join if there, blank if not - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Gary Stainburn
Subject join if there, blank if not
Date
Msg-id 01BFEC1E.FF0A43A0@garys.ringways.co.uk
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Responses Re: join if there, blank if not  (Jacques Williams <jacques@jacqro.COM>)
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Hi all,

I just can't get my head round this one so I hope one of you can.

I've got two tables, one holding phone calls, and another holding phone numbers.

I want to do a select where if the number in the calls table exists 
in the numbers table, the description is included otherwise the 
description field is blank.

Unfortunately, using the select I've tried, if the number is not on 
the one of the tables, it's ignored.

Calls table
cdate date
ctime time
cextn char(3)
cnumber x(12)

Numbers table

nnumber x(12)
ndesc x(30)

Select I tried.

select c.cdate, c.ctime, c.cextn, c.cnumber n.ndesc 
from calls c, numbers n where c.cnumber = n.nnumber;

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