1.表连接，就是将两个表合并起来，被合并的表的记录要通过中间字段，一一匹配起来左边的表的记录，形成一张临时的合并的表，并且每条记录的值都是两张表一一准确对应的
实例
尝试以下实例：
root@host# mysql -u root -p password;
Enter password:*******
mysql> use RUNOOB;
Database changed
mysql> SELECT * FROM tcount_tbl;
+-----------------+----------------+
| runoob_author | runoob_count |
+-----------------+----------------+
| mahran | 20 |
| mahnaz | NULL |
| Jen | NULL |
| Gill | 20 |
| John Poul | 1 |
| Sanjay | 1 |
+-----------------+----------------+
6 rows in set (0.01 sec)
mysql> SELECT * from runoob_tbl;
+-------------+----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| runoob_id | runoob_title | runoob_author | submission_date |
+-------------+----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| 1 | Learn PHP | John Poul | 2007-05-24 |
| 2 | Learn MySQL | Abdul S | 2007-05-24 |
| 3 | JAVA Tutorial | Sanjay | 2007-05-06 |
+-------------+----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)
mysql>
接下来我们就使用MySQL的INNER JOIN(也可以省略 INNER 使用 JOIN，效果一样)来连接以上两张表来读取runoob_tbl表中所有runoob_author字段在tcount_tbl表对应的runoob_count字段值：
mysql> SELECT a.runoob_id, a.runoob_author, b.runoob_count FROM runoob_tbl a INNER JOIN tcount_tbl b ON a.runoob_author = b.runoob_author;
+-----------+---------------+--------------+
| runoob_id | runoob_author | runoob_count |
+-----------+---------------+--------------+
| 1 | John Poul | 1 |
| 3 | Sanjay | 1 |
+-----------+---------------+--------------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)
以上 SQL 语句等价于：
mysql> SELECT a.runoob_id, a.runoob_author, b.runoob_count FROM runoob_tbl a, tcount_tbl b WHERE a.runoob_author = b.runoob_author;
+-------------+-----------------+----------------+
| runoob_id | runoob_author | runoob_count |
+-------------+-----------------+----------------+
| 1 | John Poul | 1 |
| 3 | Sanjay | 1 |
+-------------+-----------------+----------------+
2 rows in set (0.01 sec)
mysql>
MySQL LEFT JOIN
MySQL left join 与 join 有所不同。 MySQL LEFT JOIN 会读取左边数据表的全部数据，即便右边表无对应数据。
实例
尝试以下实例，以 runoob_tbl 为左表，tcount_tbl 为右表，理解MySQL LEFT JOIN的应用：
root@host# mysql -u root -p password;
Enter password:*******
mysql> use RUNOOB;
Database changed
mysql> SELECT a.runoob_id, a.runoob_author, b.runoob_count FROM runoob_tbl a LEFT JOIN tcount_tbl b ON a.runoob_author = b.runoob_author;
+-------------+-----------------+----------------+
| runoob_id | runoob_author | runoob_count |
+-------------+-----------------+----------------+
| 1 | John Poul | 1 |
| 2 | Abdul S | NULL |
| 3 | Sanjay | 1 |
+-------------+-----------------+----------------+
3 rows in set (0.02 sec)