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T h e SQL SELF JOIN is u sed t o join a t a ble t o it self a s if t h e t a ble w er e t w o t a bles,

t em por a r ily r en a m in g a t lea st on e t a ble in t h e SQL st a t em en t .

Sy ntax :
T h e ba sic sy n t a x of SELF JOIN is a s follow s:
SELECT a.column_name, b.column_name...
FROM table1 a, table1 b
WHERE a.common_field = b.common_field;

Her e, W HERE cla u se cou ld be a n y g iv en ex pr ession ba sed on y ou r r equ ir em en t .

Ex am ple:
Con sider t h e follow in g t w o t a bles, a CUST OMERS t a ble is a s follow s:
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| ID | NAME
| AGE | ADDRESS
| SALARY
|
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| 1 | Ramesh
| 32 | Ahmedabad | 2000.00 |
| 2 | Khilan
| 25 | Delhi
| 1500.00 |
| 3 | kaushik | 23 | Kota
| 2000.00 |
| 4 | Chaitali | 25 | Mumbai
| 6500.00 |
| 5 | Hardik
| 27 | Bhopal
| 8500.00 |
| 6 | Komal
| 22 | MP
| 4500.00 |
| 7 | Muffy
| 24 | Indore
| 10000.00 |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+

Now , let u s join t h is t a ble u sin g SELF JOIN a s follow s:

SQL> SELECT a.ID, b.NAME, a.SALARY
FROM CUSTOMERS a, CUSTOMERS b
WHERE a.SALARY < b.SALARY;

T h is w ou ld pr odu ce t h e follow in g r esu lt :

+----+----------+---------+
| ID | NAME
| SALARY |
+----+----------+---------+
| 2 | Ramesh
| 1500.00 |
| 2 | kaushik | 1500.00 |
| 1 | Chaitali | 2000.00 |
| 2 | Chaitali | 1500.00 |

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| 3 | Chaitali | 2000.00 |
| 6 | Chaitali | 4500.00 |
| 1 | Hardik
| 2000.00 |
| 2 | Hardik
| 1500.00 |
| 3 | Hardik
| 2000.00 |
| 4 | Hardik
| 6500.00 |
| 6 | Hardik
| 4500.00 |
| 1 | Komal
| 2000.00 |
| 2 | Komal
| 1500.00 |
| 3 | Komal
| 2000.00 |
| 1 | Muffy
| 2000.00 |
| 2 | Muffy
| 1500.00 |
| 3 | Muffy
| 2000.00 |
| 4 | Muffy
| 6500.00 |
| 5 | Muffy
| 8500.00 |
| 6 | Muffy
| 4500.00 |
+----+----------+---------+

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