The SQL Self Join is used to Join the Table 1 to Itself. If we have the Primary key and Foreign key in the same table then, we can use this Self join to connect them.
SQL Self Join Syntax
The basic syntax of the Self Join in SQL Server 2014 is as shown below:
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SELECT Tab1.Column(s), Tab2.Column(s), FROM Table1 AS Tab1, Table1 AS Tab2 |
NOTE: SQL ALIAS Table Name is mandatory for Self Join
In this article we will show you, How to write Self Join in SQL Server 2014. For this, We are going to use Employees table present in our [SQL Server Tutorials] Database.
Data present in the Employees Table is:
From the above screenshot you can observe that we have 15 different employees and each person belongs to Department and we have the Foreign key column DepartID.
SQL Self Join Example
In general, Every Department will have one Department Head and he will definitely belongs to one of the Employee. To get the Department Head name we have to use the Self Join using the Primary key and Foreign key. For example, The following SQL Query will display the Name of the Department Head for each and every Employee present in the Employees table.
T-SQL CODE
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SELECT EMP1.[FirstName] ,EMP1.[LastName] ,EMP1.[Department Name] ,EMP2.[FirstName] +' '+ EMP2.[LastName] AS [Department Head] FROM [Employees] AS EMP1, [Employees] AS EMP2 WHERE EMP1.DepartID = EMP2.ID |
OUTPUT
If you observe the above screenshot, Rob Walter is not only Sr. Software Developer but also Department Head for the remaining Sr. Software Developer in an organization.
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