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Pondog
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I have a simple inner join between two table that isn't working. Table A has various year values, e.g. 2011, 2015, 2012, etc. Table B has only one value, 2015. When I do an Inner Join between these two tables I expect to get only the 2015 records out of Table A; however, I'm getting everything.

Now, If I add the Table B field to my report, then I get only 2015 items.

The report only works correctly if I add the field from Table B or I add a WHERE statement. I thought the Inner Join would have negated the need for the WHERE statement. Why doesn't it?

Tony

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WebFOCUS 8.1.05
Windows, All Outputs
 
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MartinY
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Reverse your JOIN.

The way it works in FOCUS is not the same as a SQL Join.

Instead of (which you probably did):
JOIN
 INNER field IN TableA
    TO field IN TableB Tag J1 AS J1
END


Consider:
JOIN
 INNER field IN TableB
    TO field IN TableA Tag J1 AS J1
END


Join Child to Parent instead of Parent to Child.

In a JOIN, if you do not include any field from the joined table in your TABLE FILE...END it's like having no join for Focus.


WF versions : Prod 8.2.04M gen 33, Dev 8.2.04M gen 33, OS : Windows, DB : MSSQL, Outputs : HTML, Excel, PDF
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Pondog
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Hey MartinY,
I found a reference to something in IB Tech support (hottrack 60642543) that says if there isn't a file used in Table B then WebFOCUS won't recognize the join.

figures

Thanks,
Tony


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noelmcavoy
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I found a reference to something in IB Tech support (hottrack 60642543) that says if there isn't a file used in Table B then WebFOCUS won't recognize the join.


This may have been obvious to some but in case someone misses it like I did on first read...

If you don't use a FIELD from the joined table (TableB) then the join is ignored.


WebFOCUS 8.1.0.5
Windows 10, all output
 
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RSquared
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JOIN FILE file AT field TO ALL FILE file AT field AS name
WHERE condition

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Oracle
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Windows NT-5.2 x86 32bit
 
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Terri1977
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Hello, I need assistance with a JOIN. I uploaded an EXCEL spreadsheet into WebFocus 8.1, and the administration created a mas. I want to join it to another table in Oracle, but I keep getting an error even with the correct key. Please assist.


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Diane
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Terri977,

Please provide the masters and join statement


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eric.woerle
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I wouldn't recommend directly joining an Excel file to your Oracle table. It will be really inefficient.


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