LEFT JOIN query not returning all rows in first table

Question

Using management studio for SQL Server 2008 R2.

Trying to do a LEFT JOIN and I need to return all rows from the first table regardless of t

Answer 1

Move the b condition from WHERE to ON to get a real LEFT JOIN. (With the b condition in the WHERE clause, it executes as a regular inner join...)

select a.id, a.name, b.store, b.stock
from products a left join stock b
  on a.id = b.id and b.store = '001'
order by a.id