID = Customers.CustomerID 
INNER JOIN Products ON OrderDetails.ProductID = Products.ProductID;
Jonatan Spahn
Jonatan Spahn
6,362 Points
Jonatan Spahn
Jonatan Spahn
6,362 Points

Thank you to both of you for the help!

1 Answer

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

You were really close!

Since more than one joined table contains a field named OrderID you have to qualify which one you are displaying in the SELECT clause:

SELECT Orders.OrderID, CustomerName, ProductName, Quantity
FROM OrderDetails
INNER JOIN Orders ON OrderDetails.OrderID = Orders.OrderID
INNER JOIN Customers ON Orders.CustomerID = Customers.CustomerID
INNER JOIN Products ON OrderDetails.ProductID = Products.ProductID;