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Databases

Daniel Silva
Daniel Silva
5,353 Points
Posted by Daniel Silva
Daniel Silva
5,353 Points

SQL returning same name for all results

I'm trying to run a query that selects the employees first name and last name and what department they are in. It's showing everyone in Customer Service when they should be others. The result I get is below: 

FName  LName   Department
'Mary', 'Sluis', 'Customer Service'
'Huan', 'Lortz', 'Customer Service'
'Basil', 'Tramer', 'Customer Service'

Here is my query

use employees;
SELECT 
    employees.first_name,
    employees.last_name,
    departments.dept_name
FROM
    employees
         JOIN
    dept_emp ON employees.emp_no = dept_emp.emp_no
         JOIN
    departments ON dept_emp.dept_no = departments.dept_no

I'm using 2 tables: employees (which has the emp_no, first_name, last_name), departments which has the dept_no, and dept_name. Lastly dept_emp table which I'm referencing which has the emp_no, and dept_no

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,708 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,708 Points

The query itself seems good, but to understand the issue it would be necessary to see the contents of all three tables.