SELF JOIN
A SELF JOIN in SQL is a join where a table is joined with itself. This means that you treat the table as two separate entities within the same query, allowing you to compare or combine rows from the same table based on a specified condition.
Syntax
SELECT t1.column_name, t2.column_name FROM table_name t1 JOIN table_name t2 ON t1.common_column = t2.common_column;
Example
Consider a table named employees with columns such as employee_id and manager_id, where manager_id refers to the employee_id of the employee's manager.
Now, let's perform a SELF JOIN to retrieve information about employees and their respective managers:
SELECT e1.employee_name AS employee, e2.employee_name AS manager
FROM Employees e1
JOIN Employees e2
ON e1.manager_id = e2.employee_id;Result
In this example, the SELF JOIN is performed on the manager_id column, establishing a relationship between employees and their managers within the same employees table. The result set shows the names of employees along with their corresponding managers.
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