# Coding Horror: A Visual Explanation of SQL Joins - Host: [blog.codinghorror.com](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/blog.codinghorror.com/) - Saved: May 29, 2013 (2013-05-29T18:04:59Z) - Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/b5590466fe8f/ - JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/b5590466fe8f.json ## What Jamie wrote Helpful. > I thought Ligaya Turmelle's post on SQL joins was a great primer for novice developers. Since SQL joins appear to be set-based, the use of Venn diagrams to explain them seems, at first blush, to be a natural fit. However, like the commenters to her post, I found that the Venn diagrams didn't quite match the SQL join syntax reality in my testing. ## Facts - Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/) ## Same host - [The Ten Commandments of Egoless Programming](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/3e6cea6cd5b5/) (blog.codinghorror.com, March 29, 2012) - [Please Don't Learn to Code](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/3fbb49354a9a/) (blog.codinghorror.com, May 16, 2012) - [How to Stop Sucking and Be Awesome Instead](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/f23c13e90697/) (blog.codinghorror.com, June 3, 2012) - [Getting the Most Out of PNG](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/14cb697f8852/) (blog.codinghorror.com, December 18, 2015) - [Is Your Computer Stable?](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/e8e803b9e32d/) (blog.codinghorror.com, February 25, 2016) ## Saved the same week - [Mwparserfromhell](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/c4e89e4a7095/) (github.com, May 29, 2013) - [Pure](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/7768008034d4/) (purecss.io, May 29, 2013) - [Extension default namespaces](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/5750afb22f1b/) (mediawiki.org, May 29, 2013) - [Coffee vs. beer: which drink makes you more creative? What I Learned Today Medium](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/46fb2607a039/) (medium.com, May 29, 2013) - [EFF and Facebook Stand Up for User Privacy and Control in California Case](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/557c876fc4d1/) (eff.org, May 29, 2013) ## Elsewhere - Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://blog.codinghorror.com/a-visual-explanation-of-sql-joins