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    <p>I want to know the difference (visually) would be the best between the two following SELECT statements. </p> <pre><code>SELECT P.* and X.* FROM Table1 P LEFT OUTER JOIN Table2 X ON and p.B=x.B and p.C=x.C and p.F=x.F and p.D=x.D WHERE X.F= 1 and X.E=4 </code></pre> <p>and</p> <pre><code>SELECT P.* and X.* FROM Table1 P LEFT OUTER JOIN (SELECT * FROM Table2 WHERE X.F= 1 and X.E =4) X and p.B=x.B and p.C=x.C and p.F=x.F and p.D=x.D </code></pre> <p>They do not return the same number of rows. Lets say Table1 has 5000 rows and Table2 has 5000 rows also. The first <code>select join</code> statement returns ~40000 rows (specific to my query at work) and then when the <code>where</code> clause is applied, it returns about 2000 rows. </p> <p>The second <code>select join</code> statement returns 5000 rows (original number). This is the number I want. </p> <p>But I can't seem to understand why this is happening. My knowledge and visuallizing joins is a bit weak.</p> <p>Sample Data: Please change the name of the temp tables, they are the same. Also I couldn't provide proper column names but have edited my code to indicate which columsn I want match Here is TABLE1:</p> <pre><code> SELECT * INTO #tmp_GridResults_1 FROM ( SELECT N'0' AS [ID], N'P' AS [B], N'1' AS [C], N'0' AS [D], N'1' AS [E], N'1' AS [F] UNION ALL SELECT N'0' AS [ID], N'P' AS [B], N'1' AS [C], N'0' AS [D], N'1' AS [E], N'2' AS [F] UNION ALL SELECT N'0' AS [ID], N'P' AS [B], N'1' AS [C], N'1' AS [D], N'1' AS [E], N'1' AS [F] UNION ALL SELECT N'0' AS [ID], N'P' AS [B], N'1' AS [C], N'1' AS [D], N'1' AS [E], N'2' AS [F] UNION ALL SELECT N'0' AS [ID], N'P' AS [B], N'2' AS [C], N'0' AS [D], N'1' AS [E], N'1' AS [F] UNION ALL SELECT N'0' AS [ID], N'P' AS [B], N'2' AS [C], N'0' AS [D], N'1' AS [E], N'2' AS [F] UNION ALL SELECT N'0' AS [ID], N'P' AS [B], N'2' AS [C], N'1' AS [D], N'1' AS [E], N'1' AS [F] UNION ALL SELECT N'0' AS [ID], N'P' AS [B], N'2' AS [C], N'1' AS [D], N'1' AS [E], N'2' AS [F] ) t; SELECT [ID], [B], [C], [D], [E], [F] FROM #tmp_GridResults_1 DROP TABLE #tmp_GridResults_1 GO </code></pre> <p>Here is Table2: --------------- #tmp_GridResults_1 ---------------</p> <pre><code>SELECT * INTO #tmp_GridResults_1 FROM ( SELECT N'0' AS [ID], N'P' AS [B], N'1' AS [C], N'0' AS [D], N'0' AS [E], N'1' AS [F] UNION ALL SELECT N'0' AS [ID], N'P' AS [B], N'2' AS [C], N'0' AS [D], N'0' AS [E], N'1' AS [F] UNION ALL SELECT N'0' AS [ID], N'P' AS [B], N'1' AS [C], N'0' AS [D], N'0' AS [E], N'2' AS [F] UNION ALL SELECT N'0' AS [ID], N'P' AS [B], N'2' AS [C], N'0' AS [D], N'0' AS [E], N'2' AS [F] UNION ALL SELECT N'0' AS [ID], N'P' AS [B], N'1' AS [C], N'1' AS [D], N'0' AS [E], N'1' AS [F] UNION ALL SELECT N'0' AS [ID], N'P' AS [B], N'2' AS [C], N'1' AS [D], N'0' AS [E], N'1' AS [F] UNION ALL SELECT N'0' AS [ID], N'P' AS [B], N'1' AS [C], N'1' AS [D], N'0' AS [E], N'2' AS [F] UNION ALL SELECT N'0' AS [ID], N'P' AS [B], N'2' AS [C], N'1' AS [D], N'0' AS [E], N'2' AS [F] UNION ALL SELECT N'0' AS [ID], N'P' AS [B], N'1' AS [C], N'-1' AS [D], N'1' AS [E], N'1' AS [F] UNION ALL SELECT N'0' AS [ID], N'P' AS [B], N'2' AS [C], N'-1' AS [D], N'1' AS [E], N'1' AS [F] UNION ALL SELECT N'0' AS [ID], N'P' AS [B], N'1' AS [C], N'-1' AS [D], N'1' AS [E], N'2' AS [F] UNION ALL SELECT N'0' AS [ID], N'P' AS [B], N'2' AS [C], N'-1' AS [D], N'1' AS [E], N'2' AS [F] UNION ALL SELECT N'0' AS [ID], N'P' AS [B], N'1' AS [C], N'0' AS [D], N'1' AS [E], N'1' AS [F] UNION ALL SELECT N'0' AS [ID], N'P' AS [B], N'2' AS [C], N'0' AS [D], N'1' AS [E], N'1' AS [F] UNION ALL SELECT N'0' AS [ID], N'P' AS [B], N'1' AS [C], N'0' AS [D], N'1' AS [E], N'2' AS [F] UNION ALL SELECT N'0' AS [ID], N'P' AS [B], N'2' AS [C], N'0' AS [D], N'1' AS [E], N'2' AS [F] UNION ALL SELECT N'0' AS [ID], N'P' AS [B], N'1' AS [C], N'1' AS [D], N'1' AS [E], N'1' AS [F] UNION ALL SELECT N'0' AS [ID], N'P' AS [B], N'2' AS [C], N'1' AS [D], N'1' AS [E], N'1' AS [F] UNION ALL SELECT N'0' AS [ID], N'P' AS [B], N'1' AS [C], N'1' AS [D], N'1' AS [E], N'2' AS [F] UNION ALL SELECT N'0' AS [ID], N'P' AS [B], N'2' AS [C], N'1' AS [D], N'1' AS [E], N'2' AS [F] UNION ALL SELECT N'0' AS [ID], N'P' AS [B], N'1' AS [C], N'-1' AS [D], N'2' AS [E], N'1' AS [F] UNION ALL SELECT N'0' AS [ID], N'P' AS [B], N'2' AS [C], N'-1' AS [D], N'2' AS [E], N'1' AS [F] UNION ALL SELECT N'0' AS [ID], N'P' AS [B], N'1' AS [C], N'-1' AS [D], N'2' AS [E], N'2' AS [F] UNION ALL SELECT N'0' AS [ID], N'P' AS [B], N'2' AS [C], N'-1' AS [D], N'2' AS [E], N'2' AS [F] UNION ALL SELECT N'0' AS [ID], N'P' AS [B], N'1' AS [C], N'0' AS [D], N'2' AS [E], N'1' AS [F] UNION ALL SELECT N'0' AS [ID], N'P' AS [B], N'2' AS [C], N'0' AS [D], N'2' AS [E], N'1' AS [F] UNION ALL SELECT N'0' AS [ID], N'P' AS [B], N'1' AS [C], N'0' AS [D], N'2' AS [E], N'2' AS [F] UNION ALL SELECT N'0' AS [ID], N'P' AS [B], N'2' AS [C], N'0' AS [D], N'2' AS [E], N'2' AS [F] UNION ALL SELECT N'0' AS [ID], N'P' AS [B], N'1' AS [C], N'1' AS [D], N'2' AS [E], N'1' AS [F] UNION ALL SELECT N'0' AS [ID], N'P' AS [B], N'2' AS [C], N'1' AS [D], N'2' AS [E], N'1' AS [F] UNION ALL SELECT N'0' AS [ID], N'P' AS [B], N'1' AS [C], N'1' AS [D], N'2' AS [E], N'2' AS [F] UNION ALL SELECT N'0' AS [ID], N'P' AS [B], N'2' AS [C], N'1' AS [D], N'2' AS [E], N'2' AS [F] UNION ALL SELECT N'0' AS [ID], N'P' AS [B], N'1' AS [C], N'-1' AS [D], N'3' AS [E], N'1' AS [F] UNION ALL SELECT N'0' AS [ID], N'P' AS [B], N'2' AS [C], N'-1' AS [D], N'3' AS [E], N'1' AS [F] UNION ALL SELECT N'0' AS [ID], N'P' AS [B], N'1' AS [C], N'-1' AS [D], N'3' AS [E], N'2' AS [F] UNION ALL SELECT N'0' AS [ID], N'P' AS [B], N'2' AS [C], N'-1' AS [D], N'3' AS [E], N'2' AS [F] UNION ALL SELECT N'0' AS [ID], N'P' AS [B], N'1' AS [C], N'0' AS [D], N'3' AS [E], N'1' AS [F] UNION ALL SELECT N'0' AS [ID], N'P' AS [B], N'2' AS [C], N'0' AS [D], N'3' AS [E], N'1' AS [F] UNION ALL SELECT N'0' AS [ID], N'P' AS [B], N'1' AS [C], N'0' AS [D], N'3' AS [E], N'2' AS [F] UNION ALL SELECT N'0' AS [ID], N'P' AS [B], N'2' AS [C], N'0' AS [D], N'3' AS [E], N'2' AS [F] UNION ALL SELECT N'0' AS [ID], N'P' AS [B], N'1' AS [C], N'1' AS [D], N'3' AS [E], N'1' AS [F] UNION ALL SELECT N'0' AS [ID], N'P' AS [B], N'2' AS [C], N'1' AS [D], N'3' AS [E], N'1' AS [F] UNION ALL SELECT N'0' AS [ID], N'P' AS [B], N'1' AS [C], N'1' AS [D], N'3' AS [E], N'2' AS [F] UNION ALL SELECT N'0' AS [ID], N'P' AS [B], N'2' AS [C], N'1' AS [D], N'3' AS [E], N'2' AS [F] UNION ALL SELECT N'0' AS [ID], N'P' AS [B], N'1' AS [C], N'-1' AS [D], N'4' AS [E], N'1' AS [F] UNION ALL SELECT N'0' AS [ID], N'P' AS [B], N'2' AS [C], N'-1' AS [D], N'4' AS [E], N'1' AS [F] UNION ALL SELECT N'0' AS [ID], N'P' AS [B], N'1' AS [C], N'-1' AS [D], N'4' AS [E], N'2' AS [F] UNION ALL SELECT N'0' AS [ID], N'P' AS [B], N'2' AS [C], N'-1' AS [D], N'4' AS [E], N'2' AS [F] UNION ALL SELECT N'0' AS [ID], N'P' AS [B], N'1' AS [C], N'0' AS [D], N'4' AS [E], N'1' AS [F] UNION ALL SELECT N'0' AS [ID], N'P' AS [B], N'2' AS [C], N'0' AS [D], N'4' AS [E], N'1' AS [F] UNION ALL SELECT N'0' AS [ID], N'P' AS [B], N'1' AS [C], N'0' AS [D], N'4' AS 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