SELECT airline, airports.icao_code, continent, country, province, city, website
FROM airlines
FULL OUTER JOIN airports ON airlines.iaco_code = airports.iaco_code
FULL OUTER JOIN cities ON airports.city_id = cities.city_id
FULL OUTER JOIN provinces ON cities.province_id = provinces.province_id
FULL OUTER JOIN countries ON cities.country_id = countries.country_id
FULL OUTER JOIN continents ON countries.continent_id = continents.continent_id
It says that
You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'outer join
airports
on airlines.iaco_code = airports.iaco_code full outer join' at line 4
The syntax looks right to me. I've never done a lot of joins before, but I need those columns in a table which is cross referenced by various id's.
There is no FULL OUTER JOIN
in MySQL. See 7.2.12. Outer Join Simplification and 12.2.8.1. JOIN Syntax:
You can emulate
FULL OUTER JOIN
using UNION (from MySQL 4.0.0 on):with two tables t1, t2:
SELECT * FROM t1 LEFT JOIN t2 ON t1.id = t2.id UNION SELECT * FROM t1 RIGHT JOIN t2 ON t1.id = t2.id
with three tables t1, t2, t3:
SELECT * FROM t1 LEFT JOIN t2 ON t1.id = t2.id LEFT JOIN t3 ON t2.id = t3.id UNION SELECT * FROM t1 RIGHT JOIN t2 ON t1.id = t2.id LEFT JOIN t3 ON t2.id = t3.id UNION SELECT * FROM t1 RIGHT JOIN t2 ON t1.id = t2.id RIGHT JOIN t3 ON t2.id = t3.id