A SQL method of combining database tables in order to obtain the desired information In a join, multiple tables are connected by specifying the relationship between a column in one table and a column in another table
Operation within a RDBMS by which data from two tables are combined to form a third, virtual table upon which further operations can be performed; one category of SQL commands
If you join an activity that other people are doing, you take part in it or become involved with it. Telephone operators joined the strike and four million engineering workers are also planning action The pastor requested the women present to join him in prayer Private contractors joined in condemning the Government's stance
A type of query which retrieves data from more than one object at a time A join allows the user to select attributes from multiple objects, then returns the data as if were all stored together in one object
Join operators compare two or more tables (or views) by specifying a column from each, comparing the values in those columns row by row, and concatenating rows in which the comparison is true
be or become joined or united or linked; "The two streets connect to become a highway"; "Our paths joined"; "The travelers linked up again at the airport"