How to join two tables by multiple columns in SQL?

Question

I have two tables named Evaluation and Value.

In both tables, there are four columns. But three of the four are the same. In other words, th

Answer 1

Yes: You can use Inner Join to join on multiple columns.

SELECT E.CaseNum, E.FileNum, E.ActivityNum, E.Grade, V.Score from Evaluation E
INNER JOIN Value V
ON E.CaseNum = V.CaseNum AND
    E.FileNum = V.FileNum AND 
    E.ActivityNum = V.ActivityNum

Create table

CREATE TABLE MyNewTab(CaseNum int, FileNum int,
    ActivityNum int, Grade int, Score varchar(100))

Insert values

INSERT INTO MyNewTab Values(CaseNum, FileNum, ActivityNum, Grade, Score)
SELECT E.CaseNum, E.FileNum, E.ActivityNum, E.Grade, V.Score from Evaluation E
INNER JOIN Value V
ON E.CaseNum = V.CaseNum AND
    E.FileNum = V.FileNum AND 
    E.ActivityNum = V.ActivityNum

Answer 2

No, just include the different fields in the "ON" clause of 1 inner join statement:

SELECT * from Evalulation e JOIN Value v ON e.CaseNum = v.CaseNum
    AND e.FileNum = v.FileNum AND e.ActivityNum = v.ActivityNum

Answer 3

You would basically want something along the lines of:

SELECT e.*, v.Score
  FROM Evaluation e
LEFT JOIN Value v
ON v.CaseNum = e.CaseNum AND
v.FileNum = e.FileNum AND
v.ActivityNum = e.ActivityNum;

Answer 4

SELECT E.CaseNum, E.FileNum, E.ActivityNum, E.Grade, V.Score
FROM Evaluation E
INNER JOIN Value V
ON E.CaseNum = V.CaseNum AND E.FileNum = V.FileNum AND E.ActivityNum = V.ActivityNum

Answer 5

You should only need to do a single join:

SELECT e.Grade, v.Score, e.CaseNum, e.FileNum, e.ActivityNum
FROM Evaluation e
INNER JOIN Value v ON e.CaseNum = v.CaseNum AND e.FileNum = v.FileNum AND e.ActivityNum = v.ActivityNum